“Hey, Lina, Mom was really scared by the door guardian today!” Dave chuckled. “She used that feather duster for over ten years, and it suddenly met its demise!”

Lina was taken aback. “What? Did Zeke dare to lay hands on Mom?”

“No!” Dave described the situation to her. “Mom was furious because the kitchen was too messy. She grabbed the feather duster to make a point, but she got carried away and accidentally hit him for real…

“And the feather duster snapped in half.”

Lina widened her eyes.

Dave looked toward the porch and lowered his voice. “Sis, he’s not a door guardian but Ironman, is he?”

Lina could not help but laugh and told her brother to go back to sleep.

She looked at the plate of risotto on the table for a while, then went to the porch for no reason.

Zuko was in a vigilant sleeping position, his body tilted to one side, hands crossed in front of his chest, and the blanket only covering his stomach.

exposed arms and calves had well-defined and perfect muscle lines, exuding

quickly lowered her head, retracting her gaze and all those fleeting

peacefully spent their first

morning, Lina quietly

at the store. Jesse and Melissa would wake up early to restock and

morning and was likely studying in the park two blocks

was wondering when she heard

like he had just finished exercising, his chiseled face exuding a hint of firmness and his well-built figure embraced by the

T-shirt that was damp with sweat clung to his

fell on

you looking at?”

hurriedly turned her

nothing,” she said softly. “I just… wanted to

“Fine.”

face with

seemed so reserved, with no

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