"I was not going to say that Daniel was a bad cook!" May defended, waving off Jason's sharp tone with a lighter one of her own. Why he thought she was going to disapprove of him merely on his cooking skills was beyond her. Cooking wasn't what Jae-mi was marrying him for in the first place. "I was merely thinking that I can taste more lemon than chili powder. That is all. The vegetables are well steamed."
She declined commenting on the rice, sensing that her son was oddly on edge. He wasn't the one being looked into. Clearing her throat, she mixed some of the rice with the sauce in hopes of adding more moisture: "So, how did the two of you meet? Through Jae-mi?"