#Chapter 160 Dinner

He looked back at me then to Candido before shaking his head. “I’ll come with you.”

Claire went still. “But Francium, you heard—”

“She is my mother, Claire,” Francium said, meeting her gaze. “There are very few people I can still trust and she is at the top of the list… Not trusting her got me into all of this mess in the first place.”

Claire said nothing. She turned away from him stiffly. He took her hand gently and turned her back towards him, cupping her cheek.

“We’ll talk more later.” He pressed a kiss to her lips and turned to leave, following Francia.

The sight of them made my heart clench with longing. I looked up at Candido wanting him to kiss me too, but he didn’t even look at me. He steered me back to the table and pushed me down onto the bench before making me a plate. He leaned against the table with a shudder as I ate. Claire sat across from us; her eyes focused on the phone she had been given. Candido was typing on his screen and the entire hall was silent.

I ate, but ev