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Being alone with Aaron was torturous enough for Annie, let alone being alone with him in such a suggestive setting!
“What are you doing? I thought we were just going to have a casual lunch,” said Annie with confusion.
Aaron, who sat across from her, looked even more charming under the candlelight. He rested his chin on his hand
and said, “Yeah, we are. But who’s to say a casual lunch can’t be romantic too?”
Annie’s lips twitched. “I might’ve thought you were a very romantic guy if you treated me like this in the past. All I
can think of now is how embarrassing and awkward this is.”
Aaron smiled. “Why? Is it because you have a boyfriend?”
Annie frowned and said seriously, “Yes! It’s exactly because I have a boyfriend. It’s not right for me to have a
candlelit dinner with another man behind his back!”
Instead of feeling ashamed, Aaron gloatingly replied, “You wouldn’t feel embarrassed if you don’t have any feelings
for me. That must mean you still like me, right?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAnnie’s face darkened. “Mister Aaron, to be honest, I think you’re a dirtbag. My liking for you is going down the
charts with every passing second. I suggest you behave yourself.”
Aaron smiled. “Going down the charts? In other words, your liking for me was so high that, even though it’s going
down the charts now, it still hasn’t reached zero, right?”
Annie was speechless. She did not know whether to be impressed or annoyed by his wittiness. In the end, she
decided she had lost all of her appetite. Ignoring Aaron, she took out her phone to call Jeremy.
“Hey, Uncle Jeremy? Where are you right now?”
“I’m driving,” said Jeremy coldly.
“Are you on your way to the office or somewhere else?”
“Why are you asking?”
“I was hoping you could come get me, and we can go visit Corinne together. We can even bring her some takeout!
You can have a good talk with her and clear up whatever misunderstandings there are between you two. Corinne
might be pregnant, but she’s still quite the catch. There’s a chance another man will steal her away if you don’t
hang tight to her—”
Suddenly, all Annie could hear was a disconnected dial tone. Jeremy had hung up on her!
‘What’s the matter with him? Why didn’t he let me finish speaking?’ thought Annie with a frown.
Aaron smiled at her. “What? Did you fail to get your Uncle Jeremy to rescue you?”
Annie snapped out of her thoughts and rolled her eyes at him. “You obviously know the answer. Why ask?”
The reason she wanted to ask Jeremy for help was because he was the only person Aaron did not dare to do
anything to.
At that moment, she was 80 percent sure that Aaron was not going to let her go so easily unless she finished having
lunch with him.
Aaron’s smile deepened. “Since there’s no way out of this, why don’t you just enjoy this lunch? I promise I’ll send
you home afterward.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAnnie scoffed. She wanted to finish the lunch as fast as possible, but the only dish the restaurant had served them
so far was only the appetizer, which she already finished. She wanted to keep her hand busy to hide her
embarrassment. Thus, there was nothing else for her to eat.
Annie had just put away her phone when it started vibrating again. She quickly answered the call when she saw it
was Marcus calling.
“Hello?”
“Annie, where are you right now?”
Annie looked guiltily at Aaron. “I’m having lunch at a restaurant. Is everything okay? Aren’t you supposed to be in a
meeting?”
Marcus chuckled awkwardly. “I applied for half-day off. I’ve been feeling restless ever since I told you I had to go to
a meeting. I mean, I feel bad that you came all the way to have lunch with me but it was all in vain. I couldn’t focus
after that, so I just told my supervisor I needed to go home because something happened. Which restaurant are
you at right now? I’ll go over there to meet you.”
“Well, uhh… I… I’m…”
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