Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 209

Before the server could finish speaking, Angela hastily waved her hands. "Take it away! Take it away!"

She didn't dare look at the tray, convinced it was the same creature she had encountered earlier.

It was too terrifying. This was the classic case of once bitten, twice shy.

"What's up with you? You came back from the hike acting all jumpy. Should I find someone to perform an exorcism on you?" Fiona joked.

Angela was still panicking and breathing heavily, and her face was as pale as a sheet.

"Drink some water to calm your nerves," Dexter said, handing her a cup of warm water.

Angela didn't think twice before grabbing the cup and gulping it down. Only after she was done did she finally feel her racing heart slow down.

This was too much for her. She didn't have much of an appetite for the rest of the meal.

Back home, Angela collapsed onto her bed, feeling like she had been through a day of pure torment.

That night, she lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

Dexter couldn't sleep either. He got up and went to the second-floor terrace to cool off.

Fiona brought him a jacket and joined him.

are you doing, sitting here in silence? Who upset you this

looking like he was lost in

like her, just say so. Stop being so awkward about it." As if she

right through him, Fiona

look at her.

his own response.

would be to ask that question rather than deny it by

was taken aback. "So you really like

stayed silent, looking

do. At first, when I didn't know Angela well, I thought she wasn't good enough for you in some ways. But later, I realized that relationships aren't about social status. They're about character. What's the point of being perfectly matched on paper?

clouds float by, her expression

like me," Dexter replied bitterly, letting

of cold water, feeling his

words, while she might not like you, she doesn't like

encouragingly.

eyebrow.

help." Fiona looked disappointed. "You need to break the ice. She resents you, and you need to

anything—he knew that

now that even one

she could be. Once she makes up her mind about something, she doesn't change