Chapter 2056

Zach scratched the back of his head. “Was it really that long?”

From stepping out to dialing and returning had been, at most, ten-odd minutes— by his count, anyway.

“You tell me,” George said, voice frosty. “Perhaps you don’t need dinner after all.”

Zachary sensed the sudden chill rolling off George and shot Vivian a pleading look, eyebrows raised in silent alarm that asked, “What did I do this time?”

Vivian pretended not to notice. Head bowed, she lifted another bite of rice and murmured, “Grandpa George, the dishes are wonderful tonight.”

“Have as much as you like,” George replied, his tone warm and grandfatherly-a jarring contrast to the frost he had just aimed at Zachary.

Zachary slid into his seat, forcing a bright grin. “My cooking’s not half bad, right? In the last few days, I’ve mastered a lot.”