Before leaving the Galloway residence, Immanuel invited them to stop at a well-known bakery, to buy several types of sweet snacks to be enjoyed together at the residence later.
“The puff pastry here is really good, you have to try them all, Lucia,” Immanuel said as he chose some cakes.
Lucia smiled faintly. Cakes and sweets were her favorite foods. She didn't know that Immanuel would be so considerate, even though she was always wary because Alexander asked her to like that.
"You really like sweets, Uncle?"
"Uhm, sweet food is the antidote to the bitterness of life, Lucia," he joked with a small chuckle.
Lucia knew the meaning of the joke was actually meant to ridicule him, everything was clear from the look in his eyes and the look on his face that smiled bitterly afterward.
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