Chapter 204 Chapter 204

"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.

have you been

well, thanks to

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

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

slight smile. "Well, then, thank you

raised his wine glass and clinked it with hers. "You're too

lean closer to her several times, Noelle managed to skillfully avoid him without making it

somewhat displeased, but Noelle quickly shifted the conversation to another topic to

dinner finally came

the outskirts of the city? If you have time, Ms. Swanson, maybe we could go check it

"Sure."

invitations that had a

readily, and Ethan's expression softened a bit. Just then, his

you a

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