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.

she swiftly replaced it with a beaming smile. "Luke,

a bite. Anna smiled brightly and asked, "Do you

recipe. This is from Gilbo

delicious, so I went there to learn from them. I understand that I

before slowly responding, "Why do you always

gaze, she saw the depth in his

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croissants from Gilbo Bakery are different from the Salty Sailor's shrimp grits. Salty Sailor is

Gilbo Bakery has been making those croissants for

and the chocolate slowly pozed out, soaking into

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 terms. But

all this?" Anna was

croissants. I even offered him an astronomical sum to buy the franchise. but he was unmoved. Over the years, many people have gone to him. Why should he suddenly treat you differently and hand the recipe over so easily? "Making croissants looks simple,

was on fire

long gone, I still found comfort in

Anna, she couldn't keep her composure. Tears welled up in her eyes,

did want to learn. Like you said, he

lie

said you bought it, would I not eat it? Why lie?" "Luke. I'm sorry, I won't lie again. Please forgive me. I just care too much about

chest in a dramatic, sorrowful

He said, "Tm curious-if you can lie about something