Chapter 684:

“She prepared dinner before she left. I’ve eaten already.”

“Really?” Eric remained puzzled, watching her closely.

“Then what has you so preoccupied right now?”

Her attire, complete with an apron, signaled her current task in the kitchen.

“I’ve prepared something special for you.” Hadley’s smile was warm as she spoke.

“For me?”

“Yes, just about ready,” Hadley replied, turning off the heat and removing the pot’s lid.

Curious, Eric leaned in to see a single pear, still in its skin, steaming inside the pot.

“Have you been coughing lately?” she inquired.

“I read that steamed pears help soothe the throat,” Hadley explained as she donned oven mitts to carefully extract the bowl from the pot.

cool a bit before you try it,”

up, she noticed Eric’s astonished

something the matter?” Hadley asked, a

“You don’t like pears?”

to

You really shouldn’t have

guard by his reaction, Hadley chuckled

no trouble at

not the complexity of the task but

????

he murmured, gently

have feelings for me?”

Denver, wondering if she

even the slightest liking for me?” he

a quiet hopefulness glimmering

fidgeted nervously in his

too cold if

Was Hadley avoiding him?

Eric noticed immediately, clearly sensing the

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