His Coy Lover

For breakfast, Zelda preferred something light.

Today, she wanted to have rice porridge with pickled vegetables.

Despite having so many ingredients, there were no pickled vegetables. She had no choice but to fry up a few side dishes to go with the rice porridge later.

She also made chicken soup for her foster mother.

Outside, there were steady footsteps.

“Lucas.”

Zelda heard Zack’s respectful greeting.

Lucas?

Isn’t that Lucas?

Why was he here?

Since learning yesterday that Zelda had become their sister-in-law, Lucas had been itching to find out more. So he came over early in the morning.

“Zack, hasn’t my eldest brother gotten up yet? It smells so good, who’s in the kitchen?”

Zack didn’t know that Lucas already knew Zelda’s identity, so he answered, “It’s Zelda, she’s preparing breakfast for Young Master.”

Lucas’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly leaned closer to Zack, startling Zack, who discreetly moved away.

His expression remained respectful as he asked, “Lucas, what’s the matter?”

“Zack, I already know.”

“Know what, Master Lucas?”

“I know Zelda is my sister-in-law.”

Zack’s expression remained unchanged. “Oh.”

Lucas was dissatisfied. “Zack, you’re the steward of my eldest brother’s estate. You know a lot about my eldest brother. Tell me, what’s going on between them? Weren’t they both unwilling to marry each other in the beginning?”

The proposal to Roscente was grandmother’s idea.

Actually, the eldest brother wasn’t interested in Zelda and didn’t want to marry her.

“Lucas, you’re asking me about my master while ignoring me, which puts me in a difficult position.”

Charles opened the door, wheeling himself out.

The room was on the ground floor, so it was very convenient. He could even hear the voices in the hall.

“Elder brother, good morning.”

Lucas didn’t feel embarrassed at all about prying into his brother’s privacy and greeted his elder brother with composure.

He approached, intending to push his brother’s wheelchair, but unexpectedly saw his brother’s lips swollen. At first, he thought he was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, he realized it was indeed swollen.

Swollen lips…

It was so tempting.

Lucas smiled ambiguously, deliberately asking, “Brother, did you get bitten by a mosquito on your lips? They’re swollen.”

“Yeah, a super-sized mosquito bit me hard, and my lips swelled up like this.”

Lucas’s smile became even more ambiguous. “How big was that super-sized mosquito?”

Charles gave him a sharp look. “It was bitten by your sister-in-law. Satisfied with your curiosity, you can leave if there’s nothing else.”

Lucas not only didn’t leave but also showed an expression of excitement, asking, “Brother, are you okay now?”

Charles scowled.

Lucas quickly said, “Brother, I’m not prying into your private life with her. I just want to know if you’re okay. We can rest assured.”

Grandmother and parents all said that Charles couldn’t have children. In the future, he and Lucas would have several more children, and each of them would give one child to Charles, so that Charles would have two children under his name.

Although Lucas was still single, he didn’t want his future children to be fostered elsewhere, even if it was his own elder brother.

Charles didn’t directly answer, but repeated what Zelda had said in the room, saying coldly, “Your sister-in-law said she got angry because she couldn’t taste what she saw, so she bit my lips hard.”

Lucas’s sparkling eyes dimmed in an instant, including Zack, who had been listening attentively, looking disappointed.

He thought his eldest brother was fine now.

Zelda brought out breakfast and set it on the dining table. Upon hearing the conversation between the brothers, she walked out and greeted, “Lucas, do you want to stay for breakfast?”

Before Lucas could answer, Charles coldly interjected, “His mouth is picky; he can only eat the breakfast prepared for him in his little kitchen.”

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Clearly, his elder brother was the pickiest eater.

Although Lucas was also picky, it was because he managed the Rich Hotel and tasted various delicacies.

Moreover, the kitchen in his residence didn’t have a chef. He was the top chef himself.

“Since you’re here for a rare visit, let’s have breakfast together.”

Lucas shamelessly stayed.

“Yes, since you’re here for a rare visit, let’s have breakfast together.”

Zelda had been living in the Winston mansion for some time now. Charles’s residence was like a forbidden area for the other members of the Winston family. Except for Charles’s bodyguards, few people would come in. Even Linda, when conveying orders from the grandmother, would wait outside.

Charles’s younger brothers, none of them had come before. Today, Lucas only came because of some wind blowing.

Afraid that his eldest brother would kick him out, Lucas entered the dining room ahead of time.

When he saw that the breakfast Zelda prepared was just rice porridge with two side dishes she fried, he frowned and said to Zelda, “Is this how you take care of my elder brother? Just a bowl of rice porridge and two side dishes?”

He smelled the chicken soup when he came in, and he could still smell it now.