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Chapter 231: 262°F

Author: Hamster Liu
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-12 23:43:55

In truth, she didn't just stick to the cheapest set meals for breakfast and lunch; her dinners didn't vary much either. Well, there was some variation. Since she usually got home around seven after work, she didn't have time to buy groceries and cook. Instead, she would buy "surprise bags" of leftover food from restaurants near her apartment. The dinner she got each day was always different.

Oh, right, one day she managed to snag a surprise bag from a very famous French restaurant downtown. She even took an extra subway transfer specifically to pick it up. Just as she stepped out of the station, waiting at a crowded intersection for the light to change, she saw a giant billboard on the building across the street. It was a poster of the New York Suns' star quarterback, Asher Voss, wearing sunglasses.

The ad made him look incredibly handsome and cool. Of course, he was naturally charming, but the advertisers really knew how to pick their model. He wore a black leather jacket, sunglasses
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