Chapter 207
After Alicis finished treating the villagers who came for medical help, she and Hannah pitched in to tidy up the using the
The lady tried to wave them off, saying they didn’t need to bother with the cleaning
Bu Alicia and Hannah insisted they’d made a promise and wanted to see it through
The lady didn’t push it after that.
Then she went off to get some ingredients ready for them.
Meanwhile, the villagers Alicia had just treated went home and soon everyone showed up with gifts of food and oral treats for her
No matter how much Alicia tried to refuse, the villagers just wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Worried Alicia might not accept, some just dropped the goodies and dashed off before she could say anything.
Left with no other option, Alicia and Hannah could only accept it all.
So when they finally left the lady’s house, each of them was carrying a huge basket overflowing with vegetables, meat, frunt. and all kinds of local specialties.
Meanwhile.
Caleb and the others went ahead and picked peaches from the hostess’s yard.
Then she brought them into the kitchen and let them choose whatever ingredients they wanted.
Jett was the first to point at a block of tofu and a bunch of scallions. “We’ll take the tofu and scallions-Nicolas and the others are crazy about these.”
Nicolas’s face turned dark. “Honestly, you’re way more tolerable when you just keep quiet.”
When Jett barely spoke before, everyone thought it was blissfully quiet and comfortable.
Sure enough, the moment he opens his mouth, nothing good ever comes out.
Jett rolled his eyes. “Yeah, I know I’m pretty great, but I’m just not into guys, so you really don’t have to worry about hiking
me
He pointed at Nicole next to him. “Nicole’s the one you should be interested in.
“She even got hurt earlier trying to catch peaches for you, so tonight, you’re on veggie-washing duty
“You two can handle dinner together in the kitchen
Then he winked at Nicole, looking all proud of himself for giving them some alone time
Nicole was speechless.
Seriously. I could just punch him right now, she grumbled inwardly
Even if he wanted to set her up with Nicolas, did he have to be so freaking obvious about it?
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Chapter 205
What’s Nicolas going to think of me now?
And what will everyone else think?
She couldn’t even defend herself now.
Jus not like she could just blurt out, I don’t need Nicolas to like me, or help me onst
Sure enough, when Nicolas heard Jett say that, his first thought was. Bet Nicole told jets to set this up so she could ge
alone.
Man, she’s such a pain.
He’d already said he wasn’t into her and there was zero chance they’d ever get together, but she just kepe chasing AT THAT
The chat was thinking the exact same thing.
So Nicole volunteering to cook was all part of her plan from the start.]
Nicolas washing veggies while she cooks? That’s prime alone time for some sparks to fly:]
Jett’s a real character-he’s still hung up on that scallion tofu combo.]
Let’s see if Nicolas and Nicole can really keep things squeaky clean.]
Caleb could tell they were about to start bickering again, so he quickly jumped in.
We’ll take this smoked pork and this head of cabbage too,” he said.
The hostess didn’t have much food to spare-just a few things left.
Then Caleb grabbed a basket, rounded up the others, and headed back to their place.
As luck would have it, both groups got back to the yard at almost the same time.
When they saw Alicia and the others each lugging a giant basket stuffed with veggies, meat, fruit, and all sorts of local goodies, the four of them were floored.
Caleb couldn’t help but ask, “How did you guys manage to score so much food?”
Landon said proudly, “Alicia treated the villagers, and they just wouldn’t take no for an answer-they practically forced all this on us.”
Then he glanced at Caleb’s basket. “So you guys are really making scallion tofu to prove nothings going on between you two, huh?”
He clicked his tongue twice. “Way to make it look even more suspicious.”
Caleb was speechless. I really shouldn’t have opened my mouth, he thought.
Jett grinned. “Let’s just pretend we didn’t notice, thanks!”
Landon gave him a knowing look and made a zipping-his-lips gesture.
The two of them kept bantering back and forth, and it was enough to make Nicolas want to lose his mind.
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Herp Bor glance at Alicia
To he surprise, she
was just watching a show, and that made Nicolas feel even more absurd about the whole
time to get cooking inside.”
s split up and headed to their own kitchens
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.