Chapter 264

1 gazed at Soren, guilt in my eyes, unsure of what to do.

After a moment, I decided to try to make him stay. “You must be hungry. You haven’t eaten yet…”

As soon as I spoke, the elevator chimed, and a young man in a suit stepped out, carrying a a brown bag with food, which he handed over to Soren with respect.

“Here’s your lunch, Mr. Kenway.”

I instinctively reached out to take it.

Soren, not wanting me to carry anything heavy, took it from the young man before I could and said, “Good work, thank you.”

“Anytime, Mr. Kenway.”

The young man returned to the elevator, while I looked at Soren, emphasizing, “You should stay and eat before you leave.”

Soren chuckled. “I’m glad you asked. I thought you’d be eager to kick me out as soon as your family showed up.” “I…” I met his gaze, seeing a faint trace of self–mockery in his eyes, which made me feel incredibly guilty. Truth be told, I had considered doing exactly that.

“I’ll take this inside for you. You go ahead and sit down.” Soren held the bag in one hand while supporting me with the other as we moved toward the living room.

“You two haven’t eaten yet?” my aunt asked, curious.

treatment around 10:30 a.m. and came straight back,”

the bag on the dining table and turned to my grandmother

polite tone, he said, “I should be going now. I’ll leave you two to spend

distinguished background, he carried himself with such composure

she heard him. “Why are you leaving? You haven’t eaten yet,

turned to him again, trying to persuade him once more. “Grandma’s right. You should

you leave hungry after all

entryway and closed the door, leaving Soren

thank you for having

emotional intelligence were impeccable–nothing to criticize.

and I was so nervous my hands trembled.

from the looks on my grandmother and aunt’s faces, they didn’t seem to mind Soren’s presence. In fact, it seemed as though, in these few minutes, they had already been charmed

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Chapter 264

unpacking the food containers, then glanced

of my daze and quickly turned to ask, “Have you two eaten? If not, please

lunch before coming over,” my aunt

“Really?”

eats at the same

nodded, agreeing with

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