106 Cooking 1

"We should introduce ourselves to your younger brother first," Luke mentioned after I suggested what kind of desserts we should make today.

Right. My younger brother didn't know who Luke, Shelly and Ellen were.

I didn't even know what my younger brother's name was as my memory from my early childhood was completely erased from my memories when I reincarnated into this body.

"My name is Michelle Monete Locast and my friend beside me is Helena Nicole Krista." Shelly introduced herself and Ellen.

"We go to the same school as Rika," Ellen friendly added.

Shelly awkwardly smiled to welcome my brother while Ellen naturally integrated Evan into our group.

Ellen was inherently good at greeting new people and taking care of them as she looked after Allan to earn a stable amount of points.

"And my name is Luke de Roselia and your sister's name is Rika de Roselia," Luke stiffly continued the round of introductions.

I groaned as I knew that Luke was going to introduce me as 'Rika de Roselia' from now on.

"My name is Evan Shanes, but why is my sister's name Rika de Roselia?" My younger brother appeared confused to the reason why my last name was the same as Luke.

However, even I considered myself to be Rika Roselia Shanes. I refused to admit my last name changed because of that one ceremony that occurred without me even knowing what was really happening when I kissed Luke.

Nothing good came out with being stuck with Luke all the time.

I stayed silent as I waited for Luke to give an explanation I could deny to my younger brother.

"I am engaged to your sister and due to the circumstances, your sister is formally considered to be a member of my household," Luke gave the shortest explanation of the events that happened in the first district.

This explanation explained almost nothing as it didn't tell what happened in the process that led the results to play out this way.

I glared at Luke to urge him to give a more proper explanation which I could refute later on.

"Engaged as to getting married in the future?" Evan almost shouted from disbelief before Luke could give him an better explanation.

Ellen, Shelly and Luke helplessly nodded their heads to indicate that Evan's conclusion was correct.

"Engaged but not married," I added to emphasize the fact that I was not married to Luke yet when Evan's jaw dropped from shock.

Evan became speechless as he repeatedly alternated between staring at Luke and I to comprehend the new information that was thrown at him.

But before Evan could ask another question, Adrian knocked on the door.

"When are you coming back Evan?" Adrian loudly shouted through the door.

Adrian came to my room as he waited for Evan for a long period of time to return back to his room.

If this was what having siblings was like, I didn't mind. I liked Evan because he questioned Luke as he didn't consider me to be 'Rika de Roselia' like everyone else in the first district did.

I was plainly 'Rika Shanes' to him and that was how I wanted to keep it.

Sometimes, people greeted me in the hallway because I was engaged to Luke.

I knew they wanted to try to make connections with me to eventually become closer to Luke.

That's why I hung around Shelly and Ellen more often. Our friendship was genuine compared to the people who thought as me as a means to join our inner circle.

I hated people who randomly complimented me due to my relation to Luke.

This was why I understood the reason why Luke ignored a lot of people while coldly staring at them when they wouldn't back off.

"Let's see what I have in my closet," I looked through my closet that had a few hangers hung on the metal bar.

I sighed when I saw that I only had the same fancy dresses that resembled the outfit I wore today.

I didn't even bother to change as ruining this dress with cookie dough would be the same as tarnishing my other expensive dresses that were kept neatly in my closet.

I should've brought some decent clothes to change into, but I would only acquire those if I went shopping in the third district.

My room in the dorm room at school and Luke's mansion was filled with similar outfits as I refused to go shopping with Luke.

"Let's go to the kitchen now," I guided them into the simple kitchen as I gave up in changing into more casual clothes.

I was thankful that I wore a sleeveless dress today as I would not have to worry about the batter touching my sleeves.

It was annoying when you had sticky batter all over your skin.

The kitchen was well replenished with the fully stuffed fridge, the filled pantry and cupboards.

I pulled out a large bowl as I tried to recall how to create a batch of cookies.

Cookies were easy to make as I just had to mix the ingredients together before putting them into small circular shapes to cook in the oven.

"Cooking is easier than you think," I confidently claimed as I started to pull out the ingredients that were needed.