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

me of taking advantage of my wife. Did I wrong you in

at Marcus,

if she was paying for a debt from a previous life,

creating a strange tension in the

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

a pang of guilt

will be discreet.

set of utensils

triggered by Bruce’s comments, Millie nodded in compliance.

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