Take Back All She Lost novel Chapter 40

Natalia, quick to catch the key point in the adults‘ conversation, looked up and asked Josephine, “Josie, are you going to live here from now on too?”

Josephine patted Natalia’s little head, and her voice unconsciously took on a cutesy tone:

“That’s right, I’m in Building 3.”

“What a coincidence! My family lives on the top floor of Building 3. Which floor is your home on, Josie?”

Josephine replied in surprise, “I’m on the floor just below the top.”

Downstairs from Zachery’s home?

How could it be such a coincidence? Josephine looked at Zachery again.

Zachery said unhurriedly, “I’m just renting too. And your apartment was introduced by the agent, not by me. I only suggested you live in this complex.”

With one sentence, he completely distanced himself from the matter.

Josephine recalled what the agent had said at the time:

“Sis, only Building 3 in Opal Heights is for rent. To be honest, it’s not easy to rent out, and right now only the top floor is occupied. There’s no helping it, it’s just too expensive–the annual rent is enough to buy a small apartment within the Fifth Ring.”

“Josie lives right downstairs from me! Can I go play with Josie from now on?”

Natalia looked at Josephine expectantly.

Thinking of the food at home and the gifts she wanted to give Zachery and Natalia, Josephine said, “You can come right now,

Natalia cheered happily and skipped ahead.

Josephine and Zachery walked behind, their steps in sync.

Zachery said, “Only Natalia and I live in Building 3. It’s been a bit lonely, but it’ll be much

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better with you here.”

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Josephine replied politely, “The only reason I can live here is because my money came out of nowhere. Dr. Maynard, you’re different.”

Zachery smiled, “There’s no difference. My money isn’t self–earned either.”

Josephine was surprised, “I thought you never accepted bribes or money?”

Zachery cleared his throat and said, “I… live off my parents.”

Josephine: “…”

Josephine always thought she was eloquent, but at this moment, she didn’t know what to say.

She replied dryly, “Dr. Maynard is an honest man.”

Josephine turned off the facial recognition on her smart door lock, leaving only the fingerprint and password enabled.

She invited Natalia and Zachery inside, but the father and daughter stood at the door for quite a while.

Josephine understood, “I don’t have any slippers prepared at home. Just come in directly.”

“You haven’t eaten yet, have you? Would you like to have hotpot here?”

As Josephine spoke, she opened the ingredients delivered by the property management and was instantly dumbfounded.

The beef and lamb were fresh but not sliced, and the vegetables were all whole. This was going to be troublesome.

Zachery watched her stare at the food, as if she was caught in some kind of dilemma. She looked absolutely adorable.

With a smile at the corner of his mouth, he said, “Next time, be sure to tell the restaurant in advance to wash, slice, and marinate the meat.”

Josephine nodded obediently, “Then this time, why don’t we eat out instead?”

She admitted honestly that she was hopeless in the kitchen–she couldn’t even chop vegetables.

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The only reason she learned to make rose pastries was because she lost a bet with her father and had to honor her word.

“Let’s just eat at home,” Zachery said, rolling up his sleeves without waiting for a reply.

“I’ll handle this. You just start the rice cooker.”

How things had developed to this point was truly amazing.

She hadn’t known Zachery for long, yet here he was, rolling up his sleeves and moving about her kitchen with ease, washing and chopping vegetables.

Josephine poured rice into the inner pot of the rice cooker.

But she didn’t know how much rice to use for three people, so she humbly asked Zachery.

“Is this enough?”

Zachery glanced at it, “That’s too much.‘

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She poured some out, but then Zachery said it was too little.

She added a bit more, and finally it was just right.

Then she added water.

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