However, Layla did not like the idea of giving up.

At a restaurant in Taronia, the food that Lucas had ordered arrived, and they dug in.

"Mr. Lucas, did your father say when he was coming back?" Irene felt full after having a little food. She did not have a large appetite. Her meals weren't large.

"Do you want to see him?" Lucas asked. He had never paid any attention to them before. Whether they were out on a holiday or returning home, it had nothing to do with him.

"I feel relaxed when they are not around. You don't have to worry about Mrs. Woods targeting you. You also don't have to worry about other things happening." Irene put on some plastic gloves. "Mr. Lucas, let me deshell the shrimps for you!"

"Are you not eating?" Lucas saw that Irene had put her cutlery down. He suddenly did not have an appetite, too.

"I'm full," Irene said with a smile. "I have a small appetite."

"You sure do," Lucas teased. "Look at how small you are, like a bean sprout."

"I'm not a bean sprout.