Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 1358

"Lena..." Chris confessed to her, "I-I do indeed know Arya. She's the youngest daughter of the Bayers. Her father is Josiah Bayer, and her mother is Kelly Tanner. The Bayers and the Hamertons have a long-standing friendship, so... Zuko, Toph, and I used to play with Arya when we were kids..."

"Oh…" Lena responded indifferently.

He had not gotten to the point yet!

"There's more!" Chris unraveled the story. "Once... I mean, it's in the past!! The Hamertons indeed wanted to ally with the Bayers, and the intended match was between Arya and me... But listen to me! But that was just the adults' idea, and it had nothing to do with me!"

"Mm."

Although Lena had not looked up, a faint smile began to spread in the depths of her eyes.

"Lena, I didn't mention her before, not because I didn't want to, but because I..." Chris scratched his head, unsure how to proceed.

Should he say it was to prevent her from misunderstanding? That did not seem appropriate. Then she would know he had been plotting to pursue her for a while!

Should he say Arya was not worth mentioning? That also did not seem right, as he just mentioned that he had grown up playing with her...

Just as Chris sighed, Lena finished her pizza and suddenly stood up.

"Lena..."

"What is it?" She turned her head slightly. "Didn't I tell you what you should call me from now on?"

"Huh?"

She added softly, "Als, you haven't finished your pizza. Don't waste food!"

Chris' mind went blank before he laughed and quickly devoured the entire pizza as if trying to set a record!

Julius stared in amazement. "Hey, kid, be careful not to burn your mouth!"

'Could it be that he's gone silly? Swallowing such scalding pizza!' he wondered.

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Zuko accompanied Lina back to the Thompson residence with bags of gifts during the weekend.

As an excellent son-in-law, he never visited empty-handed. He would give his parents-in-law the stars and the moon if he could.

Upon seeing him, Nicholas took him straight to the study to play chess while Lina chatted with Linda for a while and was about to go check on Renee.