Chapter 10: Comfort Food and Complications

Take responsibility—what a loaded phrase.

I shot Natalie a grateful look and smiled. “Let’s go.”

“Just met and you’re going home with someone? Caleb, do you have any shame?”

Lillian’s words followed almost instantly. Everyone was stunned.

I frowned, anger rising.

“Holding your new boyfriend and trying to control your ex—do you have any shame?”

Go focus on Noah’s barbecue place and stop meddling in my life.

“Let me correct you, Miss Carter.”

Unexpectedly, Natalie—already at the door—turned back, smiling at Lillian, eyebrow raised.

“Caleb and I aren’t just newly acquainted~ There’s a deep connection between us.”

Deep connection? My brain scrambled for a comeback, but all I could think about was how her perfume smelled like fresh peaches.

Hearing this, Lillian’s face froze.

But Natalie turned, took my arm, and dragged me toward the door.

So close, her scent lingered at my nose. Half my body went numb just from her touch. My head buzzed.

Her words were odd, but honestly—not wrong.