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

Ross took a sip of her

convenient to talk about now,

just gave

was even more

take the call, he'd

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

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

sent the last bit of info, then couldn't help but text: [Why the sudden interest in

to hear what Charlene and Stewart were discussing, Gaylord glanced away and replied: [No

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

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

while later, Professor Hancock, who was seated next to Thorne, needed Charlene's input on

the table. At that moment, Thorne

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 a

actually Thorne's phone, she quickly averted her gaze and considered just putting

Thorne had already reached out his hand,

over without a word and then sat down

twenty minutes later,

to leave with everyone

the door across the hall swung open

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

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