Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Lucas arrived in the private room of the restaurant that Lena had booked, he saw her sitting alone in her seat.
Upon seeing Lucas, Lena’s eyes immediately lit up, and she stood up with a smile. “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. You’re finally here.”
As she spoke, she took the initiative to pull out the chair at the side and asked Lucas to take a seat.
Lucas frowned slightly. “Hasn’t Cheyenne arrived yet?”
Lena pouted her red lips slightly and said with some feigned dismay, “Cheyenne got held up at the office because an important client suddenly showed up and asked to meet her. So she couldn’t make it, and she wanted me to tell you to finish this meal on her behalf. Lucas, you’re not planning to leave me here just because Cheyenne isn’t around, are you?”
Lena had dolled herself up before coming. She was gorgeous in the first place, and now that she was pouting, she looked bubbly and delicate.
Cheyenne was the only beautiful woman that Lucas had ever paid attention to, and he didn’t notice Lena’s makeup at all. He deciphered her words simply and understood that Cheyenne couldn’t make it because she was busy with work.
No matter what, Lena was Cheyenne’s best friend, and it would seem too childish of him if he just turned around and left. It was just a meal anyway. So Lucas shook his head and said with a polite smile, “Why would I?”
Then Lucas pulled out the chair opposite him and sat down.
Lena smiled, picked up the menu on the table, and handed it to Lucas. “The food served in this restaurant is very special. I’ve just casually ordered a few of my favorite dishes. Place your order if there’s anything you’d like to eat!”
Lucas wasn’t very particular about the food he ate and would usually eat just for the sake of keeping himself full. After taking a look at the menu and seeing that Lena had already ordered several dishes, he placed the menu back onto the table because he felt that the food ordered should be enough for two. “These will do.”
Lena called the waiter over and requested for the food to be served.
Soon, the table was covered in plates of fragrant, appetizing, and delectable food.
Lucas ate very quickly. In front of another woman, he didn’t say much and simply ate the food with his head lowered.
During the meal, Lena was extremely enthusiastic and talkative. Every now and then, she would ask Lucas if the food was delicious or ask him about his food preferences, hobbies, and interests.
But his answers were all very simple and brief, as he would merely say ‘yes’ and ‘oh’ or simply nod.
After more than ten minutes, even Lena, who had been full of confidence and well-prepared, couldn’t help but feel like she had suffered a huge blow.
“Lucas, are your answers always so short? I’ve said so much, but you’ve been giving me one-word replies. You’re being perfunctory to me, aren’t you?” Lena once again pouted in dissatisfaction and complained, “Is having lunch with me that boring for you?”
She initially thought that Lucas would at least explain a little. But to her surprise, he merely nodded solemnly and said, “I don’t have much to say to other women besides my wife.”
“…” Lena was speechless. Must he be so blunt and insensitive?
She wanted to say, ‘You won’t get a girlfriend if you keep talking like that!’, but she immediately remembered that Lucas had long been married to Cheyenne and that they were parents to an adorable daughter. But the realization made her feel sour.
It seems that he’s indeed too insensitive. I can’t tackle him by starting with talking and then gradually escalating.
Lena quickly changed her strategy.
She asked the waiter to bring over a bottle of fine red wine, poured it into two tall glasses, and handed one of them to Lucas.
“Lucas, if you hadn’t saved me last time, I would be dead by now. Words are not enough to express my gratitude. Here’s a toast to you!”
“It’s just a small favor. Don’t mention it,” Lucas said indifferently and then downed the red wine in his glass in one go.
He had trained himself to develop a good liquor level during his time in the military, so the wine was just like an ordinary beverage to him.
Lena followed suit and downed her glass of red wine in one go.
But after she finished drinking them, she immediately coughed a few times while her face became rosy.
Sitting in her seat, she propped her hands on the table, looked at Lucas, and giggled.
Lucas immediately frowned and looked at Lena. Did she get drunk from half a glass of red wine?
He was already full, but Lena barely ate anything because she kept talking to him just now.
“Have you eaten enough? We can leave after you’re full. Call someone to come pick you up,” Lucas said.
Lena burped and stood up tipsily with her eyes glassed over. “I’m full. Let’s go!”
She stood up and walked toward the door. But when she passed by Lucas, her legs went weak, and she fell onto Lucas, who had just stood up.
Lucas subconsciously reached his hands out to hold her.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine… I’m just a little giddy and lost my balance,” Lena murmured while squinting and almost leaning all her weight against Lucas.
“Lucas, I… I drove here alone. Can you send me home?” she asked coquettishly, hugging Lucas’s arm tightly. The warm breath she exhaled permeated through Lucas’s thin shirt and landed on his chest.
Lucas was suddenly at a loss for what to do.
The feeling of having another woman hold onto him tightly and pressing her chest tightly against his arm was truly hard to describe.
If it were any other woman, Lucas would probably have pushed her away without any hesitation, but the woman in front of him was Cheyenne’s close friend. Besides, he thought that she was acting out of the ordinary only because she was drunk and that she didn’t mean to behave this way. He couldn’t just push her away and leave a drunk girl alone at the restaurant.
“Okay, let’s hurry up and leave.”
Lucas had no choice but to hold onto Lena as they made their way out. But he didn’t realize at all that Lena, who was buried in his arms, had a trace of triumphant joy in her eyes.
Soon after they walked out of the private room, they bumped into a richly dressed young man in his mid-twenties.
The young man was about to walk past the two of them, but he happened to see Lena’s face, which was pressing against Lucas’s body. He immediately stopped and exclaimed in shock, “Lena?!”
