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

is 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.

Janet

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

steak. Lila pushed one of them in front of

at the man who had served

that Jeff and his

at all. She sliced a piece of her steak

the kitchen, holding a stick and some

Janet, a group of men

seconds, the men in black quickly subdued Jeff

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

eat her steak calmly. The steak here

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

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