Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

Chapter 0299

Lost for words, I simply smiled with a nod to acknowledge his appreciation.

With a deeper thought of the whole situation, I realized that I was not really thinking when I yelled for him to stop.

Arg, what's wrong with me? Now, everyone here is stealing glances at me.

"How did you know he's allergic?" one of my teammates seized the opportunity that she was currently in close proximity to me and asked.

There was only one way to evade that question.

I outrightly ignored her and pretended that I didn't hear her as I focused intently on the judges tasting the food as if they were doing anything that surpassed opening their mouths, dipping food-filled spoons or forks in their mouth and chewing consciously as they figured out the tastes.

On their own accord, my eyes traveled to Aiden but I quickly dragged it away but that didn't remove him from my thoughts.

I shuddered as I wondered what would have happened if I hadn't overheard them talk about adding sesame to their snack? Who knows if the allergy has worsened over the years?

Thinking about him falling from that tall seat to the floor, curled around himself, his face contorted in pain somehow set me on edge. And it was the same rooted reason since I found out about his allergy years ago that made me reflexively react the way I did.

But then, even as I partly reprimanded myself for directing everyone's attention to me for speaking up, I believed I would have also done the same thing for just about anyone else, even if it wasn't Aiden.

she continued, "I mean, he just became our employer a few weeks ago and we've barely spent much time

several pieces of the pita chips that another team had made for the competition. The crunch of the chips didn't provided the momentary distraction I needed and I could feel their expectant gazes

good as my team's but at this point, I was ready to do anything to evade answering their unending questions. I chewed slowly, buying time and hoping they

brought up the question again. What am I even saying? Immediately, the farm-to-table challenge ended, I was swallowed up in their midst as

before he became our boss?" One girl with red hair chipped in and I noticed that her food was untouched. She had been drilling me with questions

you guys attended the same high school and

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leaning closer with

to lie to them and there was no way in hell that

eyes widening with a sudden thought.

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slammed her fist on the table and the

dinner time. Let the girl

intervention provided a brief respite, but I could

blonde who was nable to contain her curiosity any longer piped

dragged the 'really', her eyes huge

donut, using the

a nervous laugh, hoping my feigned nonchalance