The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 149

Marve set the food on the table before responding to Alexis. "Your son made this dish.".

Alexis frowned. "What are you talking about!"

How could Byron possibly cook?" she thought

Just then. Byron walked out of the kitchen with the final dish, his sleeves rolled up, revealing a slender arm still damp from washing.

Seeing Alexis sitting there with a visibly shocked look, he frowned slightly and spoke in a calm, distant voice. "What brings you here?"

His overly indifferent tone made Alexis heart ache a liule. She forced a smile. "You don't come home often, so I wanted to check on how you've been. I also brought some of Maria's best desserts for you." "I'm not a child anymore. You don't need to go to such trouble, Byron said.

The atmosphere grew cold in an instant.

Alexis stood there, a rare trace of disappointment crossing her usually dignified and composed face.

It was unclear if it was due to Byron's coldness or the fact that hed prepared a meal but hadn't even considered inviting her, his own mother, to join him.

Maeve, though aware that Byron and Alexis didn't have a good relationship, hadn't realized it was this strained,

There was nothing between them but formality-none of the warmth or closeness one would expect between family members.

They were more like distant acquaintances than mother and son,

Alexis took a steadying breath, gripping her handbag tightly before asking. I haven't had dinner yet. Would you mind if I stayed and joined you?"

Byron's eyes flickered with brief surprise at her words.

In the past, Alexis would've made a polite excuse and left, never offering to stay for a meal.

She often expressed her desire to be close to him but only through words, never action.

Though he was surprised, Byron's expression remained unchanged. He said calmly, "Maeve did most of the cooking, so it's not my place to decide. You should ask her." Maeve blinked, caught off guard.

what Alexis said to me just now, so he said this on purpose?" she

either. Her eyes, filled with complex emotions, turned to Maeve. "Ms. Reese, may I

way Alexis

unsure

had a mother who truly wanted to care for him. "Feel free to make yourself at home if you like," Maeve said, her tone polite but not

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at her

was

ease the tension with Byron, occasionally offering him food with the communal fork and whispering a few words to

she found herself extraordinarily happy just to receive

first time they had shared a

she gave Byron a dish, it ended up in Maeve's

smile faded from

I hated

couldn't even eat a single bite of my food? But I'm his mother.

couldn't help but say to Byron, "Thank

his hand to place a peeled shrimp on her

looking upset across the table. A thought suddenly occurred to her. Maeve

he was purposely trying to embarrass

your craving for seafood by piling it on

ten dishes are your favorites, and you have the nerve to say you're making me a

of a crab leg. "The truth is that you need to take your stomach medicine later, so you can't enjoy

she had just given him were all raw, cold, and greasy-the worst for someone with stomach

hadn't known any of this and had even silently accused him

placed the unwrapped crab in front of Maeve and wiped his hands before answering

surged in Alexis'

returned to the Medaniel family, and how they

food, and at the time, he ate all of it, which made her

later, when she saw him vomiting in the

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began to wonder if he was someone who was hypocrital and was good