Bennett followed her into the dining room at a leisurely pace.

Noticing her standing awkwardly with his coat in her arms, he smiled and extended his hand. “Here, give it to me. I'll hang it up."

Feeling embarrassed, Claudia handed the coat back to Bennett.

After placing the food on the table, Marcia retreated to the kitchen, leaving the couple alone in the dining room.

Claudia lowered her head and began to sip her soup, hoping to avoid any further questioning from Bennett at that moment.

As a couple, they had only recently started engaging in a sexual relationship. Claudia wondered if it was too soon to start talking about having a baby.

She worried that Bennett might misunderstand her intentions, thinking that she wanted to have a baby as a means of trapping him.

While lost in her thoughts, Claudia accidentally took a large sip of soup, causing her to choke and cough.

Bennett looked at her with concern. “Are you alright?"

Claudia raised her head with tears welling in her eyes. She replied hoarsely, “I choked on the soup."

"You should stop eating for a minute."

She nodded and sat there for a while, allowing herself to recover before resuming her meal.

Being more careful, she focused on eating and didn't let her mind wander.

Bennett watched her with a smile.

After dinner, Marcia took care of clearing the table and completing her tasks for the day, leaving only Bennett and Claudia in the expansive villa.

Claudia lounged on the sofa, savoring the peeled and sliced peaches prepared earlier by Marcia, while Bennett stood behind her, engrossed in a phone call.

"Is it sweet?"

As Claudia was savoring the juicy peach, a familiar voice unexpectedly emanated from behind her.

Without thinking, Claudia turned around to see Bennett leaning towards her from behind the sofa, his eyes fixed on her with a playful glint.

Nodding, she used her fork to pick up a piece of peach and offer it to him.

However, instead of taking the peach from her, Bennett grasped her chin and tilted her head back. His gaze was intense and filled with desire as he kissed her lips.

Claudia groaned softly, caught off guard.

With her red lips slightly parted, Bennett deepened the kiss with a sensual intertwining of their tongues.

He continued kissing Claudia with an intensity that left her breathless and seemed to last forever. As they indulged in the moment, the fork in her hand slipped from her grasp. It was only when Bennett finally broke the kiss that her senses returned to her, and she realized that the fork had fallen onto the sofa.