Chapter 554


    Roger was not familiar with the city center of Orapolis, but to pursue Emma and have a ce to stay,


    he drove his car around the city, trying to familiarize himself with the environment.


    Moreover, he had gotten some advice from Kendall and knew about the presence of a food street,


    which was filled with vendors selling all kinds of snacks.


    Though he had never visited, she told him the street food sold there was delicious. She had previously


    snuck over there and found that eating the food from the vendors at the entrance along the end could


    fill up her stomach.


    "I don''t mind. Back when I was still in college, I enjoyed going there with my roommates during the


    weekends. I miss the food there. Now that I''m working, I don''t have time to go back there and enjoy the


    food."


    The first reason was that Emma was busy. Secondly, due to her job requirements, she had estranged


    herself from her former ssmates because she did not want to be a tool for them to get close to


    Dn. Thirdly, she stopped going there for Toddy.


    "Let''s head over there, then. You might find this funny, but as someone born and raised in Orapolis, I


    never would''ve known about that food street, nor would I have gone there if Kendall hadn''t told me


    about it."


    Roger''s career required him to stay in the countryside and tend to the crops and orchards, so he would


    be in the fields every day and rarely went to the city center despite growing up in Orapolis.


    After Kendall returned to the Parker Family, he would visit her asionally. In the beginning, he would


    send the vegetables and fruits he grew to the Parker Residence, but whenever he did, Kelly and the


    Parker servants would stare at him disdainfully. They would even shut him out whenever Kendall was


    absent.


    Later, he stopped sending them, for he did not wish his kindness to turn into a mocking tool against


    Kendall.


    This trip to Orapolis was his longest trip there because Nelson met with an ident and was


    hospitalized.


    "How about I be your tour guide this weekend and bring you around Orapolis? There are many fun


    ces and a few five-star tourist hotspots here."


    Roger happily epted Emma''s offer. "Sure. That sounds like a good n."


    Since Nelson would be discharged this weekend, he could pick Nelson up and meet up with Emma.


    He hid the fact that he was pursuing Emma from Nelson and his parents because she was not his


    girlfriend yet, and he did not want his family to be worried about him.


    Also, Kendall told him that he did not need fancy methods to grab Emma''s attention. He only needed to


    treat her well and let her decide.


    Honk! Honk!


    A car sped over from behind and came up beside Roger''s car. It was the driver who pressed the horn.


    The two looked over at the car and recognized it as Toddy''s car. Roger could not help butin


    internally, Mr. Heller is everywhere. How can we still bump into him here?


    What he did not know was that Toddy had been keeping Emmapany while she worked overtime.


    Meanwhile, Emma frowned, but it was only for two minutes because she quicklyposed herself and


    did not let Toddy affect her emotion.


    Roger rolled down the window and greeted Toddy, "Mr. Heller."


    Toddy hummed coldly in response and slowed down, gradually following behind Roger''s car.


    When Roger saw Toddy''s car tailing them from the rearview mirror, he asked Emma, "Is Mr. Heller


    nning to join us for supper?"


    "Don''t mind him," she replied tly. "He can follow us if he wants to. Many people are at the food street,


    and he''s unfamiliar with that ce. We can find a chance to lose him in the crowd."


    Toddy was born into a well-off family and could bebeled as a young master, so a food street was out


    of his league. That was why Emma guessed that he rarely went to such a ce.


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    When she was his apprentice, she had tried to invite him to a meal at a food stall, but he looked


    displeased with the idea. He usually appeared in five-star restaurants and ate delicacies. Also, he


    would only go to high-spending ces for recreation.


    However, she was the opposite. Whenever it was her job to choose a venue, she would choose the


    best possible one, but during her private time, she would follow her preferences and go wherever she


    wanted.


    Now that she was gradually letting go of her feelings for Toddy, she finally realized quite a significant


    difference between them, which she did not detect before.


    Roger smiled. "Okay."


    Meanwhile, Toddy thought the two would be going to a restaurant or somece simr for supper and


    had devised a n to shamelessly keep them apart while eating free meals. Plus, he nned to get


    drunk. That way, Emma would send him home because they conveniently lived in the same area.


    Yet, who would have thought the car would stop at a food street?


    Although it waste at night, the food street was still bustling with foodies happily enjoying their food.


    Roger found a spot to park his car and led Emma toward the food street, lined up with stalls selling


    food from all ces. The delicious aroma of food made anyone looking at this ce dazzled and drool.


    Since there was a crowd, Roger was worried Emma might get squished by others, so he asked while


    blushing, "Emma, can I hold your hand? I''m not trying to take advantage of you. There are just so many


    people here, and I''m afraid you might get pushed by others."


    She was first stunned and thenughed. "That won''t happen. You''re so tall and bulky. Even if I get lost,


    I can easily find you among the crowd."


    Heughed sheepishly. "So, there is something good about being tall."


    Though she did not agree to let him hold her hand, he was not disappointed because their rtionship


    had yet to reach that level. She''s such a gooddy!


    At the same time, Emma also thought Roger was a gentleman. He even asked her permission before


    holding her hand and did not touch a finger upon rejection.


    Afterward, the two began strolling around while enjoying their food.


    Toddy was dumbfounded but decided to follow them. However, he was unlucky because he could not


    find a parking spot and kept running in circles. When he finally found a spot and ran into the food


    street, he lost sight of the two.


    While standing at the entrance of the food street, he looked at the crowd and smelled the aroma of


    food, but he was frustrated and lost his appetite to eat. Not only could he not put his n into action,


    but he also lost the couple. What the heck is Roger thinking? How can he bring Emma to a ce like


    this for supper?


    To Toddy, many of the vendors at the food street were ced beside the road and under the sky, so


    they were likely unhygienic.


    Afterining about his rival, he turned around and left. It did not matter that he lost them today


    because he could still win Emma back.


    He went to a bar, where he drank a lot of alcohol. Just as he was about to get drunk, he gave the


    bartender Emma''s phone number before asking the bartender to call her and get him.


    When Emma received the call, she was already sitting inside Roger''s car and was on her way back to


    her rented apartment.


    "Is this Miss Finley?"


    "Yes, I am. You are?" The voice sounded unfamiliar, so Emma was on alert.


    "Good evening, Miss Finley. I am the bartender from Supreme Bar. A man is drunk, and he gave us


    your number when he came here, saying that we should call you and have you pick him up if he gets


    drunk."


    At that, she immediately guessed it was Toddy, and her expression darkened. That guy couldn''t catch


    up with us at the food street, so he went to a bar, got drunk, and made me send him home?!