Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Billionaire Is 45

Chapter 45 It Felt Incredibly Satisfying

Chapter 45 It Felt Incredibly Satisfying

Luke hadn't always been like this. Recently, he'd been growing more and more irritable, and his sudden outburst nearly had Jim on his knees in fear. "Who is she? Why did you just do as she say?"

Jim, trembling, panicked. "Mr. Bolton, it's because Ms. Anna has a heart condition. We didn't want to upset her, so we had to...

Jim was being tactful. The heart condition was secondary: everyone knew that Luke's indulgence was the

real reason.

Luke understood that, frowning as he waved a hand dismissively. "Go and clean up. We'll rearrange it when Mrs. Bolton comes back." Yes, Mr. Bolton."

With a weary expression, Luke quickly finished his breakfast and went straight back to work. Anna arrived uninvited

She walked in just as her things were being packed away, and immediately her face fell. "Luke, what are you doing?"

Luke slowly raised his head, and his eyes, when they landed on Anna, were noticeably different.

Anna felt something was off too. With a grievance look, she clung to Luke's arm and acted coyly. "Luke, did I do something wrong? I'm sorry. Please don't be mad with me."

Luke was always a sucker for this trick of hers. I was different; I always argued about what was right or wrong, never willing to show weakness.

"What are you doing here?" Luke asked, his gaze piercing as he pulled her hand away.

smile. "Luke, I know you've been upset since Chloe disappeared. You looked gaunt. I got up early

a bite. Anna smiled brightly and asked, "Do

recipe. This

from them. I understand that I cannot emulate Chloe's experience of cooking for you. I just wanted to

slowly responding, "Why do you always have to compare

was startled. When she met Luke's gaze, she saw the depth

Sat, Dec /

It

you

Bakery are different from the Salty

their recipe. But the owner of Gilbo Bakery has been making those croissants for 30 years. Do you know how many people have tried to

and the chocolate slowly pozed out, soaking into his tongue

again "At least ten people. Some offered to pay for a franchise. some wanted to expand his store, and others offered large sums to buy the recipe. With the rise of livestreaming even manufacturers approached him offering better and better

do you know all this?" Anna was visibly panicking

hand the recipe over so

admit, Luke was on fire today-he was basically

I was long gone, I still found

composure. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she was on

did want to learn. Like you said, he refused to sell me

lie

you bought it, would I not eat it? Why lie?" "Luke. I'm sorry, I

in a dramatic, sorrowful way. She

can lie about something so small, what else have you