“We’re on our way to pick up the kids now, so we’ll probably reach the restaurant in about half an hour,” answered Xante.

“Okay. Send me the restaurant’s location, and I’ll come find you guys later if I have time,” said Aaron.

Xante could not take his pretense, so she simply hung up the phone.

“So what did he say?” asked Corinne when she saw Xante hanging up out of the corner of her eyes.

Xante chuckled. “He said he’s having dinner with his in-laws at his girlfriend’s house.”

Corinne frowned. “What is he trying to pull this time?”

Xante shook her head. “I have no idea. He asked me to send him the restaurant’s location and said he’ll go if he can. Boss, which restaurant should we go to later?”

Corinne did not have a clue either. “We’ll decide later and send him the location after that.” “Okay.”

at the

phone and turned to help Jenny, Annie’s mother, with the vegetables. “Miss Jenny, please let me help you.” “No, it’s okay, Aaron. I heard you were on the phone just now.

dinner. But I still prefer to eat the food cooked by you since outside food

chuckled happily. “Then stay, and I’ll cook

“I can’t wait, Miss Jenny!

that my husband and I are here to cook. You can head out to the living room to watch TV while waiting for

watch TV, Aaron. My wife and I can handle everything

go of the opportunity to ingratiate himself to Annie’s

can’t sit still knowing you two are cooking over here while I’m sitting comfortably over

and more. To make him go out with a piece of mind, she passed him two heads of garlic and said, “Here, peel these cloves of garlic for me, but do it in the living room. I don’t want you getting smoke in your clothes from all the cooking.” “Roger that,”

heads of garlic in hand, sat on the sofa, and started

door to the foyer

Annie was stunned to see Aaron sitting on the sofa in her home peeling garlic as

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