He wished she would look up just once.
Seraphina detected that something was off with the atmosphere.
But she didn't understand why, all of a sudden, everyone had stopped talking.
She looked up and glanced around, noticing that everyone's expression was unusually silent.
Gideon focused on eating, Evan's gaze was lowered, Kaelan stared at the clay pot, and Wyatt was looking at her from afar.
She was just doing what she was supposed to do.
Why did the atmosphere suddenly become so oppressive?
She quickly finished her soup.
Just as she intended to stand up and clear the bowls, Gideon came over, collected all the bowls, turned, and went to the water's edge to wash them, without saying a word.
Seraphina never gave orders for them to do chores.
But if they wanted to help on their own, she never stopped them.
She never liked ordering people around and was not used to relying on others.
From childhood to adulthood, she had always been the one to quietly finish all tasks.
