Chapter 11

Leonel is always busy and uses his busyness as an excuse for coming home. Although he has occasionally come home early because his parents visited, he made time to eat at the dining table, where Chloe served him well, and he enjoyed the meals she cooked for the gathering. That was in the past. It was before Chloe had an accident.

There was nothing Leonel missed about those dinner moments because he felt he was merely fulfilling an obligation he didn't have to do. Compelled. Yes, that word accurately described his presence at the dinner table. Sometimes he would bring Chris to the gathering to cover up his excuse of being busy with multiple projects.

And now he was trapped in Chris Yanuardi's family dinner, where there was Chris's wife and their son, whom Leonel considered a younger brother. Since his arrival at Chris's house a few hours ago, he made time to accompany the young man to play basketball. There was a significant age difference between them. This was Chris's s