"Did he say anything?"

"Boss asked me to take good care of you."

"Anything else?"

Ted stared at Ophelia in confusion.

Ophelia waved her hand and changed the subject. "I’ll go check on Tommy. Did he cry last night?"

"Tommy’s great, and he hardly cried during the night. He’s still asleep in the cradle," said Ted honestly.

"Thank you, Ted. If it weren’t for you last night, I’m afraid Madeleine and I wouldn’t have slept at all."

"That’s what I ought to do. You’re my Master, and Tommy is my Little Master, so it’s my duty to protect and look after him."

Ophelia waved her hand modestly and said, "Don’t say that, Ted. We’re equal. I’ll feel ashamed if you keep saying so. Zachariah sent you to protect me, not to be my nanny or housekeeper. Let us girls make breakfast from tomorrow. As a man, you just wait for the food."

"I cook all the time, and I’m quite good at it. Boss likes my cooking too. Mas… Ophelia, how about making that decision after having my food?"

Now that Ted said so, Ophelia could do nothing but accept his advice.

"Since you are sent to protect me, should I be the one to pay you?"

someone will transfer the money

check on Tommy, who was sound asleep and looked so

gave a smile despite herself. Sure enough, the atmosphere in the little apartment was

out of the room and had breakfast, which was made by Ted, with

They never expected him to be so good at cooking. He was even better than a chef in a

Ted. How did you make the Brussels Sprout

told her the

"And that’s all?"

that "Less is more" also applied

Ophelia, "Honey, I overrated myself and thought I was best at cooking, but today Ted teaches me that there’s always someone better

she also had to

eye. But during these three days, Ophelia talked and laughed with them on the first day, while for the next two days, she swallowed her displeasure and smiled. No one from the Chambers family had paid her

wasn’t disappointed. They just confessed their love for each other and should have been living together happily, but things

didn’t even send her a

trance when she stared at Tommy, who was the very image of Zachariah, and couldn’t help but ask, "Are you

Zachariah for never sending her a message, or calling her, or coming to see her, and she was resentful that the Chambers family didn’t pay her a visit. But at the same time, she blamed herself for lacking conviction. She was just

originally intended to make Zachariah realize that they could at least treat each other equally, but unexpectedly, now she was

kind of

to sleep, got a bowl of chicken soup

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