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

outshone everything around them, but Cillian

in no time with Yitty's

to drink. Cillian's face was etched with sadness,

been nursing

a lifeline. Got something weighing on your mind? Talking about it might just lift the load a

gaze softening as

turn heads and cause a stir, Yitty was refreshingly straightforward without a hint of the usual shyness expected from

this woman I've been into since

she was married. Then, she lost her memory and forgot the very person she

I did everything I could to make her fall for me. However, I 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 deep sigh escaped him. After getting those words off his chest, he

idiot," he said with a wry

She finished her drink too. "Not at all. Love isn't something we can rein in. However, if she doesn't return your feelings, why

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