Chapter 172
Back in the kitchen.
“Why did you give that young girl one of your tokens, Knox?” A hint of jealousy tinged the middle–aged man’s words as he cast a complex glance toward Knox. He had been with Knox for over a decade and had never seen him take such an interest in someone, especially since Mirabella had turned down his offer to take her under his wing.
Knox was busy perfecting the dish that Mirabella had critiqued earlier. Without looking up from his task, he responded, “It’s always good to make a new friend.”
“But surely you didn’t need to give her…”
The middle–aged man’s sentence was cut short by Knox’s interjection, “You have a narrow way of thinking. You don’t know how to read people.”
Knox paused, shaking his head slightly, then added, “Do you really think the Shepherd family’s son is someone without knowledge?”
Despite the young lady’s claims of ignorance regarding medicine, Knox was no fool. If he couldn’t discern her modesty, would all his years of experience mean nothing?
The middle–aged man fell silent, conceding. There might’ve been some truth to Knox’s words. However, he still found it hard to believe a girl of seventeen or eighteen could know
much.
to pursue the matter further. After all… Knox was indeed getting on in
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to her neighborhood. As soon as she stepped out of the car, she ran into Delilah and Shawn, who had just returned
shut the car door when she saw them and instinctively halted. “Dad,
Mom?”
stand outside their complex, and they were still holding a bag of fruit. They were momentarily taken aback when Mirabella emerged from a sleek black sedan.
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back to reality, glanced at the black sedan. Unfortunately, with the sky darkening and the street lights offering little illumination, she couldn’t make out the driver’s face, only that
asked,
not bothering to introduce James, instead, she thanked the person inside the car and closed the door, cutting off her parents‘ line of sight.
the idea of Ms. Mirabella’s parents meeting James,
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He quickly started the engine and left the
Delilah and Shawn watched the car speed away, Delilah finally spoke up, “Why
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