Millie spoke, puzzled. “I didn’t detect any peculiar aroma. It’s sweet.”

While Millie stood there, still unsure of the situation, the others, having caught on, wore mischievous grins.

Bruce gave Marcus a thumbs-up and said, “Bro, you’re clever. You successfully tricked her.”

She had been tricked! Millie trembled. Marcus had lied to her. The drink tasted normal to them, didn’t it?

Millie, still uncertain, asked, “There was no peculiar aroma when you tasted it, correct?”

Bruce shook his head, amused that Millie was still oblivious to Marcus’ cunning.

Marcus drank the same concoction,”

in with his own smirk, “I too noticed that

spiraling into chaos. She cast her gaze down to the emptied glass; no matter how

and embarrassment flooded Millie, her grip on the glass becoming

her wrist captured

“sit. Eat.”

gaze, she was met with Marcus’ stern

exclaimed, “I am still on duty. I can’t dine now. Release

her efforts to break

restaurant manager appeared at

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