Chapter: 428

On the stove, there was some food boiling in the pot. There was a gentle warning ping from the oven, which emitted the warm, delicious fragrance of the toasted bread, filling the room with a cozy atmosphere.

Ariana tumed off the kitchen hood. The kitchen went quiet.

Theodore moved his fingers, which had been resting on the armrest, to pull out a strand of her hair stuck under her collar. He said in a gentle voice, “Ever since my mother passed away, there hasn’t been a smell of cooking oil in the kitchen for so long, as if it left along with her. But because you’re here, this place feels alive again.”

Ariana looked at him calmly, and her rosy lips moved slightly as she spoke. “You loved your mother very much, right?”

“Maybe.” Theodore’s response was brief, his tone brisk and aloof, and his eyes exuding indifference. Perhaps it had been so long since he had become accustomed to being alone that he had already become numb. Whether it was his mother or his past, these had all become a long-past memory to him. He could reminiscence these memories, but they could never arouse an emotional response from him.

on the other hand, was an exception to him. She was one of the few aspects of his life he

Theodore so cold and

averted his gaze with no emotional change on his face. “There’s nothing

he didn’t feel like talking about

little disappointed, but

a long time before they began opening

conversation herself and turned around to serve the hot meal

soup, steak tartare, black truffle pasta, and other dishes, all wafting a tempting aroma, and the shimmering light added a comforting sense to

at the wooden table. He dug in and didn’t leave a titbit of

in an ecstatic mood, probably because the food tonight was ineffably delicious or because the woman behind him was

out the window

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