The hotpot simmered with steam, and the elegant room was filled with tantalizing aromas, but Charlotte Miller had lost most of her appetite.
She held a cup of goji and chrysanthemum tea in her hand, sweetened with rock sugar, but as it touched her lips, it tasted a bit astringent. When Ethan Baird mentioned that Hailey Hill was living in a property under Atlas Hallow's name, her whole tongue started to feel bitter and astringent, a taste that seemed to well up from the bottom of her heart, something that even the sugared tea couldn't mask.
Ethan Baird was never a fan of keeping secrets because the sooner you know some things, the less it hurts. Moreover, this issue with the Hallow Family was a bit bizarre.
