“Why are you still keeping it a secret from her if you’ve already fallen in love with her? You could’ve just told her when she asked you about it.”

Grandma May stopped smiling and reminded Austin, “Don’t be like Zachary. He kept things from her, yet Serenity found out the truth unexpectedly. It almost ruined their relationship.”

“I’m scared Isabella might fire me if I tell her the truth, Nana. If I lose my job and leave the O’Connor family, it’ll be difficult for me to meet her in the future. She’s too busy. She has no time to be involved with someone like me.”

Austin worriedly said, “I want to tell her that she’s the fiancée you chose for me only after she fell in love with me and that I traveled this far to be her private chef because of her.

“Being her private chef was not just to take care of her, but I also wanted us to develop feelings for each other through our daily interactions.”

A marriage without love would not last long.

Without love, he would not marry her, nor vice