The Billionaire Alpha’s Contract Lover by Caesar Erickson novel Chapter 1647

Chapter 1647

Facing his troublesome and demanding son, Edward began to complain to Kate: "I told you, let him mate Harper, but you insisted on meddling. Now, here I am, at this age, still doing housework."

Kate, who was also trying to cook in the kitchen, glanced at Edward unexpectedly and retorted, "You're always compromising."

"It's not that I'm compromising. You let them figure it out themselves. By interfering so much, what if we end up discouraging Preston from getting mated?"

"He's so outstanding, there are plenty of women who want to mate him. How could he possibly stay single forever?"

"Outstanding?"

Edward turned around and looked at Preston, who was sitting in the living room with an air of arrogance. As his father, Edward couldn't feel any of his supposed excellence.

"My dear."

Edward shifted his gaze back and reached out, tugging at Kate's hem.

"For my sake, why don't you... apologize to Ms. Duke?"

Kate took a glass of water and poured it into the pot on the stove, causing the flames to suddenly flare up.

Seeing this, Edward quickly grabbed the pot lid and covered the flames, extinguishing them.

"You see, you can't even cook properly. You don't even understand basic common sense. What if something bad happened? Just go apologize."

Hearing her husband constantly urging her to apologize to someone else, Kate became furious. "Why should I apologize to her?"

Kate lifted the lid and glanced at the burned food in the pot. It was completely ruined and inedible. Suppressing her anger, she poured the food out and started over.

She didn't want to cook either. Preston wouldn't let them order takeout and insisted she cook herself. Throughout her life, this was the first time Kate had cooked...