Chapter 149 - Family Isn’t Always Blood

As soon as they were back in the hotel suite, Tyrone prepared dinner with the fresh fish they had caught. There were no arguments that happened between them. Raine immediately joined him in the kitchen as soon as she was finished with a quick shower.

"Can I help out, please?" Raine murmured with a smile. 

Tyrone nodded. He grabbed one more apron and put it on Raine, stealing a kiss from her lips while tying the apron on her back.

Raine only chuckled. "What do you plan on doing with them?" she asked while looking at the still flopping fishes in the sink.

"The best way to cook them is to keep it simple and easy," he replied. "Do you want to do the fish?"

Raine's eyes widened in horror as she mumbled, "I only kill humans and mutants. I haven't tried killing animals yet, much less a fish!"

Tyrone shook his head and whispered, "Ah, good thing I'm a good cook then. You're fortunate, do you know that? Only an idiot will let me go."

Raine frowned as she silently murmured, "Okay, fine. I'm an idiot."

As if reading Raine's dark expression, Tyrone whispered with a grin, "Instead, please remain as the genius that you are."

"Whatever, "she only gave him a smug eye roll as Tyrone chuckled to lighten up the mood.

Raine watched Tyrone do his thing with the fish, like removing its scales and cleaning out the innards. He made it look easy, but as soon as Raine tried it, she just couldn't do it properly. As such, she ended up just preparing the ingredients that Tyrone needed for later.

"Ah, I'll do the grilling!" she quickly volunteered, so Tyrone let her. 

Deftly, she added the stuffing, then squeezed out some lemon before putting some parsley as Tyrone instructed.

After everything was said and done, Tyrone fed Raine with the already-grilled fish while she continued grilling what few uncooked fish remained.

"Oh, this tastes good…" Raine murmured as Tyrone fed her more. Raine signaled at him to also eat also, but Tyrone only shamelessly opened his mouth in response, asking her to feed him. So, of course, Raine did.

"How come a hulk like you is acting so cheesy," Raine scoffed as she fed him.

"Only around the woman I love," Tyrone added, making Raine feel shivers run around her spine.

"Stop that. I'm having goosebumps!" Raine complained, making Tyrone laugh out loud. She couldn't help but dwell in that wonderful sight. It was like a once-in-a-blue-moon event, and she was glad that she could make him laugh in simple ways like this.

"Stop staring at me like that, or I'll just lift you this instant and lock you up in the bedroom for the whole night," Tyrone jokingly warned as soon as he noticed how Raine was staring at him intensely.

Raine pouted, "You can do that later. Can we enjoy our dinner first? I need to recharge and eat a lot before you completely drain me again."

Tyrone chuckled and fed her more. After a while, he suddenly asked, "If you're just someone ordinary, like a common human and not someone involved with some secret group, what would you plan to do with your life?"

"Hmm… I'd like to be a simple pediatrician like my disguise as Dr. Candice Yao. At first, my father didn't understand why I insisted on taking Medicine and specializing in pediatrics. But after I told him that it was my dream and that I'm hoping I can still achieve it, he actually let me do it," Raine recounted with a smile. "My father sometimes disagrees with me with a lot of things. But you see, once he feels that I really want it, and he thinks it won't harm me, then, in the end, he would always give way for me…"

She could still remember how she managed to convince her father with her great acting skills using her tears. Her father honestly had a soft heart, but he was also someone so hellbent on killing mutants. She honestly wanted to know why… But whenever she asked, her father would just ignore the question completely.

Through her words, Tyrone realized just how deep Raine's love was for Marcus as a father despite the two not sharing the same blood in their veins. He was aware of the quote saying, 'Family isn't always blood. It's by heart…'

Looking at it now, Raine might actually choose her father over him, and it was a fact that was softly killing him.

"How about you?" Raine asked back, interrupting Tyrone from his stupor.

Tyrone took in a deep breath before letting out a loud sigh as he replied, "Well, I honestly dreamt of nothing except having a peaceful life together with the woman I love… Building our own family together."

Raine felt as if she had just cut her tongue at that moment. She was only grateful that her mobile phone rang.

Immediately grabbing it, she answered, "Yes, Mia?"

"Xander did it, Boss!!! The Mirage Trial will happen! The King of the Earth Clan is helping him out. Xander will arrive here at Country V tomorrow! They completed gathering the evidence they needed…" Mia excitedly reported. They finally got all the details through Rui's bugged mobile phone.

"That's great! I'll fly there tomorrow with Tyrone. He'll monitor everything there. I'll just have a quick visit to Father and meet with Janus. Tell Lyne to prepare my flight back to country D on the same day," Raine instructed. She then gave a few more detailed instructions before ending the call.

"Why do you need to fly to country D when Xander will arrive in country V?" Tyrone asked with a frown.

"Oh, I need to infiltrate Plumeria Island and make sure Xander's wife is safe. I don't need to worry about Xander being in country V since he'll be under the protection of the Earth Clan," Raine waved her hand. "Uncle is stupid, but not stupid enough to harm Xander now that the man requested a Mirage Trial. Instead, Uncle will try to harm the closest person to Xander's heart, and that's his wife and father, who are both currently in Plumeria Island."

"How would you infiltrate the island? The security there was real tight."

Raine had a broad smile on her face as she mumbled, "Being a real medical practitioner has its own benefits, darling. I worked at Yang Globals, so I'm sure I could easily get recommendations to work at the hospital in Plumeria Island."

That wasn't the only reason why Raine wanted to go back to country D.. She had to personally see the DNA test results between her and Mara conducted at Yang Globals hospital.