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 her excuse.

Violet stood her ground.

difficult to cook a meal for me? I’ll leave right after eating. Maybe I won’t return,” he

argued.

They would forget each other after

herself.

116 BONGS

together, Violet cooked diligently. An hour later, she served our

eating as if he hadn’t eaten in

chance. Come cook for me,” he offered,

rejected, “No.”

begged for a chance to enter the Imperial Palace, but she was the first to boldly

playing hard to get,” he accused directly.

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

vowed never to engage in such games

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

need that much money. Her current earnings were sufficient for her and Naomi’s needs, and

you, but I’d rather someone else

sincerity, truly meaning

refusal from Violet. He

“Hey!”

would strike her, Violet instinctively ducked.

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

then she felt a soft touch on her

eyes wide and stared at him in shock and bewilderment.

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

kisses, and was surprisingly entranced by them. She wondered if she was losing

“Ouch!”

guard amid his passionate kiss, Lucius reeled

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