Chapter 1112 Quarrel


    "Eduard!" Daphne knew that Eve was easily embarrassed and didn''t want him to scare her off with his carefree attitude, so she turned and shouted, already adopting the stance of a matriarch.


    At the sound of his name, Eduard immediately dropped his yful demeanor and ran over to help Daphne up. His actions made Eveugh out loud, realizing that he had been too forward. She quickly covered her mouth with her hand, looking adorable in the process.


    "Go ahead andugh," Juliana remembered their earlier feud and grinned at Eve. "He''s just a jester."


    "Mrs. Fletcher, who are you calling a jester?" Eduard puffed out his chest indignantly but deted as soon as Daphne gave him a sidelong nce. He looked pitifully wronged.


    Eve was amazed by this side of Daphne she had never seen before; it seemed like one could be willful and uninhibited in front of someone they loved.


    Thinking about this made her turn to Lauren for a moment only to find him smiling back at her; it made her heart skip a beat.


    "Come on in," Lucia thoughtfully invited everyone inside before dinner time arrived. They all found seats after returning to the living room.


    After introducing themselves briefly, Lauren looked around before asking, "Where''s Arthur? Hasn''t he arrived yet?"


    Lucia smiled coyly while Eduard jumped in first, "Arthur is cooking right now! What would we eat if not for him?"


    Lauren''s expression seemed like he''d heard something absurd, "Arthur is cooking?"


    "Let me take you there." Eduard wanted an excuse to supervise Arthur anyway so he invited Lauren along with him without hesitation.


    Lauren couldn''t refuse such an offer; how could he miss seeing Arthur cook? However, because of Eve''s shyness towards strangers, he hesitated for a moment but then Lucia teased him yfully, "Go ahead! We can still eat your little flower even if you''re gone!?"


    Eve couldn''t help but smile at Lucia''s teasing words while nodding encouragingly towards Lauren who finally went off feeling reassured by them both.


    They left the living room through the bar area into the kitchen. Arthur was wearing an apron over his work clothes while stirring something carefully on top of stove burners - pink against white - there wasn''t anything unusual about how seriously focused or dedicated Arthur appeared despite being dressed differently than usual, which impressed them both equally well enough.


    Well... he certainly knew how to be domesticated!


    "Arthur, I didn''t know you could cook?" Lauren leaned against the doorframe, not wanting to miss this rare opportunity to tease Arthur.


    Arthur was surprised to hear Lauren''s voice and couldn''t believe he was here. "We were invited by Eve''s friend, Miss Cook," Lauren exined with a smile as he enjoyed seeing the surprise on Arthur''s usually calm face.


    "Oh," Arthur quickly epted this fact and turned his attention back to the pot of food he was cooking. At that moment, Eduard came over and tried to supervise him in the name of looking out for his wife. Without hesitation, Arthur elbowed him in the stomach causing Eduard to shout in pain while retreating. "Get lost! You''re getting in my way!"


    "Arthur, you''re using dirty tricks!" Eduardined while holding his stomach.


    "If youe any closer, don''t me me for using clean tricks too," Arthur replied bluntly while even Kane looked down on Eduard.


    "If you''re not going to help, then get out or else I won''t let you eatter."


    "You guys just wait. I''m going to goin about you two with your wives!" With such childish wordsing from him, it seemed like Eduard hadpletely abandoned his CEO image as he covered his face and stormed out of the kitchen.


    Arthur and Kane burst intoughter at once while Lauren felt a bit sentimental watching how rxed and human-like Arthur could be despite being friends for many years now. He remembered teasing him with L before saying that he might be a robot but never thought...


    It was easy enough for him to guess who deserved credit for making Arthur show such an easy-going expression as he couldn''t help but smile himself at how warm this room felt right now.


    In the living room where four women were already present including an annoyed-looking Eduard joining themter on made things even more lively than before.


    At first Eve didn''t dare say anything since she felt shy without Lauren around, but after witnessing how good Juliana was at bantering back-and-forth along with Lucia and Daphne whom she knew well herself, slowly it made her feel morefortable. Eventually her lips curved upwards too, although it took some time before she found an opening where she could join their conversation properly.


    Meanwhile in the kitchen where all dishes had been cooked already, both Lauren and Kane got introduced by none other than Arthur himself who naturally asked if they would help bring some tes over. Lauren''s eyebrows raised slightly but since even someone like him would cook then what harm would there be if all they did was carry tes?


    Kane also helped with serving the dishes. When everything was ready, he called everyone toe and eat. In no time, everyone had crowded into the dining room and found their seats easily. Lucia thoughtfully pointed out a seat for Eve, of course leaving an empty one next to her since Lauren was still busy serving food.Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org.


    When Eve saw Arthur wearing an apron, she widened her eyes in surprise. Was this really the same man who always looked cold and stern beside Lucia?


    "Arthur, Lauren, Kane - thank you for your hard work," Eduard said as he sat down with Daphne earlier on. But his exaggerated smile seemed insincere.


    In response, Arthur nced at Kane and understood immediately what needed to be done. He went back into the kitchen holding a bowl of noddle that looked like a small mountain when he came out again. Eduard''s mouth fell open in shock at the sight of it all.


    "Don''t leave any leftovers," Arthur said as he sat down next to Lucia without another word.


    "How can anyone finish all that?" Eduard protested immediately.


    "If you can''t finish it all, then don''t eat anything else either," Arthur replied coldly.


    Eduard took one look at the other exquisite dishes on offer before silently bowing his head in defeat. The next moment everyone burst outughing including Lauren who had been teased earlier on about something else entirely.


    They were all friends so there was no need for formality or politeness here. Seeing such delicious food in front of them made everyone eager to dig in quickly! As they savored each bite, they couldn''t help but exim how amazing everything tasted!


    "Arthur, your cooking skills are trulyparable to those of a top chef! You should make more dishes like this from now on!" Even though there was already a mountain of noddle sitting right before him, Eduard couldn''t resistplimenting him sincerely anyway!