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.

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

the remaining pieces were closer to Director Drew. To reach them, she would have to Stand up, which wouldn’t

closer to him, but he chose

took a deep breath, put down her fork, and started

her to spill the soup on

to Director Drew

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

off, “No worries”

got up, not looking at lan, and left the private dining room to

restroom to clean up the

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

about to light a cigarette but changed

past him, but he grabbed her

moment, her hand slapped across

just faded,

“Are you insane?”

was shaking with rage, unable to stay calm in his presence.

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

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

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

touched his cheek, knowing that she hadn’t held back

and shut the

go of me

began to struggle, wishing she could bite his

held her wrists behind her

know that you shouldn’t eat crab or turtle soup? Your baby’s

“What?”

know what he was talking about “I

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