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.

returned, he leaned in and lowered his voice. "What's going

Ross took a sip of her lemon

talk about now, huh? I'll ask

gave him a

was even more anxious than

Charlene stepped out to take the call, he'd been waiting for

no idea who York was, and while he waited, he shot a message

well. The

the last bit

what Charlene and Stewart were discussing, Gaylord

Charlene came back, but after just a

mind-after exchanging a couple of words with Stewart, she joined Professor Hancock's group and started chatting

seated next

over to their side of the table. At that moment, Thorne was busy

for her, he accidentally bumped into Thorne's 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

actually Thorne's phone, she quickly averted her

Thorne had already reached out his hand, looking at her.

and then

twenty minutes later, dinner officially wrapped

to leave with everyone

of their dining room, the door across

eyes narrowed. He leaned in and muttered to Charlene, “What a coincidence...or more

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