Suddenly, a woman's voice echoed through the phone, “Mitchel, Luciana asked me to bring you dinner..."

The voice struck Raegan as familiar, and after a moment's contemplation, she identified it as Katie's. Katie was the daughter- in-law Luciana wanted.

An unexpected wave of despondency washed over Raegan, and her heart sank.

"I'm heading into the subway. The signal is bad here. I have to hang up," she said abruptly and ended the call.

In the CEO's office, Katie saw Mitchel's darkened expression and apologized, “Sorry, Mitchel. I didn't realize you were on a call."

Mitchel's stoic expression remained unchanged as he replied, “It's okay."

Katie placed the lunch box gently on the table, arranging the dishes one by one with a determined look on her face.

"I have a mission today. Luciana said that you tend to forget about eating when work takes over. So, here I am, assigned to make sure you finish all the food."

Mitchel massaged his forehead, a hint of irritation in his voice.

“Just put these down for now."

But Katie wasn't backing down. "No way! You need to take a break and eat them. Once you have eaten all, my mission will be accomplished."

Giving her an impatient glance, Mitchel asked, "Don't you have anything else to do lately?"

Katie had become a frequent visitor to his company in the past few days.

A slight blush adorned Katie's cheeks under Mitchel's gaze. She playfully stuck out her tongue and retorted, "Come on. How can you be so heartless? I brought you a meal out of pure kindness. And now you are scolding me?"

Mitchel remained indifferent as he said, "I don't need it. Can't you understand what my mother is trying to do?

Katie blinked and feigned innocence. "What do you mean?"

"She is trying to set you up with me."

A beat skipped in Katie's heart, and she dared to ask, "What's your take on that, then?"

"I obviously disagree with it."

It was the response Katie had expected. Katie sighed and asked in a self-deprecating tone, "Am I that bad in your eyes?"