Chapter 183
He thought, ‘I’m his father and I didn’t even know he could cook. If Zinnia gets sick from his food, how would I ever explain that to Henry? I had to with my own eyes today. Only then can I answer him.‘
“Make yourselves at home,” Yannis said as he stood up and headed to the kitchen. He thought, ‘Zinnia is waiting for dinner. She is growing, the need- proper nutrition. I can’t keep her waiting.
Yannis had originally planned to have someone deliver food to Zinnia, but later, he started to worry about her.
Deciding to leave the office early, he called to cancel the delivery and headed home right away. He also texted Zinnia that he’d come back to cook for her.
As Yannis disappeared into the kitchen and the door closed, Victor said softly, “Yannis has grown up now.”
In the past, any mention of Grace would have led to heated arguments between Yannis and James. But today, Yannis no longer quarrels with James.
Victor thought with relief, ‘It’s a good thing to see. Mr. Perkins is getting old and simply can’t handle that kind of emotional upheaval anymore.
‘Mr. Spence said that Mr. Perkins has accumulated many old, lingering injuries, some of which can’t be fully healed, so all he can do now is rest and recuperate.’
James murmured, “Yes, he’s grown up. If only Grace could see this, she’d be so proud.”
James slumped back on the sofa. His gaze lingered on the figure moving methodically behind the frosted glass kitchen door.
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Yannis had always been ridiculously picky about everything since he was little. At the slightest inconvenience, he’d give one those teary puppy–dog eyes, looking all wronged and pitiful.
Grace had her hands full with Yannis back then. As a kid, Yannis never even knew what a kitchen looked like, let alone set foot in one.
Seeing that Yannis could cook now, James was left with mixed feelings.
Yannis didn’t make a big deal out of it. He just whipped up six dishes and a soup.
“Dinner’s ready!” Yannis called, then headed to Zinnia’s room to fetch her.
They settled around the new round table, instantly closer than the øld long one ever allowed. Gone was that inexplicable sense of distance; now, everything felt naturally intimate.
James took the seat of honor at the round table, with Victor to his left, Yannis to his right, and Zinnia settling in beside Yannis.
“Yannis, how did you learn to cook?” Victor asked warmly. Having served alongside James for decades since their battlefield days, he was more family than retainer to the Perkins family.
As soon as they tasted the food, Victor and James exchanged a glance, their eyes widening with undisguised surprise. The food was quite good.
Yannis said, “I picked it up while I was overseas. When there’s no one to cook for you, you just figure it out.”
His words rendered both Victor and Yannis speechless.
When Yannis graduated from university, he insisted on starting his own company. James had everything set up for him in the family business, but Yannis stubbornly refused to follow James’s plan. After a fierce argument that night, Yannis stormed off overseas.
Furious, James ordered that all financial support for Yannis be cut off. No one was to give him a single cent, or they’d be opposing the Perkins family. Back then, whenever Devin and Layla sent Yannis money, James punished them.
James had thought that cutting off all financial support would force Yannis to come back. But to his surprise, Yannis was stubborn to the core.
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After two years abroad, Yannis had learned to roll up his sleeves and cook, and he became pretty good at it.
James lowered his head. The dishes were perfect in every way, yet to him, they carried an inexplicable bitterness,
For a moment, no one spoke. Zinnia sensed the atmosphere felt a bit off, but she held her tongue and didn’t chime in recklessly.
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