We walked back ho as Mark smiled back at like the good man he always wasis. He always smileds so cutely; I sotis feltel like pinchingstretching his cheeks. He was still young so he still got that youthful appearance of a teenager sotis, despite being way over that age.
"Elayne, I wanted to thank you for inviting today to have lunch with you,…" hHe said. "Personally this ti…"
"Oh, I-I did it on a whim without thinking about it toothinking it too much…" I said. "But I am glad that you're happy over it, Mark."
Mark suddenly blushed a bit more. Hemore., he was a very shy man sotis, although he showed a braver face before others, when he was around , he was always like this. Perhaps because I wasam his friend so he was's more open.
"I-I see… Well, sotis little accidents can bring a lot of new possibilities to the future…" hHe said. "A-Anyways, how's… erm, how's your daughter?"
"Elena? She's with Anna in their room playing this VR Ga…" I said.
"VR?" He wondered. "Which one?"
"I think it is…" I said. "Brand New Life Online. Do you know about it? It is often played by teens but there are sois so adultsadult people that play it… I-I… of course I don't play it…"
I had to keep it a secret that I played the ga to not sound awkward or weird, that was's a ga that young people played, if he were to know I played such a thing he would have a bad impression of , most likely…
"O-Oh, yeah, it is sothing that… young people play,." Hhe said while averting his gaze and getting a bit nervous allout of the sudden. "A-Anyways, I guess she's enjoying it, but wasn't it a bit expensive?"
"Yeah! I had to pay a lot for that thing…" I sighed. "But my girl really liked it, even though she's always calm and says asay few words, I am sure she liked it."
"I-I am sure of it!" Ssaid Mark. "She seems to be a good girl…"
"Sorry if she said sothing weird to you, she's not usually like that,." I said.
"Oh, no, it doesn't matter, please don't worry about it." Said Mark.
We walked back ho, and we quickly got inside, I quickly walked back to my daughter's room while Mark put the wine over the table.Finnd 𝒏ew chapters on n𝒐ve/lbi𝒏(.)com
"Elena! Anna!" I said. "Co eat lunch now, you said you wanted to eat lunch."
The two girls were still inside the ga, but the headset has a function that sends ssages to the player when there wasis sobody calling them to co out, which is a pretty convenient technology. The two girls quickly took out their helts after logging out.
"Mom, I was about to reach Level 190…" sighed my daughter. "Couldn't you wait a bit longer?"
"Elena, real life is more important than gas, dear…" I said. "Co eat with the rest of us, Mark is already here and he's waiting for you all to co eat."
"Okay…" Elena said.
I ignored her complaints which were very childish, eating lunch was more important than just leveling up.
"Nice, I was getting hungry already," said Anna. "Eating in the ga feels nice but there's nothing better than actually filling your real stomach!"
The two girls quickly sat down around the table with Mark in there as well, Mark decided to sit down near my left side while Elena at my left side, and Anna to the right side of Elena.
"Today there are croquets and mashed potatoes with tartar sauce and a nice and fresh salad…" I said. "Mark do you like it?"
"Yeah, I love mashed potatoes," said Mark. "I am sure anything you would cook would be tasty, Elayne."
"Oh my, you always are so nice," I said. I quickly served him a plate with food, the croquets were freshly deep fried and were crunchy outside, as I had added so panko to them as well, the mashed potatoes was creamy but not liquid at all.
And lastly, I put a small pot with tartar sauce for everyone to add to their croquets, I also put so mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard.
"Tartar Sauce…" Said Elena, she seed to have missed this sauce. She quickly took a spoonful and put it over her two croquets, while adding so to her portion of salad as well.
"I don't like it, but I do like ketchup~" said Elena, quickly adding ketchup to her croquets and a bit over the mashed potatoes and mixing it up until the mashed potatoes turned slightly red, I suppose she liked that flavor.
Mark waited for the two girls to serve themselves before acting, then he got himself so tartar sauce over his croquets, and then he decided to serve so wine.
"Wine?" He asked.
"Sure! Can you open it?" I wondered.
"Yeah, I brought one of these," said Mark. He pulled out a special tool to remove the wooden cap that wine bottles had, and took it out.
POP!
With a small sound, the compressed air of the wine ca out of the bottle, as the delicious sll of a wine that has been resting for a while filled our nostrils. The sll was quite good, and it seed to be an expensive wine at that. Mark really shouldn't have bought such an expensive wine…
"Here…" Mark said, serving my cup with so wine. And then he served himself.
The girls were drinking the soda they bought in the minimarket.
"This is a fine wine I bought so ti ago; I was saving it for a special occasion, but I believe it is a good occasion to use it now…" Said Mark.
"I-Is that so?" I asked, surprised. "I am glad you think that!"
I decided to give it a go as I tasted the wine. Rich in flavor, aromatic and fragrant, it was a bit sweet too, and the aroma it had was similar to strawberries… It was quite citric, yes… Ah, it was sweeter than I thought! However, it was still quite spicy, and the strong flavor made want to eat the food to see how it all ca together.
"Ooh, this is good!" I said. "It tastes nice."
"I am glad you like it…" said Mark, taking a sip. "Hm?! It is really good! Yeah…"
"It doesn't taste at all like the cheap wine we find around the minimarket, this is really nice," I said.
"Indeed… The flavor is really encompassing, my mouth is filled with it now… Well, thanks for the al," He said, as he quickly began to dig in. He used a fork to cut down a piece of the croquets. It had tender cooked at inside mixed with many veggies I added and seasoned with spices, and then he ate it with the tartar sauce.
Crunch, crunch…
He looked like a cute hamster stuffing his cheeks with food. He looked very happy, and his face grew progressively more impressed, even raising his eyebrows.
"This is so flavorful… I never thought I would eat such croquets in my life," he said. "They're better than the ones my grandmother used to make, this is amazing, Elayne, you're really good at this."
"Really?" I asked. "I just made them on a whim because I wanted to eat them, but I am glad you liked them!"
I looked at Anna and Elena, the two were concentrating on eating while they looked at their phones, I guess the girls were in their own world at that.
"Is the food good?" I asked.
"Yeah…" said Elena, as she looked angrily back at Mark. "It is…"
"Hehe, I am glad! And don't be rude, don't look at our guest like that…" I sighed.
"…"
Elena averted her gaze from Mark and continued looking at her phone, Anna smiled nervously back at us, she was acting surprisingly more polite now, perhaps even she was more polite than Elena sotis.
"Would you turn off your phone while there are guests, dear?" I asked. "You should interact more…"
"…"
Elena looked at very pissed, furrowing her eyebrows even more, she then turned off her phone and saved it in her pocket.
"Okay…"
She began eating with a grumpy face, but at least she obeyed … That was what mattered, the intention! Yes… Mark seed a bit nervous, Elena generated so sort of dark aura around her that made her hard to approach, which made wonder how Anna got so close to her.
We enjoyed the food while talking in between bites, although my daughter barely spoke, Anna was quite active in the conversation sotis.
"So we are already in the middle of the year, huh?" said Mark. "We are getting close to vacation… Do you have any plans?"
"Yeah, I was planning on going to visit my mom's house, Elena misses her grandma as well," I said.
"…"
Elena didn't say anything but seed a bit surprised.
"I wanted to spend the vacations with Anna," she said after a while.
"Eh? ?" Asked Anna. "Elena, go visit your grandma, don't be like this."
"Ugh…" Elena seed to not want to go see my mother! But I would force her anyway.
"I see…" said Mark. "I-If you have any free ti, want to go out? With… ?"
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
"Ah?!"
All three of us looked at Mark with surprised faces. Did Mark just ask to go out with him? Like… wait, that's a date, isn't it?
My daughter suddenly began to look at Mark with a death stare, her eyes could almost glow red from how suddenly angered she got, and her aura was progressively growing darker… Was she becoming the embodint of darkness or sothing?!
Anna was surprised though at her side, while raising an eyebrow.
"Wow, did you just ask Elena's mom on a date?" she asked.
"Eh?! Ah… N-No! It wasn't like that!" said Mark. "I just thought it would be nice to go out… Like friends… Friends always go out and do stuff together… Like you two girls, right?"
"R-Right!" I said. "So that's what it is… Sure thing, Mark! It has been a while since I even went out… It would be nice. I could bring my friend Rita too, you'll love her, she's such a nice woman."
"S-Sure, if you want to… But I thought sothing between the two—Ah!" Mark barely managed to say so words before he noticed Elena staring at him even more furiously than before, he quickly stopped talking and decided to accept what I said.
"It is okay, I am glad," He said. "I just feel it is boring to spend my vacations inside my apartnt… Sorry if that ca out of nowhere."
"Oh no! Don't worry about it, Mark," I said. "We friends have to help each other if we can! I am also alone most of the ti, Elena is always in her own world as you can see…"
"Sounds like a plan then…" said Mark.
"Sure, I will try to find so ti for it though," I said. "I hope you can understand."
"I do! Sure thing, thank you for considering it," He said.
Mark was bolder than I thought, but he seed to have good intentions and nothing weird. I was glad, he's a nice man. I've never had male friends before, but I should just treat them like my female friends, right? Friends were friends no matter the gender.
After we were done having lunch, we were all stuffed and Anna and Elena decided to go back to Elena's room.
"Thanks for the al, Lady Elayne! It was pretty tasty!" said Anna.
"Hm," said Elena as she walked.
I sighed. I wish I could spend so more ti with her and talk more with her, but she escaped the mont we finished eating… Ugh. But perhaps in the ga we'd be able to connect so more together, right?
At the end, Mark and I were the only ones sitting around the table, and we drank a bit of wine while talking about whatever that ca on our mind. After so ti, he rose to his feet.
"I should really go now, I don't want to bother you anymore," he said.
"Oh you're not a bother, Mark," I said. "Take care."
I hugged him and kissed his cheek, as he blushed a bit and felt embarrassed.
"Y-Yeah, you too." He walked away rather nervously but happily.
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