Chapter 1136

Ian sat across from Maja, their table barely four feet wide.

Judith sat beside him, her expression souring the moment she saw Maja. ~

Things between her and lan had been going well recently. Her father was supposed to visit Greenfield, but given Judith’s improving health, he had postponed his trip.

Judith’s older brother had been trying to negotiate a marriage between the two families, eager to announce it to their social circle, but lan was hesitant.

Judith clung tightly to lan, shooting Maja an unfriendly look

Unfazed, Maja continued her conversation with Director Drew about the script.

The waiter brought their food, featuring seasonal specialties that were the restaurant’s signature dishes. The most famous was a sea turtle, seaweed soup, and crab They were reputedly the best in the country.

After chatting with Director Drew for a while, Maja reached for a piece of crab, but her fork collided with lan’s.

Without looking up, he passed the crab to Judith

A smile played on Judith’s lips, as she shot Maja a triumphant look.

Thanks, lan I’ve heard this place serves the best crab. I’ve wanted to try it for a while.”

Maja didn’t retaliate. She moved her fork to pick another piece, but lan had already claimed it for himself.

were small, and each only contained

the delicious crab here and couldn’t resist trying, but now the remaining pieces were closer to Director Drew. To reach them, she would have to Stand up, which wouldn’t look good in front of the others,

pieces closer to him, but he

breath, put down her fork, and started ladling

on her foot, causing her to spill the soup on the table and drop the bowl.

anger, she turned to Director Drew with an

Drew. I’ll call the waiter to clean

waved her off, “No

left the private dining room to

went to the restroom to clean up the soup stains on her

finish, she noticed a figure in the mirror lan was leaning against the restroom door, watching her clean

was about to light a cigarette but changed

the wet wipe and walked past him, but he

next moment, her hand slapped across his

previous slap had just faded, and now

“Are you insane?”

unable to stay calm in his

to the restroom, it didn’t

ended badly, hadn’t it? Wasn’t he disgusted with

to this event and treating her like this in a place where others couldn’t

his cheek, knowing that she hadn’t held back with that slap

pulled her back and shut

go of

began to struggle, wishing she could bite his head off

held her wrists behind her

pregnant woman, don’t you know that you shouldn’t eat crab or turtle soup?

“What?”

was talking about “I think you’re

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