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"Ms. Swanson, are you sure it's a good idea to have dinner alone with Mr. Carter? I mean, he "Her assistant, Oliver Shaw, hesitated, leaving the rest unsaid.

Noelle, of course, understood their concern. Ethan's reputation in Vinton City was far from stellar. His insistence on having dinner alone with her tonight naturally set off Oliver's alarm bells and rightly so, "It's fine. It's just dinner," Noelle replied calmly.

After that, she opened the car door and stepped out onto the pavement. She had chosen the restaurant herself and, to avoid any potential "surprises", arrived half an hour early to order the food in advance. Ethan arrived just as Noelle finished filling up her glass with water.

"My apologies for keeping you waiting, Ms. Swanson."

"No worries. I just got here myself," Noelle replied with a smile.

Their first interaction was smooth, and everything seemed normal so far.

After a few glasses of red wine, the conversation began to shift.

"Ms. Swanson, you've been here for several months now, right?"

"Three months to be exact," Noelle answered with a smile.

you been

thanks to your

Noelle subtly avoided it by raising her wine glass and saying,

said, "It's all your own effort: The help from others is just

then, thank you

time, Ethan didn't refuse. He raised his wine glass and clinked it

closer to her several times, Noelle managed to

evening went on, Ethan grew somewhat displeased, but Noelle quickly shifted the conversation to another topic

hour later, the dinner finally

new resort hotel opening in the outskirts of the city? If you have time, Ms. Swanson, maybe we could go check it

"Sure."

invitations that had a timeframe

to "another time". Thus, she agreed readily, and Ethan's expression softened a bit. Just then, his driver arrived with

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