Starting with A Divorce by Gloria Warren

Chapter 130 Grilled Mushroom Showdown

Ainsley picks up all kinds of seafood, including starfish and crabs. She also picked up sea snails.

Manuel walked up to Ainsley with a bucket in one hand and said. “Reach out.”

“What?” Ainsley looked at him in confusion.

“Reach out your hand,” Manuel spoke once more.

Ainsley reached her hand out, ready to withdraw it.

Manuel placed his hand in a fist on her palm. A cold object landed in her palm.

It was a seashell.

“I picked it up.”

Ainsley looked at the pink and rippled shell.

“It’s so pretty.” She put the shell in her pocket.

Not far away, Serina was overlooking and saw Manuel and Ainsley together from a distance.

The two were standing on the beach. The sunlight descended a little, and the orange color sprinkled on

them. Looking at Manuel and Ainsley, she thought of the various beautiful descriptions in the s

she used to read.

“Serina, what are you looking at?” Lainey put a hand on her shoulder and looked in the direction she

was looking.

“Manuel and Ainsley. I always feel like I’ve seen this scene before as if it’s been years.” Serina patted

her head.

Lainey rubbed her head. “Maybe they look too harmonious.”

Lainey thought it was amazing too.

It always felt like Manuel and Ainsley should have known each other for a long time. That wonderful

and harmonious atmosphere was so comfortable that one couldn’t bear to disturb them.

Ainsley and Manuel were walking on the beach. They put the bucket full of seafood on the shore. The

soft, warm sand made Ainsley feel incredibly relaxed.

She walks toward the setting sun. Her feet felt the ebb and flow of the tide.

It had been a long time since she had been this relaxed, and she used to go on shopping trips with

Lainey. She used to be free to go on a trip whenever she wanted.

But since she married Cason, she had been playing the role of a virtuous wife, serving her

mother-in-law and her sister-in-law every day.

Impulsiveness could blind people and even deceive their senses.

She was willing to do all that because she loved Cason. But she didn’t love him after the divorce.

Her eyes fell on Manuel beside her. The fiery red and vivid haze shone on the sea level and dyed the

water red. No one could ignore such a spectacular scene.

But he didn’t look at the water, nor at sunset. His eyes were always on Ainsley, gentle. His deep eyes

seemed to be more boundless than this vast sea and more dazzling than that sunset.

Whenever she felt that she would not be shy after getting acquainted with Manuel, he always made her

blush just because of a look.

But this time, her face was glowing red, shining from the haze.

“Aisy, are you unhappy?” Manuel took her hand in his.

There was also a hard object held in the palm of that hand. Feeling the sharp edges as well as the

sandy feel, he knew it was the shell he had given her.

“No, I’m relaxed.” She smiled as if to prove it to him.

“No. From the moment I saw you down at the apartment building, I thought you weren’t in a good mood

today. Is it because of what happened yesterday?” Manuel asked.

Ainsley lowered her eyes slightly. “Manuel, you don’t mind that I’ve been married?”

She never felt inferior because of this and believed Manuel didn’t mind. But she had heard the talk

yesterday. Whenever she showed up, everyone would say she was Cason’s ex-wife. That failed

marriage had become a shackle for her.

Manuel froze. He had been so serious. “Aisy, I don’t mind. You know I don’t care.”

“I’m not unhappy because of Kaliyah. The world has a lot of ill will towards women. Yesterday at the

wedding, everyone’s first thought, when they saw me, was that I was Cason’s ex-wife. They

thought I must have come with malice to cause trouble. But everyone forgot that the wedding was

about Cason, and no one thought he was Ainsley’s ex-husband. There was no evidence, but I was

framed by a stereotype.”

Manuel put his arms around Ainsley. “Aisy, I’ll protect you.”

“I know.” Ainsley’s eyes softened.

Manuel was the only one who said he was protecting her and really was protecting her.

“Manuel, Ainsley, let’s cook together. I’m hungry!”

“Oops! Did I show up at a bad time?”

Serina froze on the spot. Just as she wanted to open up, she was called by Ainsley.

“Serina, you’ve come at the right time. I’m hungry.” She left the place with a red face and Serina in

her arms.

The staff went to deal with the seafood. Roman and Lainey were already preparing for the fire.

This was what the resort had prepared. There was also a pot. But they all said they wanted something

grilled.

The table was fully stocked with all the ingredients. The staff had already cleaned all the seafood and

skewered them.

They gathered around the grill and grilled their favorite food, including the seafood they had picked up

and the food delivered by the hotel.

Serina didn’t know how to grill. She had to learn from Roman.

Lainey bickered with Roman again. She angrily put ketchup on the roasted mushrooms. “It’s

delicious! Cook, you’re not as good as my neighbor Lisa.”

“I’m the famous chef at Pearl Hotel! I charge 16 thousand dollars to make a dish!”

“Bragging.” Lainey was not convinced.

Roman directly put five skewers of grilled mushrooms on the grill, brushed them with oil, seasoned

theth and put garlic paste…

“Today I’ll show you what the best grilled mushrooms are!”

“Humph! Bragging, I eat dishes that start at two hundred thousand dollars. The dish you made is only

16 thousand dollars. I won’t eat it!” She looked at Manuel, feeling guilty.

The two of them were passionately tossing the mushrooms in their hands. Their eyes seemed to

hold fire.

Serina left Roman, afraid of being ignited. Hiding beside Ainsley, she whispered, “Ainsley.”

“What happened to them?”

“Lainey said mushrooms are good with ketchup. Roman said brushing ketchup is an anti-human way of

eating. Then you know.” Serina’s voice was vaguely excited.

They bickered with the excitement. Manuel, Serina and Ainsley were also grilling, sitting in a row and

sharing the food.

As they were eating, the two guys approached proudly. As if looking at lambs that were to be killed,

they said, “Try them and tell whose is better.”

Ainsley was given two mushrooms in front of her, one roasted by Roman and one by Lainey.

Manuel and Serina were also given two mushrooms in front of them.

Ainsley picked one up and tasted it. It smelled strongly of ketchup, which was made by Lainey. The

other had a strong aroma of garlic paste and her mouth watered profusely.

She and Manuel looked at each other and saw each other’s shocked expressions.