Chapter: 286

Caden looked at her, speechless.

He still couldn't forget that toilet water incident.

“If I hadn't caught you that day, were you actually planning to give me toilet water?" he asked.

Guilt flashed across Alice's face for a brief moment.

“Do you really want to know the truth?" she asked.

"Yep."

Alicia was reluctant to admit it. "I don't think I should say it."

Caden's expression hardened.

"Are you seriously unable to even tell a lie?" he said in a cold tone.

Alicia shrugged. "Liars get punished."

“You won't be punished if you just tell me the truth," Caden said.

Alicia fell silent for a moment.

Then she clicked her tongue. "See? If you don't want to hear my answer, then stop asking. You're only making this harder on yourself."

Caden didn't respond.

He should have just let her drown in that pool at the Gray family's estate.

Then, he glanced at the bags of groceries nearby, feeling no sympathy left for her.

"Get started. I want five dishes and a soup."

Alicia's eyes widened. "Five dishes and a soup? At this hour?"

"If I don't finish it, I'll toss it out. I just like five dishes and a soup. It feels like a complete meal to me."

Alicia sighed, knowing he was upset. She cleared her throat, searching for a way to calm him down. “I was only joking. If I really disliked you, why would I even come here to cook? I haven't even been discharged yet, and I'm still not at full strength..."

"If you're really that weak, how do you still have so much energy to argue?" Caden said, staring at her with a blank gaze. "Get moving. You have no more than thirty minutes."

With that, he turned and walked away.

Alicia stood there, stunned.

She glared at his back, gritting her teeth in frustration.

He wanted five dishes and a soup? He could dream on, There was no way she was making that much. He would just have to eat whatever she decided to cook.

Just as she finished venting silently, she heard Caden's footsteps coming back.

She forced a smile, trying to smooth things over. “You were joking about all that, right?"

Caden picked up the glass of water, poured it down the sink, and looked at her with an expressionless face. "You're overthinking it."

Alicia couldn't believe it.

He really was unbelievably petty.