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 he

accuse me of taking advantage of my wife. Did I wrong

was he implying? Millie shot a glare at Marcus,

a debt from a

creating

must preserve my cousin’s reputation. This place caters to a high-end clientele. If you served drinks to customers, if reported

a pang of guilt at Bruce’s

discreet. I won’t get

by placing a fresh set of utensils in front of Millie and

comments, Millie nodded

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