“No.


    Please don’t be so courteous. I’m responsible for the kidnapping. If I were any better now, I would have


    visited your house and apologized.”


    Mia was impressed by how modest and polite Ivan was. She smiled and stole a nce at her daughter.


    Kasie was an extrovert, but she was acting shy in front of him. That was unusual.


    “Ivan, I cooked this soup for you early this morning. Kasie,e here. Pour some soup for him.


    It’s good for his health,” she deliberately ordered her daughter.


    Kasie didn’t put much thought into it and nodded, “Okay.” She opened the thermos container.


    Ivan epted their kind offer without hesitating.


    “Thank you, Mr. and


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    Mrs. Garcia. Sorry for the trouble, Kasie.”


    Kasie smiled without replying. She clumsily poured the soup into a bowl.


    As the only daughter of the Garcia family, Kasie had led an affluent life and had never done much


    housework. Even filling a bowl of soup was difficult work for her. Finally, she managed to fill the bowl


    without spilling any of the soup.


    Mason hadid the table for Ivan. Kasie cautiously walked towards the table with the hot bowl in her


    hands. At that moment, Ivan tried to move his body to find a morefortable position to sit in, and his


    shoulder identally hit Kasie’s.


    “Aargh!” The hot soup spilled onto her hand and in response to the burn, she reflexively dropped the


    bowl onto the table. The soup poured out and began flowing onto the quilt and the floor. It was a mess.


    Mason was talking something to Mia on the other side of the bed, so they didn’t see what had actually


    happened. They thought Kasie had been too clumsy and careless. So Mason scolded her, “Kasie, how


    could you be so careless?” He turned to Mia and said in a hurry, “Get a tissue!”


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    “Yes! Kasie, move. I’ll clean it.” Mia hastily pulled out a few tissues from the stand, and tried to stop


    more soup from dripping onto the bedding.


    Ivan lifted the bowl from the table and Mia began cleaning it.


    Meanwhile, he looked at Mason who was frowning at his daughter. Ivan exined immediately, “It’s not


    Kasie’s fault, Mr. Garcia. My arm hit hers as she was bringing the soup. I’m sorry, Kasie. Did you hurt


    your hand?”


    Kasie touched her scalded right hand, tears welling up in her eyes. The soup was very hot since it was


    kept in a thermos container. Her hand was swollen red already.


    When he noticed that Kasie had scalded herself, Mason gasped. He grabbed her hand to check it.


    “Are you okay? Are you hurt, Kasie?”


    Kasie nodded, biting her lower lip to suppress her cry. Then she walked to the bathroom and ced


    her hand under the cold water to relieve her pain. After that, Mason took her to the nurse station to


    apply some ointment on it.


    By the time they came back, a cleaner had already changed the quilt for


    Ivan. He was eating the soup which Mia had poured for him. Seeing Kasie and Mason at the door, he


    asked with concern, “Kasie, how’s your hand now?”


    “Nothing serious. Thank you.” Kasie forced an embarrassing smile and sat down on the sofa.


    As he drank the soup, Ivan talked to Mason about business. Mia would chip in asionally and say


    something about the Garcia family. Kasie was sitting on the sofa, silently texting Debbie.