Carissa also noticed that Rafael started coughing as soon as he ate, and his cheeks turned red from the coughing.

Clearly, he wasn't used to spicy food. So why did he choose this restaurant?

She moved the list of non-spicy dishes to his side, and said, "Even though you like spicy food, I think your throat is sore today. You should avoid spicy dishes for now and eat something lighter." "My throat does feel off," Rafael said, clearing his throat as he felt the lingering burn from the spices.

It was quite uncomfortable.

"I'll have someone bring you a glass of milk," Carissa said, standing up to open the door to the private room. She called for a waiter to bring a cup of milk.

"Milk can help neutralize the spiciness," she said with a smile, as if comforting a child. "Drink up."

Rafael took the glass of milk. It had a slight gamey taste, but it was cool and refreshing, making it bearable. More importantly, it was a gesture of her thoughtfulness.

He appreciated her unspoken understanding, not revealing his discomfort or his attempts to please her.

She had truly changed since their time in Meadow Ridge.

But he felt quite bitter, because the scene of her coaxing him to drink milk was probably how she had always served Rebecca in the past, right?

regarded the Warrens as her family, and genuinely wanted to spend her life with

darkened with anger. Liam's revenge on Aurora was indeed too presumptuous. He had thought that humiliating Aurora would drive her to

sudden cold demeanor, and

he shook his head. "It's nothing.

Rafael's need for privacy, signaled to Lulu and Pearl. "Let's move

serious matters at hand, so she called the waiter to help them move the food to the next

Carissa and Rafael

troubling you, Your

at her. "Seeing how you coaxed me into drinking the milk, I imagine you were equally patient when you attended Rebecca. You once treated the Warren family as your own, yet they all betrayed you. I'm

of milk would remind Rafael of

from the Ministry of Defense. She used to look down on women of the inner court. Now,

household. But in the end, she would inevitably become the very type of person she despised.

family was annihilated, and she is indirectly responsible. Don't you want to kill her?" Rafael

was a question Carissa had pondered many

true revenge? The people of Westhaven won't reveal

The people of Westhaven choose to conceal it, and Salvador would be even less likely to make it public. Such an action

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