Chapter 26

“Are you done eating?” Jessica asked, mentioning the abandoned plate in front of him.

“I’m enjoying my meal,” Xavier responded, picking up his cutlery, taking a spoonful, and putting it in his mouth.

The road may have been bumpy to reach where they were now, but there was no denying that Jessica was a great cook, and he could trust her with his meals.

“I will be having breakfast from now on; you can prepare mine too,” Xavier said, for reasons she could not pinpoint.

Had Jessica just made a breakthrough?

Xavier’s words indicated that he would be eating the meals she prepared from now on. It felt like running a ten-kilometer race and passing the first kilometer. It seemed small and insignificant because she still had a long way to go before they could both be comfortable enough to address each other as