She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1196

As Melanie said this, she noticed Preston's eyes gleam even brighter.

"Are you serious? A few extra pieces of beef in your pasta is enough to buy you off? Are you really that easy to satisfy?"

Preston happily ate his meal and replied:

"Of course. Because you cooked it with your own hands, and you personally added the extra beef just for me."

He delivered the line so casually.

Yet, hearing it sent Melanie's heart into overdrive for absolutely no reason.

"Don't... don't think your sweet talk is going to seduce me. I have incredibly strong self-control."

Preston lifted his gaze, his eyes dancing with amusement.

"I'm just stating facts. I wouldn't call it sweet talk. As for your self-control..."

Suddenly, Preston leaned across the table. He reached out and gently wiped a smudge of sauce from the corner of her lips with his thumb.

The pristine white glove was instantly stained.

But Preston didn't seem to care in the slightest.

"My self-control, however, is quite weak."

He had merely wiped her lip, and he had done it while wearing a glove.

Yet, Melanie's mouth burned intensely, entirely betraying her.

Her entire body temperature seemed to spike.

She opened her mouth but was at a total loss for words.

It felt like every single time she shared a simple, casual meal alone with him, the atmosphere mutated into this suffocating wave of intimacy.

What was this?

Hormones acting up?

Melanie couldn't help but fan her face with her hand.

It was freezing outside; she should have turned the heater on.

Yet right now, she was practically burning up.

"Stop exuding your charm just to tempt me," she warned him sternly.

A faint trace of grievance flickered across his handsome face.

"I'm not doing anything. I'm literally just eating my food."

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