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.

Lucius

stood her

me? I’ll leave right after eating. Maybe I won’t

argued.

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

herself.

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the meal with extra care, possibly their final one together, Violet cooked diligently. An hour later, she served our delicious doches on the

food eating as if he hadn’t

to my liking. I’ll give you a chance. Come cook for me,” he offered, his

rejected, “No.”

chance to enter the Imperial Palace, but she was the first

hard to get,” he accused

nearly laughed. She shot back “It that’s what you think, then let it be. If you really believe that

in such games with him.

so bad about cooking for me? I can

need that much money. Her current earnings were sufficient

I’d rather someone else take this

sincerity, truly meaning her words.

from Violet. He abruptly

“Hey!”

her, Violet instinctively ducked.

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

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

eyes wide and

you,” he remarked with satisfaction, licking his lips before.

resist his kisses, and was surprisingly entranced by them. She wondered if she was losing her mind. Then, regaining her senses, she bit down sharply.

“Ouch!”

amid his passionate kiss, Lucius reeled back, glaring at

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