Chapter 78. Welcome to Adulthood

MAIA'S POV

After my talk with Pamela, Lucius insisted that I stay in bed for the rest of the day. He was being paranoid after what Pamela did with the tea.

Ever since that day, he got one of the Omegas to always taste my food in front of me before I could consume it. No matter how I would tell him that it was not needed, he would not change his mind.

"What would you like for dinner?" He asked.

I lifted my head from the book that I was reading and looked at him.

"Hmmm... Chicken curry with rice sounds nice," I replied after giving it a little thought.

"Okay. Let me just finish this and I will start the preparation," he said.

"You are going to cook?" I asked, closing the book.

"Yes. Why? Don't you want me to cook?" He asked.

"Of course, I want to," I replied.

He simply smiled at me before going back to his work. I went back to reading the book while waiting for him to finish.

Half an hour later, he stood