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.

about we talk there?” Janet suggested, glancing at the men from the corner

money now, so I could only

choice, Janet sat down at the

barely any people outside, too. This was clearly a

pushed one of them in front of Janet and said, “Try it. I like their

spoke, she glanced meaningfully at the

and his friends

sliced a piece of her steak and

the kitchen, holding a stick and some

Janet, a group

a matter of seconds, the men in black

and shouted, “Who the hell are you? I’m calling

calmly. The steak here was pretty good; she had to give

in. He sat next to Janet, took out a handkerchief, and handed it to her. “Honey, it’s time

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