Chapter 0002

At the dining table, Hansel didn’t seem eased with what had been served for breakfast. “Where’s my pumpkin soup?”

“You mean cream of vegetable soup?”

“Cream of vegetable soup?”

“Yes, I know that Ms. Sutton makes that all the time. It’s the one made with pumpkin, potatoes, onions, and celery, right? Um, I don’t have as much time to prepare all the ingredients for that.

“The pumpkin, potatoes, onions, and garlic have to be roasted and freshly puréed beforehand; it’s best if it’s slow cooked the night before. And then the soup has to be stewed and slowly brought to a simmer over open fire for hours after that..

“I don’t have the same amount of patience that Ms. Sutton has to always be checking on the fire every few minutes. Also, what I make will probably still taste different from what she makes. On top of that

“Bring me some marmalade,” Hansel interrupted.

“Coming right up, Mr. Johnson.”

“Why does this taste so different?” Hansel glanced at the bottle packaging The packaging is wrong.”

“That jar is empty now. We only have this brand left.”

“Go and get two jars of the other one at the supermarket, then.”

“It can’t be found anywhere, Mr. Johnson.”

Hansel wasn’t amused, “Why not?”

Martha smiled rather awkwardly. “Ms. Sutton made the marmalade herself. I don’t know how wait, Mr. Johnson! Aren’t you going to finish your breakfast

first?”

“No.”

Martha watched in bewilderment as Hansel stormed up the stairs. Why did he lose his temper all of a sudden?

“Hey, you lazy bum, it’s time to get out of bed!”

Miranda flipped over in bed and didn’t even bother opening her eyes. “Shut up. I want to sleep a while longer…”

Winter Jefferson, Miranda’s best friend, had already put on her makeup and was in the midst of choosing a purse to go with her outfit.

“It’s going to be 8:00 am. Don’t you need to rush home to make breakfast for your most beloved Mr. Johnson?”

Miranda used to stay the night at Winter’s place from time to time, but she’d always leave before the crack of dawn to make her usual cream of vegetable soup for Hansel, who was extremely prone to gastric problems.

The mere thought of it had always rendered Winter speechless. Was Hansel paralyzed? Or was he too dumb to order delivery on his own? Why did he have to go and make life difficult for Miranda?

other words, he’d just

She shook her hand at Winter and

planning on staying broken

Miranda didn’t answer her.

now, and I won’t be back for dinner because I’ve got a date tonight. But you’ll probably be gone by then, so just remember to close the

up due

sandwiches Winter had left for her and stared at the sun shining outside the windows. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d slept in and woken up without

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+15. BONUS

done with breakfast, she changed

check for 50 million dollars. She wouldn’t be

the second bank next door and said, “I’d like to speak to your private

offered her a considerable annual interest rate. Miranda tried negotiating with him

the rate by a little bit,

million dollars in each of them, managing to get interest rates that were

black cards with 30 million dollars‘ worth of savings and 20 million dollars‘ worth of liquid

worth it after all.” She’d become a

She signed up for their membership, which was worth

others.

at her long brown hair and large curls. This

of your hair.

Hansel liked it. He said he liked how it felt. Every time they had sex, he’d always thread his fingers through

had to spend a lot of time grooming

“Please cut

was still a toy, no matter how pretty it was. She wouldn’t stop anyone. from looking like a doll, but she was done being played

hair salon, feeling like a weight had been lifted off her

sale on, so she walked in and

out of the shop. They matched the sport shoes she was wearing today,

in and out of the gates as the sun set in the sky, gradually falling into a

“Sol! We’re here!”

young man suddenly whizzed past Miranda.

of visiting

Solomon Hall said.

Bioinformatics.”

Bioinformatics? Dr. Young?

She hurried forward and

talking to him. He was tongue–tied for a

“Dr. Christine Young?”

“Yes.”

hospital is

“Westerton Hospital.”

“Thank you.”

which faculty are you from? Are you alto one of Dr. Young 1

Solomon’s question. Instead, she

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