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

money now, so I could only afford the food here,” Lila explained with a smile. “Oh, Jeff’s

Janet sat

empty other than the group of men. There were barely any people outside, too. This was clearly a

of them in

she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at the man who had served the

his friends were hiding in

Ethan guarding outside, Janet wasn’t afraid at all. She sliced a piece of her steak and put it in

Jeff burst out of the kitchen, holding a stick and some

could even get close to Janet, a group of men

seconds, the men in black quickly subdued Jeff

She stood up from the table and shouted, “Who the hell are you? I’m calling

continued to eat her steak calmly. The steak here was pretty good;

who was wearing a dark brown windbreaker today, strode in. He sat next to Janet, took

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