Ladies’ Man

Callie breathed a sigh of relief. She had been so preoccupied with her work that she had forgotten about the kitten. Seeing its ravenous appetite, it was evident that the little one was genuinely hungry. ‘Where did this kitty come from? Did you adopt it?’ Dylan asked. ‘No, I found it in Merton Village and brought it back,’ Callie replied, but as the words left her mouth, she regretted revealing so much. Dylan was neither an enemy nor a friend, and his true motives remained unclear. ‘I brought you food.’ ‘You don’t have to—’ ‘Otherwise, you would’ve starved to death,’ Dylan remarked, glancing at the lunchbox nearby. ‘This is the life of a military camp. It’s tough. You have to sacrifice everything for the army.’ Dylan hugged the kitten with one hand and opened the lunchbox with the other. The faint aroma of food wafted out, and it wasn’t the tastiness of the meal that caught Callie’s attention. She had gone without food for an extended period, and the scent of freshly cooked food made h