Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

All of Julien's anger had dissipated in an instant.

"You must be exhausted from the past couple of days of working. You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Jonah held up a plastic bag in his hand.

He continued, "I remembered that you mentioned you don't usually eat carbs. Instead, you have fried chicken to reward yourself when you're under a lot of stress and tired. So I've brought you some fried chicken. I don't know what flavor you like, so I bought several."

Julien swallowed hungrily.

In the end, he still let Jonah enter the office.

But to save his pride, Julien put on a poker face and sat back in his chair, refusing to look at Jonah. "There's no need to be so polite, Mr. Jonah. Helping the sick and injured is my duty as a doctor, so I'll always perform to my best."

"Is someone angry?" Jonah asked instead, ignoring how distant Julien was being.

Julien blinked quickly. "W-Who's angry here? Not me."

weren't angry, why were

pounded wildly, and his cheeks flushed. He instinctively

pulled tight and cheeks

chicken, arranging them in front of Julien. He even set the utensils and

really hard these past few days," Jonah rasped, showing

as he met Jonah's

from Julien. "I've just been unable to spend time with you because

to my father and console my family. In addition, I have to make time for company affairs to strengthen morale. So

as the urge to cry struck him again. He quickly took a big bite of a

he gazed at Julien. "Have some more.

Remember to get ketchup next time. I prefer original flavored chicken with ketchup," Julien said, eating his chicken. He then regarded Jonah's outfit and smiled. "That was fast. Seems like you really like this

Jonah nodded