She always made sure dinner was ready fifteen minutes after Bennett arrived home, and it did not matter whether he returned home late or early, which also showed she had excellent time management skills.

Claudia gave Marcia a grateful smile and replied, "We'll be there shortly."

She then turned to Bennett.

"I'll just change my clothes."

Bennett nodded.

"Go ahead,

Claudia went to the bedroom and changed into a more comfortable outfit. When she returned downstairs, she found Bennett sitting at the counter with a glass of water in one hand and undoing the second button of his shirt with the other.

Her attention was drawn to the knuckles of his index finger, which was perched just in front of his angular Adam's apple.

When he swallowed, she mirrored the movement.

When Bennett looked at her, she hastily averted her gaze from him.

"Is dinner ready? I'm a bit hungry now."

Bennett's eyes caught her red ears. The corners of his lips curled up as he answered, “It's almost ready."

As if on cue, Marcia approached them again to tell them that the food was ready.

Claudia heaved a sigh of relief and silently thanked Marcia for saving her from an embarrassing situation.

Her appearances were always timely, and Claudia was extremely grateful for them.

As she walked past Bennett, she blurted, “Come on! Let's eat.”

Bennett regarded her with affection as he chuckled. Following Claudia's lead, he made his way to the table and took a seat.

Claudia went straight to piano practice after supper.

Because of the motorboat race, she could only play the piano for short periods of time each day during the first half of the month,

The performance date was approaching, and Claudia was concerned that she wouldn't be at her best. That was why she was practicing like crazy. For the next few days, she holed herself up in the piano room for at least ten hours daily.

On another note, Claudia had completely stopped paying attention to the issue regarding the restaurant. Leif had explained the procedure of the case to her, and according to Aurora, the owners were basically pleading with her to drop the lawsuit.

However, the case had already been processed by the court, and the trial was set on October 20th.

Aiyana and Stan did not have the guts to approach Claudia, so they went to harass Aurora instead after they received the court summons. They tried calling her, but they could not get through, so they resorted to waiting outside Aurora's company.

When Aurora got ambushed by the couple the day before yesterday, she immediately asked her coworker to call the police.