The location Jack picked for his meal date with Roxanne was a café with a quaint flair. In fact, it had a vibe similar to the Damaris residence.

When she arrived, Jack was already waiting for her inside. Upon noticing her, he stood and gestured at her.

She quickened her pace and sat opposite from him.

Having learned their lesson from the last time, they sat at a table in the corner this time. A sandalwood incense was burning nearby them.

Roxanne felt strangely comfortable when she took in the scent of the incense, possibly because she was used to the smell of traditional medicine.

Hence, she didn’t give it too much thought because she assumed it was the café’s specialty.

“I’m sorry for being late again,” apologized Roxanne with embarrassment after taking her seat. We’re meeting up this time because I wanted to make up for the fact that my disappearance last week caused a delay in the project’s progress. Yet, I’m late again. I feel so rude.

poured her a cup of coffee. “It’s fine. This café is quite far from the

he casually fiddled with the

didn’t seem to mind her tardiness, Roxanne let

one apologizing to you,” Jack abruptly

is he apologizing to

her apologetically, he continued, “If I hadn’t changed the time to nighttime, those reporters wouldn’t have taken

brought that up, Roxanne felt conflicted.

to attend to during noon that day. One of Damaris Group’s companies that sells medicinal herbs had

course, she had no intention of blaming him. She merely thought what happened that night was too

Neither of us would’ve expected reporters to be following us. Besides, the

Jack sighed a little. “So, you’ve gotten back together with

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