Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 1286

Lina gave Toph a thumbs up.

Zuko smiled and spoke. "This man was prepping in the kitchen the whole day yesterday. He marinated for three to four hours alone, scaring our chefs!"

"Why?" Lina asked.

"They thought the Hamertons no longer needed chefs, that we were firing them," Zuko replied.

Lina laughed out loud.

Renee played the role of the waiter, serving drinks and condiments to everyone. She was happy to keep busy.

"Cuz, this is Toph's secret recipe! We must try it!" Renee exclaimed.

"Yes, you must!" Zuko said. "This dude stayed in the kitchen yesterday, forbidding me from looking!"

"Why would I let you steal it?" Toph, wearing a loose T-shirt, said while fanning himself. "I came up with this secret recipe after many rounds of tests and trials. You'd need to pay to learn!"

Zuko raised his eyebrows. "How much?"

Toph showed seven fingers. "Since we're brothers, I'll charge you 70 dollars!"

"Isn't that dad's allowance?"

"Hahaha!"

"You're lucky that dad isn't here! Otherwise, he'd remove his 400-dollar antique belt to whip you!" Zuko joked.

Toph almost fell from laughing.

Jacob went to hold him and took over the skewers he was holding. "Okay, okay. Take a break. I'll do it!"

Chris laughed at Toph's words, displaying his perfect teeth.

"It's been so long, Toph, and you're still the sunshine boy?" Zuko remarked.

"He's always been like that. He'll never change," Chris replied, taking a step forward as a gentleman. "Let me introduce myself. I'm considered these brothers' cousin. My father is Marco, and he's been living abroad. So, I haven't been in Centrolis much since I was young, but... Our relationship is tougher than gold! Haha!"

As Chris spoke, he playfully punched Zuko and Toph.

"Also, Toph made a mistake. I'm not in the special forces. I'm retired. Even though I'm no longer with my unit, I must show up whenever the country needs me!"

Surprisingly, there was no applause this time. All the men present were covering their ladies' star-crossed eyes.

Zuko acted as if nothing happened, but he held Lina's hand secretly and gave her an alluring smile.

Curious, Lina asked, "I thought all the kids in your family have heroic names? Why is Mr. Special Force named 'Chris'?"