Chapter 1159
As Bianca handed the cat back to Rosalind, she joked, “Looks like he recognized him as future family. When I visited my husband’s house for the first time when we were young, their dog loved me right away. My mother-in-law said the dog knew I was going to be part of the family.”
Rosalind didn’t say a word. She merely tapped Beau twice on the head.
The food had been reheated, and two brand-new dishes had been added.
Noreen was worried the reheated food wouldn’t taste good, so she had made two fresh additions.
One of them was stir-fried beef.
She had meticulously followed an online tutorial, but the final result looked vastly different.
It was somewhat blackened and the texture was undeniably strange.
Seth didn’t seem to notice. Bite after bite, he polished off the entire plate of beef without batting an eye.
Noreen felt a massive surge of pride. She was convinced her one and only weakness had finally been conquered.
“I’m going to cook for you a lot more from now on.”
A soft smile reached Seth’s eyes. “Okay.”
When Noreen stepped into the kitchen, Claire followed close behind. “Just based on the fact that he ate that without flinching, I officially approve of this marriage!”
Noreen refused to concede. “It just proves my cooking isn’t that bad.”
Claire heavily disagreed. “Please. If you handed him a bowl of dog kibble and said you cooked it, he’d tell you it was delicious.”
Noreen was completely speechless.
“You didn’t see the way he looked eating your food. He looked like he was receiving a reward.”
In the Gilmore house, Seth naturally didn’t have much chance to be alone with Noreen.
While Noreen and Claire cleaned the kitchen after dinner, Seth sat rigidly across from Rosalind.
Beau had slipped away from Rosalind again and was now happily curled up in Seth’s lap.
He was loudly purring and licking Seth’s fingers.
Seth gave him a few tentative pets.
Beau immediately rolled over to expose his belly in pure bliss.
Bianca brewed some tea, set it on the table, and scooped Beau up once again.
She knew Rosalind needed a private word with Seth.
The living room instantly grew quiet.
The evening light slanted through the window, catching the curling- steam from the teacups and creating Jahazy barrier between Seth and Rosalind.
Seth’s chest tightened.
He knew this was coming.
His spine straightened involuntarily his hands resting on his knees. He Looked completely respectful, like a man awaiting his final verdict.
Rosalind looked at him, her gaze heavy and pressing down on him like a physical weight.
“I know about the kidney donation
I’m the
who owes you that debt,
and I’m the one who will repay it.
Name whatever you want from me, and I won’t refuse.” Content belong’s fo FindNovel.net
She paused, her tone strict and leaving no room for argument.
“But I do not want you using this favor to guilt-trip Noreen. She shouldn’t have to mortgage her entire future to pay off my debt.”
The air seemed to freeze.
Seth didn’t rush to defend himself, nor did he throw out a counter-offer like he would in a boardroom.
He just sat there quietly, letting the heavy pressure of an elder wash over him.
After a long moment, he looked up.
His eyes, which were usually impossibly dark and unreadable, were now strikingly clear and resolute.
“Rosalind.”
He spoke, his voice low but every syllable razor-sharp, like he was reciting a sacred
Vow.
“I don’t consider that a ‘favor’.”
Rosalind frowned slightly. “Then what is it?”
The faintest hint of a smile tugged at the corner of Seth’s lips. It wasn’t really a
smile, but a deeply reverent confession.
“I consider it an admission ticket gifted by fate.”
Without that ticket, he wouldn’t even have had the right to approach Noreen.
Rosalind was stunned. She stared at Seth.
His words weren’t an explanation; they were him laying his heart completely bare.