SUDDEN ENCOUNTER

Hazel just made a call for Ranon, thus she only needed to wait for the staff to settle her in a private room that Ranon arranged for her.

While she was waiting, Hazel looked around. This place didn't change at all, since the last time she was here a year ago with Arlo.

They promised to come back again, but their busy schedules were on the way and at this point, it was safe to say that was a promise that would never happen.

However, when Hazel was sitting on the sofa, busying herself with the laptop on her lap, she caught a sight of a couple, who just entered the restaurant. The laptop on her lap slipped and it crashed against the floor, causing a loud noise that attracted people's attention.

"Are you alright, miss?" One of the staffs approached her and looked concern.

"Oh, yes. I am fine. No problem." Hazel waved her hand and tucked her hair behind her ear, she touched her nape and smiled at the staff.

But, this gesture caught Arlo's attention. He remembered that habit really well. Like he said, he found a joy to discover little thing about her, of course, this habit wouldn't go unnoticed.

That was right, the couple that just entered the restaurant was no other than Arlo and Aubrey. The two of them came hand in hand.

Hazel cursed herself for losing her composure, but she didn't expect to see them here. Aspen city was three cities away from here, why would they be here?!

Hazel was caught off guard, she was ready to face these two imbeciles and exact her revenge, but this encounter was out of her calculation. This was unexpected variable.

"What are you looking at?" Aubrey pursed her lips when she saw Arlo paid attention to a clumsy girl, who just dropped her laptop because she was mesmerized by Arlo. Of course, Aubrey could see that. "No need to look at her." She tugged his hand to walk away from there.

Hearing her voice, Hazel lifted her head and glanced toward their direction and for a while, her eyes met with Arlo's, as he was staring at her. There was this a slight frown between his brows, but then Hazel averted her eyes and thanked the staff, as she handed her her laptop.

"Miss, your room is ready. Please, follow me, I will take you there."

"Thank you."

Hazel hurriedly followed the staff.

And when her shock wore off, the feeling that remained was anger. Hazel was so angry at the two of them. She really contemplated the option to rush toward their room and killed them both.

But of course, that was only her impulsiveness that was speaking. Killing them right away and put herself into a great trouble because of it was not the smartest decision.

"The audacity!" Hazel cursed under her breathe, which made the staff looked at her with confusion and thought she was angry because her laptop was broken.

How dare Arlo took Aubrey to her favorite restaurant. It looked like an insult for her. He wanted to relive the memory with her with that notorious woman!

"Do you want to order something, miss?"

"Yes. Lamb chop," Hazel grumbled. "I want five portions of it."

"I am sorry, miss, but we have only four portions left."

"Fine. Four then."

Hazel was upset, she felt like she could eat the whole lamb by herself.

But at the same time, someone ordered the same thing like her, unfortunately for them, Hazel's order was priority.

"You don't have it?" Arlo frowned. He ordered the lamb chop, but the staff said they had run out of the lamb. "I thought that's this restaurant's signature dish."

"Yes, someone just ordered the last portion of it." The staff apologized. Hazel's order was the top priority.

Arlo had booked a VIP room, with a beautiful view of the mountain from here, but the room that Ranon booked for Hazel was not even on the list. Only the owner and his family, who could use that room.

"It's okay, let's order something else. I don't like lamb too." Aubrey flipped the menu casually, while Arlo fell silent.

"I will order tea."

"You will not eat?"

"I am not hungry."

Aubrey frowned. They drove three cities to get to this restaurant, but now he said he was not hungry? Who would believe that?

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"Damn. I have never experienced a meeting as if I were racing a car." Lucian was done for. The meeting that supposed to be held for four hours, was cut short to be only one and half hour. "Where are you going again?"

Lucian watched Ranon left his office and then looked at Ares.

"I think he is going to meet that woman."

"Hm." Lucian pondered. "That woman is very mysterious. Did we miss something? She has been lowkey all this time. Did Rose family know about this? Or this is one of their schemes to get to Ranon?"

It was too early to make a speculation and everything was still not clear, but they believed, Ranon knew what to do.

Meanwhile, Ranon drove alone to the restaurant and went straight to the room, where Hazel had been waiting for him, but a strong smell of lamb chop hit his senses the moment he stepped into the room.

"Are you having someone else here?" Ranon asked, frowning at a few empty plates on the table.

"No. I am alone." Hazel looked at him innocently, eating her meat. "I thought you will come later." She glanced at her watch. "You are very early."

"The meeting was wrapped up early."

"Oh."

Ranon sat across from Hazel and stared at the four empty plates on the table. "Did they starve you?"

Only then Hazel realized how it looked like in Ranon's eyes. "No…" she replied sheepishly, but her appetite had been very good. She was rather worried that she would grow in size. "But, lamb chop here is really delicious." She made a lame excuse.