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.

there?” Janet suggested, glancing at the men from the corner of her

owned by 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, Jeff’s my

Janet sat down at

There were barely any people outside, too. This was clearly a place

two plates of steak. Lila pushed one of them in front of Janet and said, “Try it.

glanced meaningfully at the

Jeff and his friends were hiding in the

sliced a

Jeff burst out of the kitchen, holding a stick

they could even get close to Janet, a group of

matter of seconds, the men in

stood up from the table and shouted, “Who the hell

her steak calmly. The steak here

sat next to Janet, took out a handkerchief, and handed

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