Chapter 240
At the restaurant, Galus had arranged for a private dining room–spacious and over the top
There were only five of them, yet the round table could easily seat ten.
Gals, eager to please, pulled out a chair and bowed slightly as he gestured toward Sean
“Mr. Jasper, please.”
Sean, used to being fawned over, took the seat
at without a second thought.
But for Charlotte, it was her first time witnessing how others treated the CEO of Jasper Corporation.
The man in front of her accepted all the flattery and deference with cool detachment. His expression was unreadable, his features sharp and cold, radiating an unapproachable air that seemed to push everyone away.
He felt undamillar.
It was hard to reconcile this aloof, powerful figure with the man she once saw in an apron cooking dinner just for her.
After Sean sat down, Noah took the seat to his right.
Gaius deliberately chose a spot to Sean’s left, but left a seat between them.
Close enough for conversation, but not so close as to be disrespectful.
Tim sal in Gaius’s left.
charlotte purposely chose the seat farthest from Sean, directly across from him.
Sean leaned back in his chair, casually scanning the table. When his eyes landed on Charlotte and saw how far she had seated herself, a flicker of disappointment passed through his gaze.
It was quick and subtle, but not lost on Noal. He sighed quietly to himself, “What a pair of star–crossed lovers.”
Duce everyone was seated, Galus pushed the menu toward Sean
“Mr. Jasper
Sean flipped through it with little interest, named a few dishes, then slid it back to Gaius
Galus added a few heavier, more indulgent dishes of his own.
She avoided looking at him entirely, keeping her gaze fixed on the glass lazy Susan in the middle of the table.
Every dish Sean had just ordered was something she liked.
A sliver of frustration stirred in her chest. “Why was he doing this?” she wondered.
They had already broken up.
So what was the point of all this?
First, he asked her to stay for lunch. Now, he was ordering her favorite food in front of everyone
Was he trying to play the role of a heartbroken ex?
Charlotte couldn’t just get up and leave in front of Tim and calus, but sitting in the same private coom with Sean made her feel like she was suffocating.
She didn’t understand bite anymore.
Sean made small talk with the others, but als gaze kept drifting toward Charlotte, seated directly across from him.
She sat with her head lowered, silent and still, not even touching her phone. She looked like a quiet little quali, curled in on herself.
Something about her made him want to reach out, nuttle her hair, and pull her into his anas.
The food arrived.
Charlotte said nothing. She simply lowered her head and started rating.
She really was tungry.
After runding Into Sean and Lucinda on the plane last night, she had felt awful. She hadn’t eaten, couldn’t sleep.
And this moming, she had rushed to the golf course without even having breakfast.
Now her stomach was painfully empty and she was starving
The inen around the table were deep in conversation, but she had no intention of joining in. She focused entirely on her plate.
Sean eventually agreed to move forward with the partnership with TH Corporation and told Gaius his assistant would handle the paperwork the next day.
Galus was overjoyed. He threw back a few glasses of wine, his face flushed with excitement.
As the alcohol kicked in, he loosened up. The once–careful businessman began to ramble, going on and on about how he built his fortune from nothing.
Sean tuned him out completely.
His attention never really left Charlotte sitting across from him. His gaze kept drifting toward her, and his fingers toyed with the edge of the lazy Susan, quietly tuming it so her favorite dishes would end up in front of her.
„Claius and Tim were too busy drinking and chatting to notice.
But Noah saw everything. It was clear as day.
