Jessie immediately went to find Gilbert, the chef at Esper Castle, and asked him to make a chocolate cheesecake. Gilbert smiled contentedly and said, “So, the lady likes that cake after all.” Irene asked in confusion, “What are you talking about?” “A few days ago, the Lord ordered me to make a chocolate cheesecake.” “The Lord?” Jessie had been with Callos for what felt like a hundred years. During all that time, Callos had never found sweet snacks first, but now, he found one, and Irene couldn’t believe it.

Gilbert nodded understandingly, as if he understood Jessie’s disbelief. “I was also puzzled at first, but then I thought that I had given the lady that cake when she was with the Lord. She even ate a whole piece that day.”

“Are you saying that the Lord told you to make that cake to give it to the lady?”

“Of course! Otherwise, there’s no way the Lord would have ordered me to make the cake and bring it.”

That makes sense.

Scratching his cheek, Gilbert continued, “Well, Lord Callos didn’t stop the lady from eating the whole cake, so I thought I might have misunderstood… But seeing the lady looking for that cake, it seems my assumption was correct.”
Gilbert nodded as if he understood Jessie’s sentiments.

“At first, even I wondered what this was all about. But when I thought about it, I realized that I had made that cake for the lady when she was with the Lord. She cleanly finished the whole cake that day.”

“Are you saying the Lord ordered you to make that cake for the lady?”

“Of course! Otherwise, there would be no reason for the Lord to order me to make the cake and bring it unless it was for the lady.”

That makes sense.

Gilbert scratched his cheek and continued, “Well, the Lord didn’t stop the lady from eating the entire cake, so I thought I might have misunderstood… But seeing the lady looking for that cake, it seems my assumption was correct.”

Whether Callos really intended to give it to Irene, Jessie wasn’t sure, but Irene undeniably liked the cake. That’s why she specifically asked for it.

“Alright, I understand. Please make the cake quickly. The lady is waiting.”

“Since I have all the ingredients, making it won’t be difficult… but it will take a bit of time. About an hour.”

“It’s okay; please make it.”

Nevertheless, just in case, Jessie went back to the bedroom and asked Irene for her opinion. Irene readily agreed to wait.

Jessie waited for an hour, acting as Irene’s representative, and then went back to find Gilbert.

“Who’s this? It’s Jessie.”

Seeing Callos and Abel walking down the corridor with Trey, Jessie politely bowed.

“Pleased to meet you, Lord and Lady of Cheong.”

“Feel free to call me Abel. It’s too formal between us and the Lady of Cheong.”

Jessie didn’t want to inquire about their relationship, fearing her words might get unnecessarily long.

“You’ve returned early today.”

There was an attempt to change the subject, but Jessie was genuinely curious.

Callos and Abel had returned around dawn every time they went out.

Moreover, Jessie didn’t know why they went out every night.

Dewey and Deuce seemed to know, but the reticent twins never shared such information.

Abel sighed deeply and said as if complaining, “I kept working without a break, and I reached my limit. So, today, I decided to take a break and came back early.”

“What kind of work were you doing?”

“That’s as far as it goes.”

When Callos warned Jessie not to ask any further, Abel shrugged his shoulders.

Jessie didn’t ask any more questions.

“But what about that Trey?”

Before Jessie could answer, Abel continued speaking.

“Oh, that cake we had before. I was already hungry, and if you give me that cake, it will be great, right?”

“No! This is the lady’s cake!”
Remembering Gilbert’s words that Abel had eaten the cake in one go, Jessie hastily spoke, anticipating a similar situation.

“Huh?”

Abel, looking as if he were greatly amused, glanced at Jessie and then turned to Callos.

“He says so. What do you think?”

“…….”

Callos, without saying a word, looked down at the cake and spoke.

“If you’re hungry, tell Dewey to prepare dinner.”

Upon Callos’s polite refusal, Abel’s eyebrows rose sharply.

On the other hand, Jessie’s face brightened like a full moon.

“Then, I’ll take my leave.”

As Abel tried to escape quickly, thinking that Abel might pick on her, it wasn’t that easy.

“In that case, let’s eat together.”

Abel said, his eyes sparkling.

“There’s a lot for the lady to eat alone. So, let’s eat together.”

Callos chuckled, looking at Abel.

“What nonsensical thing are you saying?”

“What’s so nonsensical about it? From our first meeting, you surprised me too much. So, I felt bad and thought, why not apologize and become friends.”

“Who said we would become friends just because you want to?”

Abel answered as if asking why he was asking such an obvious question.

“Well, it’s my heart. It’s also the lady’s heart.”

“She probably doesn’t want to become friends with you.”

“I doubt that. All the women I’ve met so far liked me and wanted to become friends. Right, Jessie?”

Jessie, who had been silent until now, awkwardly smiled after being hit by an arrow.

Even though she wanted to deny it, she couldn’t because the other person was a lord.

Callos said firmly, “You’re free to have any delusions, but I hope you don’t harm others.”

“Talking nonsense.”

As if expressing his displeasure, Abel stuck out his tongue, then made a suggestion.

“Then let’s do this. Ask that lady if it’s okay to eat cake together. If she doesn’t want to be friends with me, I’ll step back cleanly. But if she wants to be friends, then at that time, don’t put unnecessary obstacles like now, Callos.”

Callos wanted to resolve it in his way, but he was in debt to Abel, so he couldn’t decisively cut it off.

Even so, Abel wouldn’t easily give up.

But if Irene said she didn’t like it, he would withdraw readily. Callos decided to rely on that.

Perhaps because of the somewhat rough and shocking first meeting, Irene looked at Abel with slightly fearful eyes. Naturally, Callos thought she would refuse.

“I’ll… allow it.”

She was betrayed beautifully.