When she walked into the dining room...
Fiona had already set out an exquisite breakfast. Nicholas's eyes lit up when he saw her coming down, and he immediately went to greet her. "Serena."
Serena grunted in acknowledgment, sat down at the table, and picked up a spoon to eat her soup.
Out of habit, Nicholas immediately handed her a glass of warm milk.
Then he picked up his utensils, intending to place a soup dumpling on her plate.
"Thank you, but I'm just having the soup. I don't need the milk," Serena said, looking up with no particular emotion in her cool, clear eyes. "You should eat, too. You don't need to take care of me."
With that, she avoided the dumpling Nicholas offered her and instead picked up a shrimp dumpling herself, eating it slowly and deliberately.
She served herself throughout the meal, eating quickly but with her usual elegance. The only difference from yesterday was... she didn't look at Nicholas once. Nicholas's fingers tightened around his utensils as he silently sat and watched her. The girl seemed...
...no different from usual.
And yet, she felt completely different.
He looked at the glass of milk he hadn't managed to give her and the soup dumpling now sitting in his own bowl.
A heavy sense of disappointment washed over him.
He watched her eat in silence, his expression complicated.
Breakfast ended in a quiet, subtle tension.
When Serena finished, she put down her utensils. "Nathaniel, can I borrow the car for another day?"
"Are you going out again, Miss Lancaster?" Nathaniel glanced at Nicholas and handed Serena the car keys.
"Yes, and don't save dinner for me tonight." Serena figured she would be working late again, so she might as well eat with Rachel and the others at YB headquarters.
She waved goodbye, but just as she was about to leave, she
remembered something. "Oh, Nathaniel, Fiona, make sure the villa's Security system is running properly. And try not to leave the property. Stay safe."
Nathaniel and Fiona exchanged a look and quickly agreed.
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Then they both snuck a glance at Nicholas, who was sitting silently, staring at Serena.
Serena had already turned and walked out of the villa.
Soon, the sound of an engine starting up echoed from outside, and then the car drove off, leaving only silence behind.
Nicholas's eyes were dark as he stared at the empty doorway, his brow furrowed in frustration.
"Sir..."
Fiona cautiously approached. "Did you and Miss Lancaster... have a fight?"
Nathaniel also frowned. "Yeah, sir. Why does it feel like Miss Lancaster was... especially cold to you today?"
Nicholas's fingers clenched into a fist, his knuckles turning white. "I don't know."
He had no idea why the girl's attitude toward him had suddenly changed.
Nathaniel guessed, "Miss Lancaster was out all day yesterday. Do you think she met some other guy?"
He was immediately jabbed hard in the ribs by Fiona's elbow.
Still not getting it, Nathaniel
continued, "It's possible! Sir, do you
think Miss Lancaster got tired t
you
and went looking for someone else?"
Nicholas's clenched fist tightened, his fingertips turning pale.
An icy coldness swirled in his dark eyes, a stark contrast to the charming, alluring man he was in front of Serena.
Even someone as dense as Nathaniel could feel that something was wrong now.
He shrank back and swallowed hard.
Fiona quickly tried to salvage the
situation, nudging Nathaniel with her elbow again. "Sir, don't listen to
Nathaniel's nonsense What man out
there could possibly compare to you?"
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"From what I've observed, Miss Lancaster... isn't immune to you! I've seen her
staring at your face in a daze several times."