As the manager approached the exit, he closed the door behind him with consideration. Millie, on the verge of desperation, longed to escape the room as quickly as possible.

“Wait, manager.”

But the manager, not wanting to be involved in her predicament, left swiftly.

Millie squirmed in her seat. Despite her failure to escape, she attempted to distance herself from Marcus.

She raised her gaze, only to be met with the bright overhead lights. She was dazed and sighed. Their thoughts were complicated.

The memory of her sharing a drink with Marcus resurfaced. She realized that they had sipped from the same glass.

frown deepened as

my wife. Did I wrong

shot a glare at Marcus, a heavy feeling settling in

debt from a previous life, marrying him by mistake, and

and lingered, creating a strange tension in

continuing your work here? You must preserve my cousin’s reputation. This place caters to a high-end clientele. If you served drinks to customers,

pang of

will be discreet.

fresh set of utensils in front of Millie and

by Bruce’s comments, Millie nodded in compliance.

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