Carol had been around the block more than a few times, but she had never cacross a guy with Felix's background. It was the

rarity that intrigued her.

The harder Felix played hard to get, the more she found herself unable to let go.

As the old saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

During the day, she waited tables at a cozy barbecue restaurant, her thoughts drifting constantly to Felix. Her dedication was

unwavering.

Cnightfall, she'd return to her stuapartment to hone her culinary skills. But having never so much as boiled water before,

after three days all she could muster was ketchup spaghetti.

She snapped a picture of her creation and sent it to Felix with a message, [Had dinner yet?]

Felix was at the hospital, too preoccupied to even consider opening her message. He was holding Listina's hand, staring at her

without blinking.

The doctor cin with a grim reminder, "It's quite serious. We only have a 30% chance of success with the surgery. If we could

get an international specialist, the odds could increase to 70%, but it's expensive, and there's a heap of recovery costs to

consider."

The doctor knew Felix, who had been a constant figure at the hospital, sometimes even showing up in the middle of the night. He

knew Felix juggled multiple jobs to make ends meet since his parents had passed. It was a tough situation.

"lI understand, thank you," Felix replied once the doctor had left. He stood up, kissed Listina on the lips, and sighed softly. "I wonder

if you'll blme when you wake up."

But he had to take action, or Listina would die.

wasn't supposed to be

finally replied to Carol's message with a

hour, almost losing hope for a reply. The notification made her eyes sparkle and a

work at the barbecue restaurant? We get fresh ingredients every day, but I can only make spaghetti.

They'd just go to waste otherwise, and it

there's even

boarded the bus and read her text,

[Okay, the address is...]

sent it to

address already, but she needed an excuse

never let employees take hleftovers; normally, those

favored longtstaff. Newcomers like Carol were

stand it before, but the thought of winning Felix over

so cool and collected - made her believe

fresh groceries,

reached Felix's doorstep, her palms were red from

the elevator creaked alarmingly, she saw it was plastered with small ads. It was a

with

knocked; the buzzer

tdeliberately, guessing Felix

a

was momentarily stunned by his calm, handspresence before

is

"It's just a rental."

small but cozy space, even smaller than her own place but clean and warm. It

points and

one person.

bags and

expensive. Your restaurant

it was imported,

researched his shopping habits, once a week to the grocery store,

carrying bags with

but Felix, when dealing with the high rollers at the BlueSky

was the allure

"Felix, can you cook?"

"l can."

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