As Elliana Lyle was finishing her al, she checked her phone and realized it was already March 19th. She then turned to Luna and said, "I need to leave tomorrow. Call if anything cos up."
Luna, engrossed in her crab, didn’t even lift her head. She casually asked, "Where to?"
"Back when the sester started, Sister Phoebe called to say she got engaged. The engagent party is tomorrow."
Although Elliana didn’t want to see the Lyle Family at all, Sister Phoebe had always taken good care of her, and she was Joy’s older sister, so Elliana felt obliged to go.
"Engagent party?" Luna finally lifted her head, looked at Elliana, and asked, "Will there be good food? Take with you. I don’t have anything to do tomorrow, so I’ll go with you for the feast."
Even though Luna had no connection to the Lyle Family, these kinds of gatherings often include so irrelevant businessn, creating a space for n to talk business. So, it wasn’t out of the question to bring Luna along.
When Elliana returned to the villa, she found that Norman Bennett had already prepared a dress for her to wear the next day.
It was a simple knee-length black dress, though it was off-shoulder, it wasn’t revealing at all. Paired with a jade lotus brooch, it looked gentle and elegant.
"Luna, since there’s still ti, let’s go out and pick a dress for you."
As Elliana turned her head, she saw Luna and Andrew Hue busy "bullying" the little cat, Lotus.
Luna offhandedly replied, "I have my own, don’t worry about it, haha~ little kitty..."
"ow..."
Elliana sighed, "...You two, don’t rub its belly. It’ll bite."
"Your cat’s dirty, can I give it a bath?"
It was true that Lotus hadn’t had a bath in a while, so Elliana replied, "Sure, go ahead."
...
Forty minutes later.
Andrew Hue looked at the dripping wet cat and asked Luna, "Can we wring it dry? You grab its head, and I’ll grab its hind legs."
"..." Luna rolled her eyes and said, "Wouldn’t that kill it? I’ll lift it, and you gently squeeze out the water, then we’ll blow-dry it."
"ow..." Little Lotus looked terrified, with her eyes wide open, body stiff, and pink ears pinned back to her head.
...
anwhile, Elliana had already reached Norman Bennett’s office door, holding the lamb soup she had just cooked. Last ti, he couldn’t try it, so she was bringing it again.
"Norman Bennett~" She pushed the door open, only to find that the man wasn’t there.
He was likely in a eting, so she went in, sat on the sofa and soon received a call from Zane Bennett.
"Hello, how much do you need?"
Elliana didn’t need Zane to say it; she knew he was calling for money.
"Huh? No, I called to let you know I stayed with Dad today. I overheard Mia Clarke saying she wants to marry her niece to my brother, and Dad agreed to it. I thought I should tell you."
"..." Elliana was silent.
"But don’t worry, Mia Clarke won’t get her way. If you don’t hurry up and get the marriage certificate with my brother, you might as well just cut to the chase!"
Zane’s suggestion was sothing Elliana agreed with too. Like Old Man Bennett said, don’t miss out, and she herself felt Norman might listen to his father more.
"By the way, be a dear and send 1.4 million; my ga will be in beta next month, and I’ll share the profits with you after it launches."
After sending money to Zane, Elliana sat for a while before feeling sleepy and headed straight to the resting room.
Before she knew it, it was 6 PM. When Elliana woke up, she realized she had only been lying diagonally before, but now she was in the middle of the big bed, her coat removed.
It seed Norman Bennett had returned while she was asleep.
She threw off the blanket, got up, put on her coat and shoes, and headed out of the resting room.
Sure enough, there he was, sitting behind his desk, stamping docunts.
"Awake."
"Mm~" Elliana nodded and suddenly saw the thermos on the table, quickly walking over to the man, "Norman, I made soup for you. Try it."
But when she opened it, she found it empty.
"You already had so?"
"Mm." The man set down his last docunt, turned to her, and said, "You don’t need to do these things personally."
Elliana was taken aback; her smile faded gradually, and she asked, "Was it not good?"
It couldn’t be that, she had tasted it herself—the soup was just right, not too salty or bland.
"I an, you don’t have to do these chores. We have house staff for that."
The man explained.
So that was it, and Elliana smiled, "That’s different, this is what I call thoughtfulness."
"..."
Norman really wanted to say, "Girl, you don’t need to be so persistent about cooking," but he chose not to, so as not to hurt the little girl’s pride.
Actually, the soup Elliana tasted had been swapped by Lana. However, when Lana was going to dump the soup, she got called by Luna to blow-dry the cat, which left Elliana with the soup she had made herself.
When Norman took the first bite, the at was tough, and the soup was overly salty. To not waste the little girl’s thoughtfulness, he had Raymond Wood add water and cook it again so it was edible.
"Did you like it? I can make it for you every day." Elliana asked eagerly.
"... Sure."
While screwing the lid back onto the thermos, Elliana rembered Zane’s call, so she looked at the man and said, "Norman, why don’t we get the marriage certificate the day after tomorrow?"
Since she needed to go back to the Lyle Family tomorrow to get her household registration booklet.
The man seed a bit surprised by the little girl’s eagerness, but it was a good thing. Considering the current situation with the Lyle Family, there was no need to notify them at all.
And his father, even less so.
"Alright."
...
PM, Bennett Family villa.
As Elliana and Norman Bennett walked through the door, Lotus imdiately rushed out of the living room, ran into Norman’s leg, and climbed his back with her claws!
The jacket was snagged by the cat’s claws!
Andrew Hue and Luna chased down the stairs right after.
"..."
Luna skidded to a stop, scratched the back of her head, and chuckled awkwardly, "Oh, you’re back."
"Now, both of you, out of my house!"
Norman Bennett absolutely couldn’t tolerate people causing a ruckus in his house! Or cats running everywhere!
"Lotus, co down, co to mommy, daddy’s angry." Elliana cooed Lotus into her arms.
Andrew Hue quickly got out of there, but Luna had no intention of leaving; instead, she boldly walked toward the room Elliana had arranged for her.
Lana hurried over to take Lotus away because Norman Bennett couldn’t tolerate cat fur, so Lotus had her own room.
"Haha... Norman Bennett..." Because Norman hadn’t been coming ho much lately, and Lotus would wail in her room, Luna let her out.
The man didn’t say anything more, heading straight to the third floor, presumably to shower, after all, he’d just had a cat climb on him.
After he left, Luna ca out of the room, glanced up at the stairs, and walked over to Elliana, "See, won should be independent. Either that or have control over n. Look at your cat, it’s beco a cat under the eaves, having to bow."
"Norman just doesn’t like cat hair."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Luna shook her head with a look of disappointnt, then eyed Elliana’s sowhat flat figure with a peculiar gaze.
Elliana felt a bit uneasy under her gaze, looking herself over but finding nothing amiss.
"What are you looking at for?"
"Look at you, so flat. No wonder you can’t hold onto Norman Bennett."
Elliana: "Luna! That’s too much!"
Luna beckoned her over, "Co here." Then whispered in her ear, "I’ll tell you how to enhance it..."
Elliana: "(●—●)"
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