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.

him. She was one of the

and indifferent. He told her

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

he didn’t feel like talking about

a little disappointed, but she didn’t force

began opening

ended the conversation herself and turned around to serve the hot

all wafting a tempting aroma, and the shimmering

when he took a seat at the wooden table. He dug in and didn’t leave a titbit of food on his plate, which once again showed his approval of Ariana’s excellent

to ease his palate. He was in an ecstatic mood, probably because

craned her neck to look out the window and found that it was raining heavily,

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