âMs. Adina, why donât you go get more sleep?â
Mr. Brown had just woken up and saw Adina walking down the stairs.
âIâm not going to the company today, and I wanted to make the kids breakfast, so I woke up a little early.â Adina smiled. âWhat would you like to eat, Mr. Brown? Iâll prepare it together.â
âItâs okay, I can make it myself,â Mr. Brown said, surprise evident in his voice. âLet me give you a hand in the kitchen.â
Adina turned down Mr. Brownâs help, put on an apron, and went into the kitchen.
After she got married into the Winters family, she would at the very least prepare a meal once a day.
The kids enjoyed her food very much, be it dinner or breakfast.
But it seemed that Duke had not had any of her cooking in a while.
She started by cooking eggs, and boiling some noodles for the kids, then started making Dukeâs breakfast.
She cut an egg into a heart shape and sandwiched it in between two pieces of bread along with some cheese slices.
âIâm going out for a while, Mr. Brown.â
After packing the breakfast in an insulated lunch box, Adina left the mansion in her car.
Mr. Brown sighed in relief. Master Duke had not been home for some time, but Ms. Adina seemed indifferent and aloof about it. The twoâs relationship was getting worse day by day.
Now that Ms. Adina was willing to make amends, she had taken a very important step forward.
He had faith that in no time the Winters family would return to its usual joyful atmosphere, filled with laughter.
Adina drove to the Winters Corporationâs building.
Coincidentally, it was peak office hour at the time, and her appearance in the buildingâs atrium attracted a huge crowd.
It was her first public appearance following her marriage.
âWow, look at that! Sheâs the wife of Winters Corporationâs CEO!â
âThere were media spreading rumors of Mr. Winters and Adinaâs marriage before, but sheâs here at the company now, I bet their relationship is still going strong.â
âIt seems like sheâs delivering Mr. Wintersâ breakfast. Look at them being loveyâdovey. Itâs so cute.â
âWow, seeing loveyâdovey couples right in the morning makes me feel extra single now!â
ââ¦â¦â
In the midst of the crowdâs commotion , Adina walked calmly toward the elevator reserved for the CEO.
The lift reached the top floor in less than a minuteâs time.
She got off the lift with her lunchbox and headed straight to the CEOâs office. The door to the office was not closed, but there was no one inside either.
âIs that man not at the company?â
While she was sulking, Miss Clark approached her and said,â Mrs. Winters, are you here to see Mr.
Winters?â
Adina nodded in reply. âWhere is he?â
âMr. Winters is having a meeting right now. Why donât you sit in the reception room and wait for a little while, Mrs. Winters?â Miss Clark said with respect.
Adina glanced at the time and calmly said, âIâll just wait at the CEOâs office.â
She stepped inside the room and sat on the CEOâs chair right away.
Miss Clark opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out, so she left to pour a cup of coffee for Adina.
The other employees in the secretary department hurriedly rushed to her and started gossiping in low voices.
âHey, why do you guys think Mrs. Winters is here at the company?â
âWhat else for? Sheâs definitely here to check up on the CEO!â
âMrs. Winters mustâve seen the lipstick stain on Mr. Wintersâs collar last time. Otherwise, why would she visit the company to check up on him?â
âI really donât know what Mr. Winters is thinking, to be honest. He has such a wonderful wife, but heâs actually cheating on her with a foreign chick.â
âStop talking nonsense.â Miss Clark prepared the coffee and quietly said, âKeep your mouths shut, and donât say these kinds of things in front of Mrs. Winters!â