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.

to your place,” Lucius suggested, countering her excuse.

Violet stood her

meal for me? I’ll leave right

argued.

cook him one last meal before they parted ways. They would forget each other after this meal.

herself.

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care, possibly their final one together, Violet cooked diligently.

he hadn’t eaten in days. Finishing, he

you a chance. Come cook

firmly rejected, “No.”

bruised Lucius’s ego. Others begged for a chance to enter the Imperial Palace, but she was the first to

just playing hard to

shot back “It that’s what you think, then let it be. If you really believe that go home

never to engage in such games

frowned. “What’s so bad about cooking for me? I can pay you

that much money. Her current earnings were sufficient for her and

rather someone else

genuine sincerity, truly meaning

refusal from Violet. He

“Hey!”

would strike her, Violet

caught her arm instead, lifting her chin with one hand and drawing her close with

eyes, and then she felt a soft touch on her lips–he was kissing

her eyes wide and stared at him in

is how I can get through to you,” he remarked with

She wondered if she

“Ouch!”

guard amid his passionate kiss, Lucius reeled back, glaring at her in anger.

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