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.

deepened as

wife. Did I wrong you in a past

glare at Marcus, a heavy feeling

a previous life, marrying him by mistake, and enduring

and lingered, creating a

you served drinks to customers, if reported in the media, he would be accused of abusing

of

will be discreet. I

by placing a fresh set of utensils in front of Millie

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

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