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

stood her

that difficult to cook a meal for me? I’ll leave

argued.

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

herself.

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

if he hadn’t eaten in days. Finishing, he wiped his

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

rejected,

to enter the

playing hard to get,” he accused directly.

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

never to engage in such

about cooking for me? I can pay you ten times your

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

I’d rather someone

showed genuine sincerity, truly meaning

with each refusal from Violet. He abruptly raised

“Hey!”

would strike her, Violet instinctively ducked.

her chin with one hand

instinctively shut her eyes, and then she

she opened her eyes wide and stared at him in

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

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

“Ouch!”

his passionate kiss, Lucius reeled

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