"Donnie muttered, 'Wasting food is a sin."

"Then you eat it," came the quick reply.

Donnie stood there for a moment, then tossed the leftover sandwich into the bin.

The next day, Chad received yet another packed lunch. This time, he walked over to the security booth at the entrance and said to the old guard inside, "If anyone brings me lunch again, just leave it at the door. If it's not picked up by the next day, toss it." The guard replied, "I thought you knew the girl, Officer Chad. She seemed to think you were friends."

Chad shook his head. "Don't know her. I threw away yesterday's meal."

As expected, on the third day, Vivian showed up again, believing she was engaged in a grand romantic gesture. But when she arrived, she found the previous day's lunch still sitting there, untouched.

Frowning, she asked the guard, "Who told you to do this?"

"It's common knowledge around here," he replied.

Vivian clenched her fists, her romantic dreams dashed. All her efforts seemed like a fool's errand.

"Tell Chad these lunches are from his sister," she said defiantly.

The guard held up a hand. "Don't go using Molly's name in vain. If she finds out someone's been sending her brother meals under her name, she'll have my head."

knew of

rejected lunches and stormed off. Rounding

popped by

fell, she waited at the Byrne family home for Chad to finish his shift. That day, not only did she see Chad laden with shopping bags, but Molly was hooked on his arm as

the siblings entered the Byrne living room, Vivian felt a

my daughter sacrifice herself as a

attempt to interact as she whisked Chad upstairs, leaving no chance for Vivian to speak with

retreating figure. A cold realization dawned on her.

Molly's dislike for her wasn't because of Juliana, but due to her possessiveness over Chad? Vivian knew they were not

thought Coleen might be her biggest obstacle, but now it seemed Molly was

mind raced with schemes as

seemed unfazed, knowing his sister

scoffed and started pondering her

"Focus on your studies. Don't worry about feeding me. Your real goal is to pass

phone displayed 'Easy Recipes for Beginners.' She looked up at Chad, blinked innocently, and quietly

unconvinced, Chad confiscated her phone

at a man's white shirt on the bed. The

the right to pursue happiness, right, Chad?" she whispered

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