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The waiter stopped beside their table.“Sir?” he asked politely.Benjamin looked up at him calmly.“The bill,” Benjamin said.The waiter nodded immediately.“Yes, sir.”He pulled out a small handheld device and tapped a few times, briefly glancing at the table as if confirming the items ordered.There were quite a number of dishes. More than what one would typically expect for two people but within a few seconds, the waiter looked back up.“The total comes to one thousand and thirty-four dollars and fifty-two cents,” he said clearly. “$1034.52.”The number hung lightly in the air.Elise blinked once.She had not really paid attention to how much everything would cost while ordering.Ryan’s lips curved slightly. Rose’s eyes flickered with interest. Benjamin, however, did not react.“Alright,” he said simply.Then he pushed his chair back and stood up. The movement was calm and unhurried. He slipped a hand into his pocket and then into the other. He began going through them casually. Th
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Benjamin said nothing.He simply continued eating his meal.His movements were calm and steady, as though the voices around him were nothing more than background noise. He picked up another piece of food with his chopsticks, brought it to his mouth, and chewed slowly.There was no rush.No reaction.No acknowledgment.It was just as if Ryan and Rose were not even standing there. That alone irritated them more than any insult could have.Ryan’s smirk lingered, but his eyes narrowed slightly. He had expected something. A response, a reaction… anything that would validate the situation he was trying to create.But Benjamin gave him nothing.Across from him, Elise noticed it too. She glanced briefly at Benjamin, then back at the two standing beside their table. There was a slight change in her expression.She understood what he was doing. Or rather… what he was not doing. And strangely, it made the entire situation feel even more one-sided.Rose clicked her tongue lightly as her eyes drop
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The moment Rose noticed them, her lips curled upward into a sharp, knowing smile. There was no hesitation in her steps as she turned away from the counter and walked straight toward their table, her heels clicking lightly against the tiled floor.Benjamin saw her coming.Of course she would.There was something about Rose that always thrived on attention, especially when she believed she held the upper hand. And right now, with Ryan by her side and whatever illusion of status she thought she had gained, she walked with even more confidence than usual.She stopped right beside their table, arms folded loosely as her gaze swept over the dishes in front of them.“Oh,” she said, dragging the word out as if savoring it. “So this is where he brings you now?”Her tone was light, almost playful. But the contempt beneath it was clear as day. She then let out a small laugh, shaking her head as though she had just witnessed something amusing.Elise didn’t even look up at first.She just picked u
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Benjamin slowed his steps as he approached the location Elise had sent.From the outside, the place looked modest. A simple signboard hung above the entrance, its red lettering slightly faded at the edges. Warm light spilled through the glass windows, revealing a quiet interior with a handful of occupied tables.It felt… normal.He paused for a second, studying it.A Chinese restaurant.Not particularly popular and not high-end either. Just somewhere in between. The kind of place students visited when they wanted something decent without draining their wallets.And yet, the moment he scanned the place he recognized it. He had been here before and more than a few times.Back when things were… different. Back when Rose had still been part of his life. Back when every outing required him to carefully calculate how much he could afford to spend without falling short on something else.He remembered standing outside this very entrance the last time they came here, checking his balance befo
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Benjamin stepped into the suite and closed the door behind him with a soft click.Silence followed.Not the uncomfortable kind, but the heavy, lingering quiet that came after a long day filled with too many thoughts. The kind that settled into the corners of a room and pressed gently against the walls.He didn’t move at first. His gaze just drifted toward the floor-to-ceiling windows.The city stretched out beyond them, alive in a way that felt distant from where he stood. Cars, people reduced to shadows weaving between buildings. Everything looked smaller from up here.Benjamin walked over slowly.His footsteps quiet against the polished floor. When he reached the window, he stopped and slipped his hands into his pockets.For a long moment, he just stood there watching.The reflection staring back at him in the glass looked calm. Almost indifferent. But beneath that surface, his mind was anything but still.Three weeks.The words didn’t carry much weight when he said them out loud ea
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“I was suspended. For three weeks.”Benjamin casually said, almost as if he were commenting on the weather.On the other end of the call, silence followed.The noise of the street around Benjamin continued as usual. Cars moved past him along the road, and distant conversations drifted through the afternoon air. But through the phone, there was no response.Benjamin slowed his pace slightly as he walked away from the school gates, his phone still pressed against his ear.“Martha?” he said after a moment.There was a faint shift of sound before her voice finally returned.“…I see.”Her tone was calm, but Benjamin knew her well enough to recognize the restraint within it.He'd come to know her as someone who rarely reacted impulsively. When she did become quiet, it usually meant her mind was already moving through different possibilities.Benjamin could almost picture her expression right now. Straight posture. Brows slightly drawn. Eyes sharp behind the calm composure she always carried
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