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“Okay. Go change your clothes. I’ll pack your bag.”It was not Phillip’s first time packing Louis’s bag for him. While Louis was changing his clothes and washing up, Phillip entered his study and placed the books on the desk into a bag. He also ensured Louis had his student card before exiting the study with the bag on his back. Louis had also finished changing. “I’ll head downstairs first, Louis. I’ll bring your bag down too.”“Okay.”Phillip went downstairs but did not see Aunt Delphine. He thought she had gone out. After putting the bag down, he ran to the kitchen. He smelled a delicious aroma and wanted to see if breakfast was ready. “Something smells good, Austin. Is breakfast ready? I want to… Oh, you’re here, Aunt Delphine.”Phillip, who had barged into the kitchen, saw his aunt watching Austin from behind in silence. Delphine asked her nephew calmly, “Has Louis woken up?”“I woke him. He’s still washing up. Are you learning how to cook from Austin, Aunt Del
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When Delphine went downstairs, Isabella still had not returned from her morning run. Austin was preparing breakfast for Isabella and the boys in the kitchen as usual. “Aunt Delphine. “Phillip was watching the TV when he saw his aunt walking down the stairs. He quickly stood up and greeted her.“Good morning,” he added. Delphine asked, “Why are you up so early, Phillip? Louis hasn’t even woken up.”“I woke up early because I went to bed early last night.”Phillip grabbed the remote control and turned off the TV. He told his aunt, “I’ll go wake Louis up, Aunt Delphine.“Austin is back to work today. I’ll wake Louis up so we can have bunnies together. I asked Austin to make us some bunny-shaped buns.”“Okay. Go wake him up.”Delphine did not stop Phillip from heading upstairs. Louis was actually a pretty fussy child because everyone kept spoiling him. It was difficult to get him out of bed in the morning. He liked sleeping in. If he said he wanted to sleep a little longer,
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“Don’t you want Austin as your future son-in-law?”Looking at his wife’s speechless expression, Hadrian said, “If you can’t accept a son-in-law like Austin, our daughter would probably never get married.“However, you’ll get worried if she doesn’t get married and stays by our side.“We weren’t good parents. I feel sorry for making Isa take on such a tiring responsibility of managing the family business at a young age. We can’t keep her by our side forever. She has to find her happiness.“As parents, aren’t we glad as long as our children are happy? They don’t have to be millionaires. Well, our family is wealthy enough. Isa just has to assess the man’s character when choosing a partner.“We can still accept someone with a slightly lower social status or lesser wealth than us.“I think Austin is a great fit. Our families are well-matched too.”Delphine said, “Don’t you think Austin lives too far away? He’s from Wiltspoon. That’s thousands of miles away from Satbury. It takes a few
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Hadrian quickly pieced it together. Seeing his wife’s silent confirmation, he turned the light back on and sat up, studying her face.He asked somewhat disbelievingly, “Isa likes Austin? She told you this? So the girl does like men. I’d begun to wonder if she was incapable of love.”Though surprised, he lacked his wife’s anxiety. If anything, he felt relieved.His daughter was normal after all.He had secretly worried she might never love anyone, or that her orientation might diverge from tradition. The reality was, that she had just never dated anyone despite being in her twenties because she was simply unimpressed by the lackluster suitors swarming her.Austin, however, was different.Hadrian had appreciated him from the start. Their first meeting convinced him the young man was no ordinary talent, which was later proven true when Austin’s elite background came to light.Despite being a scion of a hundred-billion-dollar empire and having considerable wealth of his own, he was
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Isabella’s family would likely be tactful enough not to disturb them often, though her two little brothers, with their bottomless stomachs, would probably drop by frequently for meals.Delphine opened her mouth to speak, then hesitated.Truthfully, her daughter’s plan sounded remarkably well-considered.“Mom, don’t worry about Austin and I. I’ll handle everything properly. I won’t let myself be disadvantaged,” Isabella reassured her mother, but also impliedly telling her that she would make the decision herself.Her parents could offer advice, but the final choice was hers alone.“Mom, it’s late. You should rest. I need to head to sleep too. I have a meeting tomorrow.”Delphine rose. “Oh, you should head to bed then.”Tomorrow, she would speak with Austin privately. She needed to gauge his sincerity.Isabella saw her mother out. She only closed her door and went back into her room once her mother had left; her mind at ease now that the matter was settled. In high spirits, she f
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Did her daughter's words mean she intended to marry Austin? After a moment of inner conflict, Delphine said, “Isa, we can't bear to see you marry so far away. Austin is wonderful, but his home is too distant. You know better than anyone that our family still relies on you.”“Mom, I may marry Austin, but I won’t leave Satbury. I’ll continue managing the company affairs as before. I’ll even keep living at home. You don’t have to worry that I’ll neglect my responsibilities after getting married.”This made her mother’s eyes widen. “Isa, have you and Austin already discussed what you’ll do after you get married? Is he willing to become a live-in son-in-law for our family?”If Austin agreed to this, the match might actually be worth considering.The thought of their family gaining such an outstanding son-in-law shifted Delphine’s perspective. With Austin by her daughter’s side, he could share her burdens and become her pillar of support.Moreover, no one would dare scheme against th
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After a brief silence, Isabella spoke, “Mom, even though I’ve never been in a relationship before, I know when a man treats a woman well, there’s always a purpose.“From the very beginning, Austin treated me as his fiancée, so his kindness was intentional from the start.”They just had not read into it.“As for the previous private chefs…”Isabella trailed off. The chefs she had hired before were nothing like Austin. They were older, married, and had families of their own. Naturally, they would not—and could not—entertain any inappropriate thoughts about the young lady.“Isa, Austin is exceptional. Our whole family adores him. That’s a fact. Even if you two hadn’t developed feelings for each other, we’d still like him.“These past two days while you were away on your business trip, uhh, at FC Manor, Austin didn’t cook. The boys noticed the difference, and even I found it hard to adjust. I have to say, in just a few months, he’s completely won over all our stomachs.”Delphine sig
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Without their knowledge, Grandma May had thoroughly investigated her daughter. The old lady had studied her temperament, silently marking Isabella as a match for Austin, and then arranged for him to enter her life as a private chef.Through daily interactions, their relationship blossomed.With this move, Austin was hitting two birds with one stone.After a moment of silence, Isabella said, “Old Mrs. York wouldn’t harm us without reason. Even in business, our companies are too far apart to have any dealings.“Their family has no investments or business here, so there’s nothing to worry about.“If she hadn’t been seeking a bride for her grandson, she wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to investigate someone like this.”Though she said this, Isabella felt immense relief that their family and the Yorks had no prior conflicts. Separated by thousands of kilometers and being in different provinces let alone cities, they had no history of interaction, let alone grudges.Otherwise, as h
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Isabella answered honestly, “Mom, the day he came for the interview was the first time I ever saw him.”When she first met Austin, Isabella was surprised.She had assumed a chef of his skill would be at least in his forties and never expected him to be only in his twenties.Had the interview not required him to personally cook two dishes for her to taste, she would have doubted those dishes were even his.Not only was Austin young, but he was also strikingly handsome and refined. At first glance, he did not seem like a chef at all.Even after watching him cook and tasting his dishes, confirming they were indeed his work, Isabella remained half-skeptical.At the time, she had not voiced her doubts, letting him pass the interview instead.She figured the truth would reveal itself once he started working.If he had somehow cheated his way through the interview, once officially employed as a private chef, he would have to handle everything himself and no one to rely on.Later, it
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