Love in Prime Years

How did she get from being cute to marriage? Where was the logic?

For an instant, Amelia blushed. And when she turned her head, she found that Arthur was even worse, his face was literally burning.

Arthur was to reply her that it would be soon but Lawrence, face dark, interrupted him. “You are matchmaker now?” he challenged Ellen.

Ellen felt cold fingers crept up her spine. She whirled, looking at her brother, confused. She didn’t rile him, did she?

“Lawrence, what’s with this sudden meltdown? Are you a girl in her period?”

Now she did rile him. Lawrence’s face got dark, and the thought the Amelia was here to witness this aggravated his sullenness.

Heathway was sick her kids constant meaningless quarrels. So she interceded. “The dinner is ready, why don’t we have our meal?”

Heathway dragged Amelia to sit beside her, filling Amelia’s plate with food. “Try the ribs, I made them.”

Amelia didn’t really have the appetite for meat recently. But she felt it impolite to refuse such hospitality. So she said her thanks and picked up a rib with her chopsticks.

A nibble, that’s all she did. And then her face twisted.

That’s not food!

Where did she get the courage to cook from?

Much as she hated to eat such horrible rib, she took another nibble so she wouldn’t hurt Heathway’s feelings.

“Isn’t it great, Amelia? That’s Maximus’s favorite. He said it is the

would’ve made Amelia believe it was great rib if she had not had a taste of it. Maximus smiled affectionately at Heathway when he heard her mention him. “Right, my wife is the best cook in the

doubt the truest love. Otherwise, nothing could make a man tell such a lie

He looked more like a brother of Lawrence and Steven then a father. Mellow

young too. For most people, their eyes become misty with age. But Heathway’s didn't. Hers were as clear as a maiden of eighteen.

a family of handsome males. That’s what people

were cut out of the same cloth with Maximus. But despite the commonalities they shared in appearance, one could easily tell them apart by the air they

powerful air of his made people

a sense of positivity added to him.

would never get to see them, he’s

welled up in her eyes at

anomaly on Amelia’s face, he thought the rib gagged her. hurriedly, he took the rib from her and put it in his mouth

“Emm, yummy.”

Clang.

chopsticks

looked daggers at

the rib that Amelia

he

Lawrence made. He smiled joyfully. “Lawrence, you’re full? Are

noticed Lawrence’s stare at her. She cleared her

the chilly air radiating from him suppressing the

and grabbed Amelia’s arm. “Amelia, Lawrence needs to lose weight, but