Chapter 2897 - 87: Heart Full of Desolate Loss
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Ben Lucas followed behind Harrison Lucas, watching ’him’ grunt as he moved things from the trunk, without giving him any extra attention.
He just stood at the courtyard entrance, watching Harrison Lucas busy moving in and out.
Until Harrison Lucas moved all the ingredients packed tightly in the trunk into the kitchen and changed out of the training suit into casual wear, rolled up his sleeves, and started handling the ingredients with a cell phone video placed next to him.
From start to finish, Harrison Lucas didn’t look back at Ben Lucas, nor did he remember to ask Ben if he needed her to do anything else.
At this moment, Harrison Lucas only wanted to perform well so that the Director wouldn’t think she was a spoiled brat.
She worried that if she didn’t perform well, the Director would soon get bored or dislike her.
The Director’s affection for her came too suddenly and too easily, a feeling Harrison Lucas still couldn’t believe, always fearing that someday this unexpected affection would vanish.
Because of this, Harrison Lucas wanted to perform well, striving to do her best so that the Director would continue to like her and wouldn’t quickly become dissatisfied and regretful.
Harrison Lucas’s cooking skills were notoriously terrible, but she recalled a well-known saying—’to capture a man’s heart, you must first capture his stomach.’
Harrison Lucas thought to herself that today she’s bound to do terribly, and the Director would despise it.
If tonight’s dishes were prepared poorly again, perhaps the Director would regret liking her.
𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
For this reason, Harrison Lucas devoted herself in the kitchen, learning how to cook by following a video.
Thankfully, the ingredients bought from the supermarket were plentiful, and if cut poorly, she would simply take another portion to practice her knife skills.
The kitchen was now equipped with a food scale, and she followed the recipe precisely, measuring each ingredient and seasoning meticulously without slacking off.
Finally, a table of dishes that were somewhat presentable and looked decent was completed by Harrison Lucas.
"Director, dinner is ready."
Harrison Lucas went upstairs to call Ben Lucas, feeling a hint of excitement, hoping to have Ben enjoy the dinner she meticulously prepared and gain more favor in his heart.
Unexpectedly, Ben Lucas, who emerged from the study room, looked even worse than he did in the auditorium earlier in the day.
"You finished?" Ben Lucas’s voice was low and cold, not much different from usual, but it left Harrison Lucas feeling inexplicably forlorn.
The Director seemed to have returned to how he was before, cold, as if the morning’s tenderness was just an illusion.
Harrison Lucas felt anxious inside but still responded properly, "Yes, it’s all ready."
Hoping the Director would feel happier after tasting the dinner she prepared carefully.
She tasted it earlier; although not very delicious, it was at least edible, and the Director shouldn’t find it distasteful, right?
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as expected. Ben Lucas merely glanced coldly at Harrison Lucas before going downstairs to the restaurant.
Harrison Lucas hurriedly followed him, staying by his side, watching him take the first bite of the dish.
"Is this the dinner you prepared?"
After Ben Lucas took a bite, his brows furrowed even tighter, setting down the cutlery.
"Harrison, you have disappointed me." The man’s tone was icy.
Harrison Lucas’s beautiful face instantly turned pale: "...Director"
Ben Lucas: "Forget it, I don’t have an appetite, I’m not eating."
With that, Ben Lucas stood up, not giving Harrison Lucas any chance to persuade him to stay, leaving the restaurant without looking back.
Watching Ben Lucas’s gradually disappearing figure, Harrison Lucas stood there in a daze for quite a while before slowly regaining her senses.
Director...How could...
Harrison Lucas’s heart was filled with melancholy and loss; why did everything feel like it had changed?
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