Marlow shuddered at her words.
Scarlett didn’t know that he was shocked. She thought she had hurt him accidentally and she apologized and was more careful in binding his wound.
Marlow’s heart ached more when he saw that. He hesitated and couldn’t muster enough courage to tell her that Halbert was his pal in the army in the end.
After a while, to ease the atmosphere, Marlow said grinning, “Your brother can’t compete with me. I was the chef of the artillery company. I fired guns while cooking. When the enemies were all killed, the food was ready.”
Scarlett laughed and she beat Marlow on his sound arm. “You are only good at bragging. But I believe you were the chef. The food you cooked was terrific. Your teammates were lucky to have you though.”
As the topic was steered away from her bro
