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Chapter 1227
“Fine then. I‘ll have lunch with you after this.” With that, Ren signed his name on the document with a flourish.
At the sight of this, Ruka‘s eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed a piece of blank paper as she said to him, “I‘d like an
autograph, please.”
She looked at him like he was her favorite celebrity. Smiling, he took the pen and signed his name on the paper. She
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtstared at his elegant autograph and laughed, saying, “I promise I‘ll treasure this always.” She thought she might be
the very first fan to have the vice president‘s signature on a non–work document!
Let me enjoy this moment, ‘she thought happily as she left the study with his precious signature in hand.
When lunchtime rolled around, the maids had prepared a feast, but Ruka was not hungry. She found herself
thinking about how hard it would be for them to meet again
if she were to leave this time.
“Eat up. You can‘t go home looking all scrawny, or your parents would file for abuse,” Ren chided good–naturedly as
he heaped food onto her plate.
Ruka sputtered and said, “Don‘t worry about it. I bet they‘re more concerned that I might be a nuisance to you
here.”
His smile deepened. She was by no means a nuisance unless he counted the times he had to take cold showers
because of her presence here. If anything, she was the reason he had caught a cold after all these years of being
relatively healthy.
Elijah dropped by as soon as they had finished their meal. Ruka looked torn; she wanted to stay, but she missed her
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmparents as well. In the end, by 1.30PM, she got into Elijah‘s car.
Ren had personally seen her to the car door,
but with Elijah there, he did not say much to her. “Remember to take good care of yourself.”
“You too,” Ruka replied, her solemn gaze locking with his.
He closed the car door for her once she had settled in the backseat. Elijah then started the car, but he did not step
on the gas pedal immediately, worried that there might be other things Ren would like to say to Ruka.
However, Elijah was surprised when he turned around and saw that the both of them were not speaking at all but
merely watched one another with reluctance with eyes that were filled with the pair of separation.
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