***NOTE: There are food names stated here and in other chapters that do not have transactions; please join my group or leave a remark to learn more, thank you. Also, the last chapter contains an error in the name, which I will request to be corrected as soon as possible.******** Whoever this girl is, she’s looking at me with eyes that plead for something, though I can’t quite understand what. There’s a desperation in them, like she’s silently asking for something I can’t decipher. A small part of me wonders if she’s already in a relationship, maybe stuck with someone who doesn’t see her the way she wants to be seen. That thought sends a pang of irritation through me, sharp and unexpected. I barely know her, yet the idea of her being with someone else grates on my nerves. But that doesn’t

