Chapter 687


    Thinking of this, Minerva pursed her lips and smiled. Vera was really persistent, but this was


    considered great. With Quill''s cold temper, it was true that Vera was the only one who could warm


    his ice-cold heart.


    She sat down first and looked at the countless tes of delicious food in front of her. She couldn''t


    help but want to dig in.


    However, nobody had arrived yet. She was too embarrassed to eat first, so she could only sit there


    with one hand on her cheek. She took out her phone to y with it out of boredom.


    She had just tapped on Facebook when she saw Maddox''s chat head. Then, she thought of the


    words he had whispered into her ear, and her face flushed red.


    She bit her lower lip. She thought... He was really eager to marry her.


    Thinking of this, she smirked and gently rubbed his name across the screen with her snow-white


    fingers.


    "Your lustful smile is enough to give me goosebumps." At some point, she suddenly heard Vera''s


    mocking voice from beside her. Minerva nced sideways and saw her sitting beside her.


    There were some doubts in her heart. When she looked around just now, there was no one around


    her. When did Vera suddenly and silently sit down at her side?


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    Seeing Minerva''s strange gaze staring at herself, Vera couldn''t help exining, "Don''t look at me


    like this. You were the one who was lost in your thoughts. I was calling out to you just now, but you


    didn''t seem to hear me."


    Upon hearing this, Minerva was taken aback for a moment.


    Did Vera call out to her just now?


    It seemed impossible that she didn''t hear her.


    Just as she was feeling suspicious, Vera came up to her with a yful smile. "What are you thinking


    about? Minerva, your expression seemed odd. Could it be that... You''re thinking about something


    naughty?"


    Minerva was speechless.


    She looked at the evil expression on Vera''s face. Vera was obviously single, but every time she


    mentioned her and Maddox, she would always put on the mischievous and unfathomable smirk. It


    was as if she knew everything.


    When she thought about this, Minerva pressed her lips together.


    "You won''t understand even if I tell you. You don''t have that kind of experience."


    The smile on Vera''s face suddenly froze.


    After a long while, she furiously tried to strangle her. "Minerva, you are mocking me for being single.


    Humph, if it wasn''t that hard to pursue my crush, would I still be single now? Not to mention that you


    evenughed at me!"


    The more she spoke, the angrier she became. She gritted her teeth, "I''ll strangle you right now. I''ll


    do it right away!"


    Minerva still had a faint smile on her face, as if she didn''t take her words seriously at all.


    All of a sudden, Vera withdrew her hand away in an instant. Moreover, the look on her face just now


    had disappeared, and her eyes were filled with horror. After ncing around, she quickly lowered


    her eyes and did not dare to look straight at the neer.


    Minerva looked at her change of expression. She could probably guess who it was.


    Who else could make Vera''s mood change so drastically except for Quill?


    She slowly smoothed out her cor and hair, and then she sat down in her seat.


    "Mommy, Auntie Vera." A child- like voice echoed from behind. Minerva turned around and found


    that Quill was holding onto Beanie. The two of them walked over.


    Huh?


    Did Beanie actually go and look for him?


    No wonder that she hadn''t seen him anywhere.


    Thinking of this, Minerva scolded in a low voice, "Didn''t I tell you that you can''t interrupt your uncle


    when he has a meeting? Beanie, were you not listening to me?"


    Hearing this, he blinked and immediately defended himself, "Mommy, I didn''t disturb Uncle Quill. I


    asked Madam Sophia about it, and she said that Uncle Quill was done with his conference. Only


    then did I go to look for him."


    After that, he looked up at Quill.


    "Am I telling the truth?"


    Looking at him, Quill bent down and picked him up with one hand. "Well, Beanie really didn''t disturb


    me."


    Then, he took his seat.


    Beanie, Quill, Minerva, and Vera were sitting at the same table.


    Vera quietly nced up and stole a look at the opposite side. She found that Quill happened to be


    opposite her. When she looked over, she happened to stare into Quill''s calm and steady gaze. She


    was frightened and immediately lowered her head. She looked at her trembling hands, and she was


    in a daze.


    "It''s been a while since you''ve returned home. Does the food suit your taste buds?" Quill asked


    Minerva as he picked up his cutlery and helped to feed Beanie.


    She began to eat and nodded.


    "Of course. Besides, it hasn''t been that long. It doesn''t feel that long."


    Hearing this, a gloomy look appeared in Quill''s eyes. "After I bought the house, if I don''t look for


    you, don''t you know how toe back?"


    She felt a chill down her back, so she could only force out a smile.


    "I am too upied with work."


    "Busy? You''re busy on the weekends as well?" "Well, you also know that it is a newpany. I was


    really busy recently. Besides, you introduced a lot of new customers to me at the banquetst time.


    It''s partly because of you that I am so busy so don''t me it on me.


    Minerva put her palms together and looked at him with pleading eyes.


    Quill''s hand, which was holding the cutleries, paused. He looked at Minerva with a strange


    expression.


    This girl...


    She was acting all affectionate and trying to butter him up?


    What was going on with her?


    After thinking about it this way, Quill seemed to realize that herplexion looked much better than


    before.


    "Mommy, eat this."


    When he was lost in his thoughts, he was interrupted by a childish voice.


    Beanie picked up a huge drumstick and ced it onto Minerva''s te. "Mommy, you are too thin.


    Eat more meat."


    Vera, who was watching from the side, once again nced at the tip of her toes.


    What should she do? She felt like an outsider.


    If Vera didn''t like Quill, she probably wouldn''t feel this way at this moment, but after she fell in love


    with him, she always felt extraordinarily redundant every time she had a meal with the three of


    them.


    She had no identity at all. She was just a friend of Minerva''s, but every time, she was shameless


    enough to cling to her.


    The more Vera thought, the more distressed she felt.


    Just as she was hesitating whether she should get up and leave, another drumstick was ced on


    her te.


    Vera was dumbfounded. She trembled and looked up, just in time to see the pair of cutlery being


    drawn back.


    Her breathing immediately tightened a bit, and her heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by


    something.


    Just now... It was Quill who picked up the drumstick for her?


    Goodness, is she dreaming?


    Quill... gave her a drumstick?


    Minerva also looked at this scene in surprise. Everyone was staring at Quill. When he did this, he


    seemed to do it subconsciously. He only felt that something was odd with his action after he had put


    the drumstick onto her te.


    Thus, he calmly took another drumstick and put it onto Beanie''s te.


    "Ladies and the children go first."