After taking our seats, we started off on the food. I watched a little anxiously to judge Ace’s reaction to my mother’s homecooked food. I wasn’t the one who made it, but I couldn’t help feeling nervous to see if he would like it. My mother, on the other hand, seemed quite confident in the result of her cooking.
“It tastes like home, I guess. It’s very delicious for sure, but something about it makes me feel very warm. It’s like eating love and care,” Ace told my mother with a charming smile.
I didn’t think that he was completely lying about what he thought but his word choice and the way he smiled at my mother also made me think that he was definitely sucking up to her. My mother laughed a little shyly before she smiled and thanked him. The conclusion that I quickly reached was that she was already under his spell. I began wondering if there was anyone that Ace couldn’t manage to win over as I stuffed some food into my mouth and began chewing on it.
