Chapter 1261


    What should I do? What should I say? Marcus will think something’s going on between me and Mister


    Aaron if hees here and sees we’re having a candlelit dinner! How am I going to exin to him


    then?’ thought Annie in a panic.


    “What’s the matter, Annie? Why aren’t you saying anything?” asked Marcus quizzically after a while.


    After thinking about it, Annie decided to not let Marcuse. “Umm… The restaurant is very far from


    your office, and I’m just about to finish. Why don’t we have lunch next time instead?”


    Marcus sounded dejected. “But I’ve already asked for a half-day leave, so it doesn’t matter if the


    restaurant is far. I can take a cab there, and if you’ve already finished eating, I can send you home.”


    Annie did not know what to say. ‘He’s so patient and kind to me. I can’t let hime! He’ll be super


    hurt if he does.’


    The private dining room they were in was very quiet. Aaron smiled at Annie when he heard what


    Marcus said.


    “You should just have him join us for lunch since he took the effort to take time off work.”


    Annie was speechless. ‘Of course he’d say that! He’s not the one that has to exin what’s going on to


    Marcus.’


    Unexpectedly, Marcus heard Aaron’s voice too. “Annie, are… Are you with someone else? Is that why


    you don’t want me to go?”


    Annie started to panic. “Ah, no! No… That’s not it…”


    “But I heard a man’s voice just now!”


    Annie felt really guilty. “That… In any case, it isn’t what you think it is!”


    She could not bring herself to tell Marcus that she was having lunch with Aaron.


    Marcusughed bitterly. “You know what, it’s okay. You sound like you’re really busy, so I won’t bother


    you anymore.”


    He was about to hang up the phone when Annie, who could tell he was angry, panickingly said, “No!


    I’m not busy. Pleasee. I’ll text you the addresster. I want you toe and pick me up.”


    “Really? Do you mean that?” asked Marcus.


    Annie sighed helplessly. “Yeah. Juste over. I’ll exin everything to you once you’re here.”


    Marcus smiled happily. “Okay. I’ll see you soon!”


    Annie immediately got a headache after she hung up the phone. ‘How am I going to exin this to


    Marcus?’


    “Mister Aaron, can we change into another room where it isn’t so…romantic? I don’t want Marcus to get


    the wrong idea about us,” said Annie in a bid to negotiate with Aaron.


    Aaron smiled easily at her and simply said, “No.”


    Annie red at him. “Why not? Don’t you think this is inappropriate? It makes me look like I’m cheating


    on him.”


    “No, it doesn’t.”


    Annie stood up angrily. “Then you can have this lunch by yourself. I’m going to move to another private


    dining room to wait for Marcus.”


    She walked to the door, but the waiter, who had been standing by the door the whole time, stopped her


    from leaving.


    “Miss, the dishes haven’t been served yet, so you can’t go out.”


    “I don’t want to eat anymore!” shouted Annie angrily.


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    “Then please wait until Mister Aaron has finished eating,” said the waiter respectfully.


    Annie turned back to re at Aaron.


    Aaron simply smiled and continued to sip his juice. He did not seem like he had any intention to order


    the waiter to let her out.