Chapter 176

Olivia’s burp was loud in the silent room before stillness inflated in the air.

She didn’t expect herself to give the game away that quickly.

Feeling awkward, she looked at Ethan. “I can explain.”

She blurted that in the heat of the moment, making matters worse.

She observed his expression carefully only to realize that his face was free from annoyance.

Worry sat upon his brows instead.

She thought, “Did I misread his expression? He resents me to his bones. Why would he be worried about me?”

“Have more if you’re hungry.” He gave her a spoonful.

She was confused as she thought, “Does he think that I burp because I’m hungry?”

when the meal

full.” She could

“You’re all skin and bones. How could you eat only

of lasagna. Her

moment, a woman in spectacles opened the door. “Mr. Miller, we need a signature from

imagined herself to witness such a

abhorred contact with

put the secretary

in a hurry and choked on it. Her face

of water. “How could a grown–up

his cheek.

slight shudders across

breathing was

away to look at the shocked secretary. “Who told you to come in?

Miller.” She quickly

been watching that secretary from the corner of her

around him was on Olivia’s

Olivia and Ethan apart.

many emotions

soon as the door was closed, she released him. “That secretary is bold. She entered the office without

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