No need, I'm not hungry at all," Lukas said dismissively, brushing off her offer without a second thought. "Huh?" Gloria stopped dead in her tracks, turning back with a confused expression etched on her face. She stared at him, blinking in disbelief. "You... you're really not hungry? After such a long day?" "I've already had a full dinner with my business partner," Lukas replied ruthlessly, his voice cold and cutting. He smirked inwardly, savoring the lost, bewildered look in Gloria's eyes and it was almost satisfying. Honestly, Lukas had also noticed the deep sadness lingering in her gaze, the puffiness around her eyes that screamed she'd been crying buckets recently. But he chalked it up to her own doing: probably bawling because she missed the lavish, spoiled lifestyle she expected fr

