Lorcan made his way to the main courtyard of his brother's huge modern house. During that time that his brother, General Rowan Villan serves the military, he was provided with a house inside their base.
Before he retired, he commissioned an architect to design and construct this house so that his family would have a home once he retired.
And now, his brother and wife along with five daughters lived in this huge modern architecture design home.
Thou huge, the house was simple with fewer furniture and ornaments. The house was just two-story spread in an extensive estate that his brother got from their parents.
Bricks, stones, and stained wood were used in a simplified way to reflect modern aesthetics.
His sister-in-law, Daniella Villan requested large glass windows so that natural light would deep into the interior. She thought that it would give the house a dramatic view.
And of course, open spaces. There were three courtyards in the house and the main yard is his brother's favorite one.
As he walked on the wooden deck flooring of the courtyard, he made his presence known to his brother and sister-in-law. As if on cue, General Rowan Villan and his wife Daniella raised their head at once and looked in his direction.
General Villan looked at his watch then back at Lorcan. "Did you meet the twins?" He asked because he knows that his brother only visits to see his nieces.
"Yeah," Lorcan replied.
"You do know that they called it their private space, right?" Rowan is talking about the study room. Because every time Lorcan would visit, he would see his nieces in their study room.
Lorcan just shrugged his shoulders. Lorcan knows why the girls call it their private space because it is where they talk or do something that their parents should not know.
"Sweetheart, Lorcan rarely visits the girls. So I don't think the girls would mind if Lorcan invades their private space." Daniella said then she looked at Lorcan. "Why don't you stay for dinner?" Daniella asked her in her sweet and soft voice. Brina and Bianca got their soft and sweet voice from their mother.
"You know I don't stay for dinner," Lorcan replied.
Daniella who is used to Lorcan's cold and aloof demeanor smiled. "Maybe this time?" She said then put down the book she was reading on the coffee table.
"When was the last time you get to taste my dishes?" She asked again in a pleading tone.
"I eat at your restaurant twice a week." He said coolly sitting on the accent chair in front of Rowan and Daniella.
"I haven't cooked in the restaurant for two years now. And you never stay here for dinner, that means you haven't tasted my dishes for like two years now? Now I am starting to feel hurt." Daniella jutted her lower lip acting like a child.
If it was her husband, he has already conceded. But Lorcan? Daniella never succeeded.
Lorcan sighed exasperatedly. "You mentored Brylee and taught her your signature dishes. And now she is the chef at your restaurant so, technically, I could still taste your dishes." He said.
Daniella Villan was a renowned chef in the country. When she got married to Rowan Villan, he helped her to establish her very first fine-dining restaurant.
Now she owned five fine-dining restaurants around the country and a chain of family-style restaurants.
She used to be the Executive Chef of the main branch which is her first restaurant until two years ago when her daughter Brylee took over her position.
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