Orlando was very angry since he found out that Zoe had been taken home by Reuben, this made Anthony felt that the evil woman had finally gotten her comeuppance.
After the excitement, Anthony felt that his mood was dropping again.
In any case, Zoe was the woman he had loved for years, and for those years she was like his light, his eyes following her wherever she went, before his love was thrown under the trample by her and shattered to pieces.
Anthony pulled out his phone and looked at the time, it was almost dark, he flipped through his contact list and realized he had no one to talk to.
Anthony got down on the bed and felt like a failure too.
After all this time, he didn’t have a friend he could fully trust, and if he called that bastard Kennedy now he would just say “fuck off”.
Kennedy was a trusted friend, but not to chat all the time!
After thinking about it, Anthony thought it would be better to go for a drink on his own. As he drove outside and looked at the stores selling all kinds of food, Anthony suddenly remembered the face of a girl , eating, and looking at him with tears in her eyes and saying “you’re so kind!”.
Why not ask her to come to a big dinner?
After all, she was the only one who complimented him so well.
Fifteen minutes later, Lolita entered the hotel with her purse and, after asking the waiter, she was being taken to a private room.
As soon as she entered the box, Lolita could smell the aroma filled with delicacies that smelled of seduction, and Anthony was sitting next to the food.
At this point, Anthony was simply much more seductive than the other men.
Lolita quickly approached him, set her purse on the floor and asked loudly, -Why are you inviting me to dinner all of a sudden?
-You’re here,” Anthony explained as he swept her up, “I’m in a good mood today and happened to think of you, so I’m inviting you here.
-But there’s so much, can we eat everything?
-We’ll take our time and it’s okay if we don’t finish it.
Anyway, today he was looking for someone to keep him company and Lolita was a good choice.
Lolita swallowed unconsciously at his look.
-Can I take it home if I can’t finish it?
-Yes.
-Thank you! -Lolita was instantly excited, and began to eat.
Anthony stared at her, and as the food was imported, that little face took on another expression of satisfaction, then turned to excitement, and finally looked back at him with tears in her eyes.
-The food in this restaurant is very good too! Anthony, you are so kind!
Once again, she started complimenting him, and as soon as she dined on the good food, Lolita was a different person.
Anthony couldn’t help but tease her at the thought of how mean she had been before, so he asked her, -Really, how nice am I?
Lolita mumbled as she shoveled the food into her mouth.
-Exceptionally good, the best in the world!
Anthony couldn’t help but laugh, -Give me more compliments. I’ll treat you to a big meal every day for the next month if I’m satisfied.
This was a no-brainer for Lolita, except that she didn’t like compliments.
-As tempting as that offer is, I cannot, in good conscience, give you a compliment.
The smile on Anthony’s lips froze at her words, probably not expecting Lolita to say that, and he narrowed his eyes and asked, -Are you serious, I don’t have any good points?
The expression on his face turned frustrated for almost a second, which made Lolita instantly embarrassed and muttered, -Actually, you do.
-Yes? -Anthony asked with a bitter smile.
He used to think Zoe despised him because she didn’t know his good point, but now Lolita’s words had suddenly brought him to his senses. Maybe he really was useless himself?
-Of course, everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Although everything I’ve heard about you has been told to me by others, I’ve discovered through these few encounters that you still have good points.
-So tell me, what is good about me?
-Sincerity, I think you treat people sincerely, do you know how hard it is to approach Alice? As I am from the same country as her, and I wanted to be closer to her, but she was very defensive, and I impressed her by being sincere. So the fact that she accepted you as a friend means that you are also quite sincere. The most important point…
At this point, Lolita paused, seemingly hesitantly, before looking at him half-heartedly and saying, -You’re quite compassionate.
Compassionate?
Lolita lowered her eyes and didn’t take another bite, her spirits visibly downcast.
-I know that when you said you were inviting me over for a big meal, you were actually taking pity on me. All your words about inviting you later when I have money are just to console me.
Anthony froze. He started by inviting her to dinner in order to apologize, but he didn’t expect her to cry over the food, so he became compassionate and promised to invite her over for a big meal more often.
He didn’t expect her to know all that.
-Thank you,” Lolita looked at him with serious eyes for the first time. I used to always look at you with a filter, but now I realize that I can’t listen to other people’s side of the story. No matter what people say about you, they’re only seeing a part of you, not the whole of you, so… you can’t use that to point out what a person’s character is like.
Anthony froze for half a day before reacting to the fact that he had actually been comforted by a girl.
Shit, he was thrilled. to see her looking at him himself with wide, serious eyes, her eyelashes still smudged with teardrops, and Anthony felt her silhouette really light up and glow.
Anthony looked at her frozen.
When he came to, he couldn’t help but curse himself in his heart. a girl like Lolita was definitely not his type, he liked someone bright and pretty like Zoe, but… just now he thought Lolita was pretty too….
Thinking about it, Anthony rubbed his nose and felt strange.
-Well, don’t be fooled, even if you don’t say nice things, I’ll treat you to a great meal, so hurry up and eat.
Hearing these words, Lolita couldn’t help but stare.
-Really, why didn’t you say it before?
Anthony had a puzzled look on his face.
-If you had said that, I wouldn’t have had to think so hard to praise you.
After saying this, Lolita shook her head helplessly and continued eating, before looking up and saying again, -Don’t forget your promise.
Anthony was speechless.
What if she suddenly wanted to take back everything she had said before? Even if she hadn’t meant it as a compliment, she had said it, so why not let him enjoy it a little longer?
Anthony felt very traumatized in his heart by her words.
It was worse than heartbreak!
However, all the sadness and pain from before seemed to have suddenly disappeared.