The Villainess' Reborn Diary Novel - Chapter 197

Chapter 197 A Cake Mousse Time ticked by, the customers thinning out, until the whole shop held just the two of them. Finished Seren's drink sat untouched in front of her, the ice long melted, water pooling around the plastic cup. Kieran set a small dessert down in front of her. A shadow blocked the light, and Seren looked up on reflex. She caught the hand holding the plate first-clean, long fingers, well-defined knuckles, neatly trimmed nails, pale skin with faint blue veins visible underneath. A beat later, she noticed the mousse sitting in the middle of the plate.

"I didn't order this." "I know. It's on the house." Seren blinked, looked up, and found herself pulled into a pair of dark, deep eyes-like a midnight sea, mysterious and unreadable. "Why?" "...Thanks for getting my pay back that time." The heiress didn't seem to know how to handle a line like that. She turned her face away, scoffed. "I didn't help you. I just couldn't stand that owner." Zayden's family had a cat. The first time Kieran met it, the little thing eyed him warily, ears pinned back, refusing to come near even with a cat treat in his hand.

Over time, with more visits, the cat eventually started taking treats from him. After a few more, it began seeking him out on its own, rubbing against his legs every time it saw him. Watching Seren's awkward, deflecting reaction, Kieran thought of that cat. "I know. Still, thank you." Seren turned away again, scoffed. "You've got some sense of gratitude in you, at least." Kieran said nothing, watching her pick up the spoon, take a bite, chew. She tried a couple bites, decided it was just okay, set the spoon down. "You just gave this to me for free?

Won't your boss dock you for it?" Comes out of my paycheck, obviously," Kieran said. Oh. Seren gave a flat sound of acknowledgment. She stared at the mousse, then picked the spoon back up and finished the whole thing. 12:19 pm P Chapter 197 A Cake Mousse Only after finishing did she notice Kieran still sitting across from her. She cleared her throat. "Why are you staring at me?" "You don't seem like yourself today," Kieran said. "Mind your own business," Seren said, dropping her spoon. "Looking at you annoys me." 0449 Finished Seren's logic was simple: she found Colette insufferable.

Looking at Kieran reminded her of Colette. So looking at him annoyed her too. At that point, Colette and Rhett had been getting close, and it ate at her constantly. Didn't the books always say love was possessive, exclusive by nature? Family and friendship could be shared with plenty of people, but love only ever belonged to one. If Rhett was her fiancé, why did he keep getting tangled up with other girls? Was she really that unappealing? That unlikable? The truth was, Seren's feelings for Rhett had never really been about him as a person.