Chapter 139

Samantha paused. She placed the knife on the cutting board and looked toward the door. "Mr. Wembley, why are you here?" Mina's house hadn't been soundproofed. So she had heard the confrontation between him and Joseph. Xander skillfully turned on the faucet and picked up the vegetables Samantha had placed in the basin. He started washing them before Samantha had a chance to clean them. She looked at him in surprise, somewhat incredulous. "You know how to wash vegetables?" Logically speaking, guys like him usually have household staff to take care of everything. Hence, they didn't need to cook at all. Xander smiled as he washed the vegetables. "When I was studying abroad in Denxoria, it was almost impossible to get any vegetables. So, I simply took over a vegetable garden and grew them myself. Washing vegetables came naturally." Thinking back to his hard days in Denxoria, Xander sighed. There was a hint of bitterness in his expression. The food in Denxoria was universally know