Chapter 77

77. TEASING HIM

CELINE’S POV

As I walked into the dining room, I noticed that Jake was sitting at the table by himself… eating the bread that I had made.

“Celine…” he greeted me with a grin before waving his hand and motioning for me to come closer to him.

“Hey… where’s Mr. Anderson?”

“He went back to his room. He said he was going to wake up Aunt Olivia…” he responded as he took a bite out of the piece of bread in his hand. “This is so good! The most delicious bread I’ve ever tasted…’ ‘ he said and shoved the last bite into his mouth, then picked another

one.

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“Do they taste that good?”

“Very, very good!” he said, half of the bread was only shoved in his mouth, holding it with his teeth, and I couldn’t help but laugh at how he looked. “C’mon! Have a taste of your delicious bread…” He said, picking up another one before pushing the plate in front of me and handing me a glass of cold water.

“Okay! I’ll give it a try!” I exclaimed, and was about to take a piece of bread from the plate, but I was able to see out of the corner of my eye that a person dressed in a suit who I knew very well had entered the

dining room

As a result, I bent over and bit down on the half piece of bread that Jake was still biting. The passage of time came to a screeching halt, and as Jake let go of the bread in his hand and dropped it on the table, I pretended not to notice what had happened.

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“Mmmm… yummy!” I said, chewing the bread with a broad smile on my face as I turned to look at Sebastian provocatively.

“Your method of eating bread is very distinctive!” Sebastian complimented in a sarcastic manner with his teeth gritting.

“Celine…” I overheard Jake murmuring my name, and he appeared to be a little taken aback by what I had done. “You… you… do you want to have another bite?” he asked and then picked up another piece of bread and put it in his mouth, his gaze expectant.

Looking at his hilarious expression made me want to burst out laughing.

“Come in, Miss Lauren!” The joyous moment I had just been experiencing, abruptly turned into a miserable one when a s ervant walked in with another person following behind her.

“Celine!” When Brylee called out, I immediately got goosebumps from

the sound of her voice.

“Hi, my dear sister…” I made sure to greet her as if I didn’t fee surprised by her coming over here. “What in the world broug here so early in the morning?”

“I’m worried that you might not be used to this kind of place, so…” She gave a shrug of her shoulders and then looked around, noticing that Sebastian was standing very close to Jake. “Seb… why are you

up so early?”

“What brings you here?” Sebastian inquired, without so much as casting a glance in the direction of his future wife. He pulled up a chair to sit, and a se rvant brought him coffee almost immediately

afterward.

“You mentioned yesterday that… that we’re going to see each other today…” She looked down, fiddling with her hands, and then looked

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up at me with a smile. “And also… was worried about Celine. Shee might not be used to staying in this kind of place…”

Although I smiled, I decided to maintain my silence.

“I’m here now!! The labored voice of Cynthia resounded throughout the dining room as she nam over panting. “Hey! Five minutes!! made it in five minutes, not ten minutes!”

Everyone was taken aback when Cynthia showed up out of breath yet dressed for school…. but her brother Sebastian was especially surprised by her appearance. He might not have been used to his sister waking up early in the morning and then showing up ready to

go to school.

When i saw Sebastianla expression and the small smile that tore his lips apart, I couldn’t help but smile as well..

It just took me five minutes to finish” Cynthia beamed with prideas she locked at me and smilet broadly

COh, yeah…” I shrugged, winking at her can see that, Cynthia…

The young woman roiled her eyes and then sat down directly opposite Jake while she continued to suck norain. She then tumed the atendon to her cousin and smiled warmly att him, to which Jake returned with a small smile and a nod

A ssBridee sat next to Cynthia… I observed that she had a very faint xxpression of displeasure on her face “Are you okay, Cynthia??”

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Celine! Let’s go to school! Now!”

I shrugged my shoulders innocently and smiled at her as I stood up from my seat next to Jake, as if nothing had happened. However… because of my gesture, Cynthia’s rage increased to the point that she appeared to want to rip my face apart.

“And Jake!” The tone of Cynthia’s voice didn’t change at all. “Finish eating that bread already! You’re going to drive me to class!”

Jake’s expression shifted from one of shock to one of foolish grin as his gaze followed Cynthia, obviously still not recovering from what I’d done to him.

I giggled as I excused myself before turning around to chase Cynthia who was nearly out the front door with her backpack in tow.

“Hey! Hold on just a second!” Jake yelled as he took the final chunk of bread and drank the cold water before jogging towards us. “I’ll drop you guys off!”

“Jake, you don’t have to send them to school…” I was climbing in the back passenger seat when I was startled by Brylee’s voice comin from behind him. I frowned and paused in my ascent.

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