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

thanks to your

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

rush to respond with his own wine glass. Instead, he simply smiled and said, "It's all your own effort: The

slight smile. "Well, then,

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

lean closer to her

grew somewhat displeased, but Noelle quickly shifted

hour later, the dinner finally came to

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

"Sure."

that had a

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

you a ride

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