Chapter 108

"Why aren't you eating?" Anna had been staring a bit too obviously. She probably thought no one noticed, but the second Julian looked up and their eyes met, she panicked—hard. Caught red-handed by a handsome guy. Help, what do I do now? Not like anyone could really bail her out. She awkwardly looked away, faking nonchalance. "Oh, um… I'm already full." The steam from the food softened the sharp lines of Julian's face, making him look a little less cold, a bit more… gentle. His gaze said he knew exactly what was going on, but his voice stayed breezy. "You sure you're done?" "Yeah." Still flustered from the "caught-in-the-act" moment, Anna barely processed what he was asking and just blindly nodded. Next thing she knew, that well-defined hand of his had pulled over her mostly untouched plate of food. And in a flash—gone. All of it. Clean plate club. Anna just stared at him, totally stunned. Did that really just happen? "Can't waste food," Julian said with a completely straight face, as i