Ch-25 : Anything for Revenge

Jack's eyes narrowed in suspicion, as he saw the girl trying to deflect his question. She flashed him a disarming smile before declaring;

"Me…? Nothing at all!"

But once again, her sentence was punctuated by her stomach rumbling audibly, giving away the fact that her nonchalant approach was nothing more than an act.

Jack asked again, softening his tone;

"Are you hungry?"

The girl's face had gone beet red by now, and she just smiled awkwardly, before responding with a hesitant "maybe."

"Why? Haven't you eaten anything since the morning?"

The girl was natural quite eager to divert attention from this topic, and tried to dismiss it as she jumped up, saying;

"That's what I was just about to do."

As soon as she said this, she tried to get up from the booth and leave, but Jack clearly saw through her lie. After all, who comes to a pub for breakfast?!

His gaze fell on a corner of her shirt, which had snagged on something and gotten torn. Without warning, he reached for her wrist as she