To ease her own embarrassment, Cornelia quickly shifted the topic onto Marcus's wife, "President Hartley, your cooking is really delicious, and with your wholehearted effort, I think your wife must love your dishes."
"Well, as long as you like it." Marcus chuckled, "How about you teach me another dish tomorrow?"
"President Hartley, if I hadn't seen you cooking myself tonight, I would've thought this was made by a professional chef. Your cooking skills are way better than mine, there's no need for me to teach you." Cornelia thought Marcus's culinary skills were already pretty top-notch, no need for further teaching.
Marcus paused for a moment, realizing he might have outdone himself.
Shouldn't a beginner in cooking make a mess in the kitchen?
He figured he could give it a shot next time.
After dinner, as Cornelia began to clean up, Marcus stopped her again, "You've already done me a huge favor, take a break, I'll do the cleaning up."
Did she do him a great favor? Cornelia felt like she was more like mooching a free meal.
But since he was willing to clean up, she let him, "President Hartley, I'll leave first then."
"Wait for me in the living room; I have something to talk to you about." After saying that, Marcus started cleaning up and went into the kitchen, leaving Cornelia to wait in the living room.
Just as Cornelia sat down, the doorbell rang.
She opened the door to find Dr. Dawson standing outside. Seeing her there, Dr. Dawson wasn't surprised at all.
Cornelia let Dr. Dawson in. She looked around but didn't see Marcus, "Cornelia, where's Marc?"
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