Chapter 27

Serene felt powerless when Dylan kindly requested to make Justin his plus one. She was famished, and all she wanted was to have a steaming bowl of miso ramen. She no longer protested Dylan's request.

They took Justin’s Maybach. She sat in the back passenger seat while Dylan sat shotgun with Justin, who drove. 

As the car was getting out of the basement parking, Dylan, in his signature energetic voice asked, “What do you want to eat, Shen?”

She no longer had to think about this question. Serene immediately blurted, “Japanese.”

“Excuse me, what?” Of course Dylan knew what she meant, but he wanted to tease her. 

“Japanese. Japanese food, ramen to be exact.” Serene rolled her eyes at him, to which Dylan just gave a crisp, jovial laugh. 

Throughout this exchange, one person’s hand was tightly gripping the steering wheel. It was too tight that veins popped at the back of hi