Pregnant and Favored: See You in the Morning, Young Master novel Chapter 1196

'Have you been doing well?'

Mark didn't know how to respond to that question. When he first arrived overseas, he had been unsettled, lonely, and having a hard time at work, so it had been a difficult time for him.

It was even more challenging because she was not by his side.

He would always wonder how she was and what she was doing. Missing someone was the most bitter pain, and her words brought back all those miserable memories.

Mark wanted to tell her that he had not been okay and that he had missed her terribly, but he did not want to worry or frighten her. Finally, he just said, “Quite well. I’ve been working hard to establish my personal brand ‘Mr. South’.”

Mr. South represented his journey and all his efforts throughout the years.

Xavia was stunned. She thought that Mr. South seemed familiar, but she didn't expect it to be Mark! The clothes that she wore had been made by him! “How many times have you seen me? What other identities do you have that I don’t know about?”

Mark smiled in amusement and said, “There are no other identities.”

Thank goodness. She would die of embarrassment if that was the case.

She had to admit that it was pretty impressive that Brother Mark had managed to become an internationally renowned designer. “Congratulations.”

Mark stared at her for a moment, then asked her the question he had always wanted to ask: “What about you? How have you been?”

Now Xavia was speechless.

How had she been? It was hard to describe how tough it had been for her.

Back then, when she went to Darlsbury, she had just wanted to meet up with her family briefly and then return to S City. However, when that incident happened, she stayed in Darlsbury for a year and during that time, her grandma had an accident. Afterwards, she gave birth to Yulia and returned to S City. To make things worse, her foster mother had tried to sell her off to a lecherous old man. After that, she met Jenna, and her life was completely overturned.

“What is it? You haven’t seen me for years but you won't even have dinner with me?” Mark asked, sounding disappointed.

Xavia quickly shook her head. “That’s not what I mean. I—”

“That’s great then. I’ll make your favorite dishes.” Giving her no chance to refuse his offer, he turned around and headed to the kitchen.

Xavia couldn’t object. Reluctantly, she texted Dolly, telling her everything that had happened and asking her to come over.

Dolly was shocked, and without hesitating, she brought Yulia along to the mansion.

They had dinner at eight o’clock in the evening.

Xavia was happy with the meal. Black pepper century egg, chicken and mushroom stew, and braised pork ribs—all of them were her favorite dishes from back then, and they tasted just as good as she remembered.