Janet was left breathless from the deep kiss. She pinched Ethan’s cheek and smiled shyly. “I’m not a child anymore. I can handle this. I’ll get going now, okay?”

Glorie Street was an old and remote block. There was only one restaurant here—the steakhouse Lila mentioned.

It wasn’t a particularly clean restaurant. There were all sorts of bugs and flies all over the place.

In the restaurant sat a group of tough-looking men with tattoos covering their arms. With toothpicks in their mouths, they looked just like a bunch of hooligans.

As soon as Janet stepped foot inside the steakhouse, they all turned to look at her with eager eyes.

Lila stood up and waved at her from the table near the door. “Janet, over here!”

Janet nodded in greeting.

They hadn’t seen each other for over a month. Lila had lost a lot of weight. Her makeup was not as pristine as before, and her eyes were full of undisguised fatigue.

cafes in the area. How about we talk there?” Janet suggested, glancing at the men from the

a friend of Jeff’s. I don’t have that much money now, so I could only afford the food here,” Lila explained with a smile. “Oh,

Janet

barely any

of them in

she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at the

his friends were hiding

all. She sliced

kitchen, holding a stick

Janet, a group of men

the men in black quickly

from the table and

eat her steak calmly. The steak here was pretty good; she had

today, strode in. He sat next to Janet, took out a handkerchief,

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