The autumn breeze came, and the slight chill in the air snapped Belinda out of her trance. She suddenly realized that ordinary people lived a simple but happy life. She could tell from the smiles on the faces of the people around her that watching a movie?together was enough to cheer them up. Actually, the simplicity brought a different kind of happiness.

  Belinda and Duke went to the cinema in their own cars, so they had to drive back separately. Duke followed Belinda's car at a close distance. He usually drove fast, but this time, he slowed down to keep with her pace and drove at a speed that he normally looked down on.

  Belinda parked the car in the garage and rushed towards the house without waiting for Duke. She was starving because she hadn't had supper yet. She made a beeline for the kitchen, intending to prepare some food for herself. But she was dumbfounded when she arrived at the kitchen. The appliances were so complicated that she had no idea where to start.

  "What are you doing?" Duke asked in confusion. He became curious when he saw Belinda get off her car and run inside without waiting for him, so he followed her into the kitchen.

  "I want to cook something for myself." Belinda answered without turning around. She opened the refrigerator to look for food. There was a lot of food inside, but unfortunately, she didn't know how to cook any of them.

  "You haven't had supper yet?" Duke asked with a frown. Belinda never ate a midnight snack. She couldn't have had dinner yet. Otherwise, she wouldn't want to cook something for herself.

  Belinda hummed vaguely in response, letting her eyes settle upon the things in the refrigerator as she wondered how to cook them.

  "Why didn't you tell me at the beginning? Do you know how to cook?" Duke rolled up his sleeves and entered the kitchen.

  "No, I don't. But I don't think it would be too hard, " Belinda grumbled, pursing her lips. She turned to Duke and looked at him with a pair of innocent eyes.

  "Just go upstairs and take a hot bath. I'll make you some noodles, " Duke said. He took some eggs, ham, and tomatoes from the refrigerator and walked towards the kitchen counter. He started skillfully slicing the tomatoes.

  "Duke, are you telling me you can cook?" Belinda's jaw went slack as her eyes widened at his movements. It never occurred to her that Duke could cook. After all, he was born with a silver spoon. Why did he learn to cook? Even women seldom cooked nowadays.

  "It's easy to cook noodles." He washed the pot, turned on the gas cooker, added oil…… He did everything so smoothly that it became

  fe with trepidation.

  "Okay, let me check. Ouch! It's too hot!" Because Belinda was starving, she put the noodles into her mouth in a hurry and burned her tongue in the process. She stuck out her tongue to cool it down. After a few moments, she said, "It tastes good. Duke, you're a great cook!"

  "Do you love me more now?" Duke asked as he poured a glass of cool water for her. He treated her with the utmost care, but Belinda was too careless to notice his actions.

  "What do you think?" Belinda replied with a question. She was too shy to admit that it made her love Duke more.

  "I think you love me more. People always say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. I think this applies to women too." He rested his chin on one of his hands as he sat beside Belinda, letting his eyes settle upon her. His heart danced with happiness as Belinda buried herself in the noodles. He made a decision as he watched her. As long as she liked it, he would keep cooking for her for the rest of his life.

  "Well, then you have to work harder. I'm very picky with food. Duke, have some noodles. I can't finish everything." Belinda took some noodles with her chopsticks and raised them to his mouth. She did it naturally, not noticing that sharing food with someone was an intimate act. Duke went blank for a short while. Then he immediately opened his mouth and ate the noodles, fixing his eyes on her face.

  It was then that Belinda realized what she had done. Her face flushed with embarrassment, but she pretended to be calm and took more noodles and fed them to Duke again. But her scarlet face and trembling hand betrayed her true feelings. Although Duke noticed it, he didn't point it out to avoid embarrassing Belinda.