Glaring at him, I huffed, “It hurts the ones who raise her.”

The smile slid off his face when he realized that I was angry, and he pecked on my cheek to appease me. With his hands around my waist, he gently said, “The company will be holding our annual meeting soon. Once it’s over, why don’t we go to Remdik together?”

I nodded repeatedly. Of course, I would pounce on the chance to go out immediately.

As the New Year was right around the corner, Ashton had a lot to do at the company. Therefore, he headed to the office not long after.

My initial plan was to stay at home to read, but Emery called to say that she was back from her honeymoon and suggested meeting with everyone.

“Everyone?” I could not help but blurt.

She helplessly whined, “Hannah, me and you. Who else do you think I was referring to?”

That’s true. I only have that few friends around me.

Naturally, I agreed to it.

We planned to meet by the golf course in the suburbs. However, we were not going there to play golf, but as girls, we were merely there for the scenery and food.

Besides, Emery bought a villa near the golf course recently, and she found many cafes nearby. Although she was interested in visiting those places, she did not have the chance to thus far. Since they were meeting, she wanted to use the opportunity to try them.

drive, but Ashton had arranged for a

After all, with someone to send me there,

I was about to call Emery when I heard

not seen each other for a few days, and she did seem plumper than before. Perhaps it was because she was

and hooked her arm around mine. “How rare it is to see

obliged and entered the cafe with

was labelled as a cafe, it seemed more like a high tea restaurant. Well-decorated and pleasant, it was a good place

in, a waiter welcomed us and politely greeted

Emery promptly replied and passed her

for the two ladies to follow him. “Please follow me

the pavilion and passed us the menu in the form of bamboo slips. “Here is the menu. You can take your time to decide on what to order while I prepare some sweet treats to

menu and circled a few.

I’m not picky. You can take

few more dishes, the waiter came over

juice, but

serve our dishes a little later as we are still waiting for another

before leaving

of me, I mumbled, “This looks like jelly, but

found in Southeast Asia. After squeezing the pulp, they freeze it. I

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