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Sienna Thornton fished out a half sausage from the hot pot, dipped it in some tomato sauce, and began to eat it in small bites, occasionally licking the tomato sauce from her lips with her tongue.
Simon Forrester quietly watched her, the two of them separated by a steaming divided hot pot.
She slowly finished eating the sausage, then finally looked up at him, giving him a slight smile before lowering her gaze back to the hot pot to fish out the lamb slices she'd just put in.
It was as if he made a casual remark and she casually replied, "Isn't it nice with just the two of us? If we had a child, we wouldn't even have the quiet space to eat and talk like this."
He chuckled helplessly, "But people ultimately have to have children, right?"
She took a sip of soup and nodded, "For some people, yes."
He smiled bitterly, not pressing the issue any further, though he was still inwardly affected.
