Chapter 0110

The meal arrived promptly. Violet handed Naomi the utensils, and began to eat with her head lowered.

Lucius was sitting opposite her, staring at the food in front of him. He poked at it with his fork, but didn’t actually eat anything.

Although the restaurant’s food was reasonably good, Lucius found himself unable to eat.

Instead, he spent the meal observing Violet and Naomi relish their food.

Violet was eagerly filling her mouth with food.

Lucius’s mood soured the more he watched, his eyebrows furrowing in irritation.

Having traveled a great distance to see her, he was met with Violet tearfully thinking about another man and eating merrily, seemingly indifferent to his appearance. Did he not matter to her

at all?

Naomi quickly left for work after the meal. Violet bid her farewell, then turned to see Lucius still

there.

“Just go on with your work. I need to head back to my office too,” she told him, waving goodbye.

“But I’m still hungry.” Lucius retorted.

He didn’t attempt to hold her back, but rubbed his stomach and appeared somewhat pitiful.

Her heart softened slightly, but she reminded him firmly, “You chose not to eat just now.”

“I don’t like eating out,” he stated candidly. “I prefer your cooking.”

“I don’t have a place to cook for you,” she said, making an excuse.

your place,” Lucius suggested, countering

stood her

I’ll leave right after

argued.

one last meal before they parted ways. They would forget each other after this meal. She saw

herself.

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with extra care, possibly their final one together, Violet cooked diligently. An hour later, she served

food eating as if he hadn’t eaten in days. Finishing, he wiped his mouth

you a chance. Come cook for me,” he offered, his tone suppesting he was doing

rejected, “No.”

Others begged for a chance to enter the Imperial Palace,

just playing hard to get,” he accused

“It that’s what you think, then let it be. If you really believe that go home and continue to

engage in

so bad about cooking for me? I can

money. Her current earnings were

rather someone else

showed genuine sincerity,

each refusal from Violet. He abruptly raised his hand,

“Hey!”

strike her,

Lucius’s hand caught her arm instead, lifting her chin with one hand and drawing her

his intentions, Violet instinctively shut her eyes, and then she felt a soft touch on her lips–he was

this, she opened her eyes wide and stared at him

to you,” he remarked with satisfaction, licking

was surprisingly entranced by them. She wondered

“Ouch!”

his passionate kiss, Lucius reeled back, glaring at her in

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