Goodbye, Saintess. Novel

---- Chapter 619 "Loyalty is my creed! The only creed | live by! And the two of you are my kin! Ahahahal"" Torfinn's boisterous laughter faded only after he was led out of the room. | stared at his retreating back in disbelief. | had drunk a little wine myself, but | was nowhere near as drunk as he was. "Okay. Tell me what is going on with your friend. What does he really want from me?" | asked Jackie. "Would you believe me if | told you it's friendship?" Jackie chuckled dryly. "He tends to act like that when he's drunk. Ina way, it helps.

You can tell what kind of man someone is when he drinks. Still, | wish he had watched how much he drank." "Okay. | see." | had not expected a mafia don to be so candid and idealistic. "Il should send him home. Candor, can you take Mr. Grimwald home?" Emin nodded. He had not been drinking, since he needed to take care of Susan that night. "It's my job!" "Great! Let's meet like this again next time!" ---- Emin drove me back to the hotel before heading home with 'Susan. Since Byleth was out, | had the place to myself, and | enjoyed the quiet. | took a long bath and slept until morning.

The next day, | handled several business matters on my phone. | did not realize dusk had fallen until | finished | was about to ask Naomi about her progress when Anna called "Miss Shepard? What's up?" | answered. Her sweet, gentle voice came through the line. "Would you be so kind as to accompany me to dinner tonight? Think of it as an extension of your apology for what happened earlier this week." | was taken aback. She sounded coy and pleasant, but there was aruthless edge beneath her words that made the invitation feel more like a demand.

"Uh, what am | apologizing for, exactly?" "For not letting my face recover completely that day. It only finished recovering this morning," she said flatly. "You owe me an apology. Besides, why hesitate? I'm paying, and you eat for free. Have you ever seen an apology like that before?" ---- Then her voice turned icy. "In case you have not figured it out, you do not have the option to back out. | am perfectly capable of spreading that incident online and drawing attention to you. | can crush your company's prospects in this city, so keep that in mind." | laughed helplessly.

| thought she had already agreed to let the incident go. Why was she changing her mind now? "Goddamn. How is that even reasonable?" "Reason? With a lady?" she sneered. "Do you enjoy futile arguments? Now tell me where you are so | can come get you." "Fine. I'm at a hotel. | can head out right now if you want." "Good. Send me the address." The call ended. | shook my head in disbelief and sent her the information. | washed up, changed into something more presentable, and headed down to the lobby. Anna was already waiting in a white Porsche. "Over here." | walked over and got into the car.

She pulled away at once without a word, as if afraid | might change my mind. | asked about the dinner and why she insisted on my company, but she refused to explain. As we approached another hotel, the ---- sense of mystery only grew. She parked the car. We stepped out and walked toward the venue. | moved a little closer to her and asked, "Why is this dinner so mysterious, Miss Shepard?"