Chapter 1008:

Once Laney exited, a quiet settled over the room.

Elissa raised a hand in his direction. “Please, have a seat.”

“Alright.” Ernest sat down beside her.

Elissa frowned slightly.

Was it her imagination, or had his voice really sounded oddly familiar for that split second?

“What are you thinking?” Ernest asked, his gaze lingering. In just a few days, she seemed thinner. “You haven’t been eating well, have you?”

Elissa blinked. “You can tell?”

“Your chin’s more defined.” He studied her carefully. “Are you watching your diet? Trying to slim down?”

“No, not really,” she said, smiling faintly. “I simply haven’t had much of an appetite lately.”

eye surgery. Ernest wasn’t the type to

your birthday. Try to enjoy it, even just

too downcast in front of someone she didn’t know that

while later, Laney returned, accompanied by several staff

turned toward Ernest’s direction, confused. “What’s going on? There seem to be a

with a small smile. “They’re just delivering the

order all this? It seems… a bit

more on gα ℓ ησ ν𝒆 𝓁s,

your birthday,” Ernest explained. “The sanatorium offers a

thoughtful. Given this was a high-end

nodded without hesitation. “Yes. They

brightened. “So, I’ll get

don’t we find

Laney had already set the table. “Miss

“Alright.”

but then hesitated. After a moment, he gently took

tensed for a

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