Mark, who wouldn’t easily back down, wasn’t going to yield.

“Was it really a matter of formality, Adel?”

“No. I couldn’t wake you up because it was early. It would be more enjoyable if you join us.”

“Did you hear that, Viscount?”

“Enough, let’s sit down.”

“I forgot about this, but this is my house, and that’s what I should say.”

Mark, who didn’t say a word, made Christine show a displeased expression.

When Adel, who noticed the tension between the two men, subtly intervened,

“Sorry, Mark. Viscount Vaise may not know, but he lacks a bit of courtesy.”

“Adel.”

Although Christine warned with a frown,
“It seems like you lack not only courtesy but patience as well, Adel.”

Mark added another remark, taking another sip.

“Ha, lacking? Me?”

Adel laughed, seemingly agreeing with Mark as if she didn’t hear his words.

“Exactly, Mark.”

These people are getting more…!

Although Christine looked severely irritated, they paid no attention.

“I have a keen sense of observation.”

“Indeed, a remarkable doctor you are.”

Clang!

Eventually, Christine slammed the table.

She smiled in a threatening manner towards the two surprised individuals. Of course, very sternly.

“Fine, I admit it. I lack both courtesy and patience. So, let’s stop here, and both of you take your seats. I want to have a peaceful breakfast. Consider this a warning disguised as a request.”

Mark and Adel exchanged glances and sat down.

“And! Don’t make those expressions, both of you, except me. This is a threat.”

Gripping the knife on the table, he smiled even more fiercely.

But for Adel, it couldn’t be a threat at all. Instead, she placed the apple pie in front of him in a somewhat clumsy manner.

“While you have the knife, cut it nicely, Chris.”

Christine showed an incredulous expression, but Adel urged her cheerfully.

“Come on, Chris~.”

Christine’s eyes widened at the unexpected aegyo.

“Ha! It gave me chills.”

“What did you say!”

Nevertheless, he started cutting the pie with the knife he held.

Watching this, Mark couldn’t help but smirk. The infamous Silver Wolf, Viscount Vaise, became a gentle lamb, no, a puppy in front of Adel.

Adel was undoubtedly a skilled trainer.

“Now, take it.”

Seeing the piece of pie offered in front of her, she felt perplexed.

It was the first piece of the pie that Christine had cut.

“Um… There’s nothing wrong with your cognitive abilities right now, Viscount?”

As Christine’s eyes became fiercer, he smiled in a friendly manner.

“Perhaps you confused what you were going to give to Adel.”

“This pie might be your last supper, after all.”

“Surely not.”

As Mark quickly accepted the pie,

“Thanks.”

He looked at Mark with a sly smile.

“Of course, I plan to pay a hefty treatment fee as well.”

“I’ll charge you a hefty food bill too.”

Perhaps trying to make up for the time she had starved or to replenish the many nutrients needed for her body to recover, Christine devoured whatever was available, and as evidence, the empty plates piled up on the table.

“As much as you want.”

After finishing his sentence, Christine ate one piece of the pie in one go.

Then Adel quickly filled a teacup and placed it in front of her. The expression on her face as she watched Christine eat looked more than happy.

This was something he couldn’t do.

Even though he already knew, Mark felt bitter.

But the person who kept confirming and getting hurt was not just Mark.

“Hey, anything happened this morning?”

Jennifer, who was heading to the dining room as if captivated by the smell of food, encountered Judy in the corridor.

Judy’s expression was unusually dark to the extent that even someone as oblivious as him could notice. Her eyes seemed moist, too.

“What’s going on?”

Judy lowered her head and tried to leave quickly. Then, as if she remembered something, she said,

“Oh, by the way, your head chef woke up. Congratulations.”

“Ha! Really?”

Jennifer, who had been smiling broadly at the good news of Christine’s recovery, tilted her head.

Wasn’t Judy the one who had been wholeheartedly assisting with his treatment along with Mark for the past few days? However, for some reason, her dark expression didn’t seem to be delighted with Christine’s recovery.

“Did something happen to our head chef…?”

“What are you…?”

“Never mind.”

As Jennifer was about to move towards the dining room again, Judy grabbed her.

“I think it’s better to go later.”

“Why?”

“Just because. The atmosphere is a bit off now.”

The more Judy insisted, the more curious Jennifer became.

What mysterious and subtle adult world was unfolding in the restaurant?

For example, kisses or something… Kisses or something…

‘Well, she must have been hungry for a long time.’

With curious eyes, she glanced into the dining room, where Christine, Adel, and Mark were sitting.

It was quite disappointing. She didn’t know why.

“Come out!”

Grabbing Jennifer’s arm, Judy quickly pulled her out of the corridor. Jennifer, who was as delicate as a dried cucumber, couldn’t resist.

“Why on earth are you doing this!”

Eventually dragged to the mansion garden, Jennifer shouted as she pushed Judy away.

Then, Judy, with her lips pouting, stuttered as if she had thought of something.

“Uh, no, I mean, not because I’m angry, but because I was curious…”

“I hate Miss Adel. I really hate her.”

Hearing this sudden statement, Jennifer couldn’t understand the context of the conversation.

“No, why Adel? They got along well.”

It was true. While nursing Christine, Adel and Judy had become close, helping each other.

“She made our teacher upset.”

“Where did Miss Adel hurt the doctor…?”

Baffled, Jennifer looked at Judy.

“Oh, forget it. What can I say to this muscle idiot.”

“Muscle idiot?”

As Jennifer grabbed the back of her neck, making a face, Judy had already left abruptly.

After watching her leave, Jennifer said to the back of her head,

“Is it possible that you like our teacher?”

“…!”

When Judy’s steps hesitated, he felt triumphant as if he had solved a difficult problem.

“Huh, I have one sense left, at least.”

Of course, it was his own claim.

In the end, Jennifer turned around with a sigh and shouted at him,

“Fine. I like our teacher! So what!”

“No, who said anything…”
“But our teacher isn’t the only woman in the world, Adel. Still can’t forget. Moreover, why does that girl bring her dying lover to our teacher of all people? And when the two of them are laughing so happily, how much more hurt will our teacher be? I really wish both of them would just pass away quickly!”

Judy, who had been hiding her feelings, couldn’t control her emotions and finally started crying out loud.

“Uhuhu! Huhu!”

Watching the crying woman burying her face in her hands, Jennifer felt awkward.

She had never comforted a crying woman before.

“Uh, there… thud…!”

“Waaah! Aaah!”

Judy’s crying grew louder.

A bewildered Jennifer even broke into a cold sweat on her spine.

“I, I must have done something wrong. So, please stop crying now! Oh, please…”

She begged desperately. If only she could stop the woman’s crying like this, it would be enough.

But why did she feel so uneasy again?

Was it from the moment she heard that Judy likes Mark?

Or was it from when she cried, saying she likes Mark?

No, but what does that have to do with me?

Indeed, the adult world was complex and mysterious.