Chapter 423

"No, thank you. I've already eaten.”

To be honest, his confession had been touching—almost moving, really.

But still-

The only reason she'd answered his call tonight was to finally make things clear once and for all.

With quiet resolve, she spoke, her tone both sincere and final. "I really appreciate your feelings for me, but as you said, I'm simply not ready to start a new relationship right now. I'm sorry-and please, don't wait for me."

She noticed York Watson wanted to say something more, hesitated for a second, but in the end, she simply hung up.

Afterward, she stood there with her phone in hand, a swirl of emotions passing through her.

She let out a wry smile after a long moment, then turned and headed back toward the private dining room.

She'd been gone for quite a while.

The moment Stewart Ferguson figured out it was York who had called her,

curiosity gnawed at him-he was dying to know what was really going on between them.

When he saw just how long she'd been on the phone with York, his curiosity only grew.

and lowered his voice. "What's going on

sip of her lemon water and replied evenly,

convenient to talk about

just gave

was even more

he'd

while he waited, he shot a message to a friend, fishing

friend knew York as well. The moment Gaylord asked, his friend

the dining room, his friend sent the last bit of info, then couldn't help but text:

what Charlene and Stewart were discussing, Gaylord glanced away and replied:

Henderson also glanced up when Charlene came back, but after just a second, he smiled and turned back to

to the little glances from Thorne and Gaylord. She barely paid them any mind-after

Professor Hancock, who was seated next to Thorne,

moved over to their side of the table. At

phone, sending it tumbling to the floor. Charlene, not realizing whose phone it was, bent down to pick it up, intending to hand it to Professor Hancock-only to notice the screen displayed

phone, she quickly averted her gaze and considered just putting it back

Thorne had already reached out his

a word and then sat

twenty minutes later, dinner officially

up, ready to leave

out of their dining room, the door across the hall

muttered to

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