Chapter 269

Naomi looked up. When she saw the familiar outline of a certain someone, she smiled and asked, "Why have you come over?" She continued with a smirk, "If you're here to catch me cheating, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." Brendan pinched her cheeks and teased, "Aren't you going to invite me to look for him?" He'd asked her this because he'd recalled the time she had hidden Ronald in her room. She'd helped him look for a supposed "adulterer". Naomi replied, "In your dreams." She hadn't expected Brendan to come up to look for her. When she took the lift down with Brendan, she checked her phone to find he had called her multiple times. She hadn't heard her phone ring. Whenever she was working, her ears ceased to exist. When Brendan took Naomi to eat at the restaurant they used to visit frequently, they both reflected on themselves. They hadn't eaten outside for a long while, just the two of them. When the waiter served their dishes, nausea bubbled in Naomi's stomach when