My Sugar And Your Spice

"What treasure?" Amelie didn't think her father would have any other treasure aside from Bria and herself.

"You don't love me anymore, Grandpa," said Bria in jealousy. "You're looking for another treasure? When I'm right here? I'm mad now."

Steven quickly cheered his granddaughter up. "You and your mother are the only treasure I have. I mean, that Alston guy did give me a lot of good food and recipes just now. I was going to look for my spectacles and search for the stuff he gave us. Then, I'm going to buy everything and whip something up for you two."

Leo knew Steven well. If he didn't hate Leo, Steven would've taken the presents happily. He loved whipping up new food for his family every day.

Amelie was moved by the gesture, but she knew for a fact that her father wouldn't find anything. "The food is only provided to special people, and the recipes are a secret. You can't find it online."

"Is that so?" That's a shame. He scratched his head.

She hugged her father. "You're already a good enough cook, Dad. Bria and I still haven't gone through your whole culinary list yet. You don't have to learn anything else."

Bria knew her mother wanted Steven to relax a little, so she chimed in, "Yeah! I love meatballs, meat stew, and grilled salmon. And a lot more!"

Steven looked at her, smiling. "I'll whip your favorites up every day, then."

"But you can call Dada if you want to get those recipes." The girl was learning some slang lately. Instead of saying Daddy, she went for Dada. Perhaps she thought she could make her mother and grandfather get along with Leo by doing so.

in the end. "No." It took Amelie this long to finally leave him. I can't let

since Leo rose to prominence, nobody would talk to him that disrespectfully. Everyone treated him like he was a king. An executioner. Eugene couldn't imagine anyone talking down to Leo, but

up coldly, "Have you found anything

his head and sat up straight. "Victor

by a sniper. The enemy came prepared, and they wouldn't

Alston, still as clear-minded as ever. I see anger hasn't gotten the best of

seat around. He was impatient.

"Yes. Strangely, they wanted Elyse dead. Did she know something

you need some days off to space out," snapped Leo. "You're getting

that wasn't even two seconds of spacing out. Yet, he noticed it? "I-It's alright, Mr.

shot him an icy look.

seems different now. In the past, he would just shoot me

me," Leo commented, ignoring his assistant's spacing out. "The sniper could have shot me, but they went for Elyse instead. Why? To hide a

nonsense, but Eugene thought it was a bold guess. After putting some more thought into it, he realized Leo had a point. The more Eugene thought about it, the more plausible the guess was. Yet, he said nothing. One, he was scared of Leo, and two, Leo knew what

how preposterous his guess was, they always turned out to be true somehow. He might be a loser in relationships, but he was a

any clues regarding Elyse's death, but he did find Michael."

coldly, "Have you found

see him," said

see him," said