Chapter 758

"It's fine, I don't have anything else to do right now anyway." Since he had said that, Kiara couldn’t very well insist otherwise. She quietly settled in to wait for Ariana with him. At the dining table, Kiara ate slowly and deliberately, making a conscious effort to display proper table manners. Thankfully, after being recognized by the White family, she had taken the time to learn dining etiquette—otherwise, she would have been utterly embarrassed now. The breakfast spread wasn’t extravagant, but it was refined: delicate soup dumplings and a bowl of soft, subtly sweet congee. Kiara had no idea how the congee was prepared, but it was exceptionally delicious. As for the dumplings—they were so exquisite they made her eyes narrow with pure pleasure. Rawls, for his part, had a mixed heritage, with half of his ancestry tracing back to the East. Thus, he was not only accustomed to such meals but genuinely enjoyed them. His gaze drifted over Kiara several times, a faint, unreadable light fli