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.

frowned slightly. The plates were small, and each only contained two pieces of

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, who were more interested in conversation

to him, but he chose the ones nearest

put down her fork, and started ladling the

on her foot, causing her to spill

anger, she turned to Director Drew

I’ll call the waiter to clean this up.”

her off, “No worries”

and left the private

the restroom to clean up the soup

she noticed a figure in the mirror lan was leaning

was about to light a

wipe and walked past him, but he grabbed

next moment, her hand slapped across his

faded, and now there

“Are you insane?”

with rage, unable to

follow her to the restroom, it didn’t look like he was

ended badly, hadn’t it?

place where others

cheek, knowing that she hadn’t held

back and

go of

wishing she could bite his head

her wrists behind her back, his voice

or turtle soup?

“What?”

know what he was talking about “I think

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