The bartender could not take his eyes off her and was completely captivated.

Just when he was lost in her beauty, the woman gestured for him to come over.

Overjoyed, he rushed to her side and asked eagerly, "What can I do for you, pretty lady?"

With a warm smile, she pointed at Cillian and said, "I'll have the same drink as this gentleman here, and he's picking up the tab."

Her smile melted the bartender's heart, and he nodded enthusiastically. "Right away. Your drink is coming up."

Once the bartender was gone, she turned to Cillian and said, "If you're looking to say thanks, buying me a drink will do. I'm Yitty Jenks. Nice to meet you. What's your name?"

Yitty offered her hand openly, and Cillian was surprised by the simplicity of her request.

He took a moment before accepting her outstretched hand and introducing himself in a soft voice.

"Cillian."

what a lovely name. It must be fate that we

outshone everything around them, but Cillian just nodded in

back in no time with Yitty's

settled next to Cillian, and together, they began to drink. Cillian's face was etched with sadness, and he kept pouring drinks for

been nursing that bottle

weighing on your mind? Talking about it might just lift the load

softening as she

turn heads and cause a stir, Yitty was

"There's this woman I've been into since college. She was so out of my league that I never confessed how I

find her again, she was married.

lost again. She told me to find my own happiness, but the thing is, she is my happiness." Cillian let it all out in a rush, then drained his glass in one go. A

a complete idiot," he said

at all. Love isn't something we can rein in. However, if she doesn't return your feelings, why chase after

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