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 crab.

about 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

easily picked the pieces closer to him, but he chose the ones nearest to Maja.

her

stepped on her foot, causing her to spill the soup on the table and

to Director

Drew. I’ll call the

off, “No

looking at lan, and left the private dining

went to the restroom to clean up the soup stains on

the mirror lan was leaning against the restroom door, watching her clean

to light a cigarette but

wet wipe and walked past him,

hand slapped across his

from the previous slap had just faded, and now there was a fresh one.

“Are you insane?”

with rage, unable to stay

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

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

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

she

roughly pulled her back and

go of

wishing she could bite his head off

held her wrists behind her back, his voice

or turtle soup? Your baby’s health is already unstable.

“What?”

he was talking about “I think you’re

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