Chapter 857 - Stale Bread And Wine (1/2)

Chapter 857 - Stale Bread And Wine

Rowena froze for a ht There had been friendly people with her during her journey to Almere but never this close She was prepared to bolt up and run until the person spoke up

"Whoaa, are you going to eat that bread?"

Rowena's gaze lifted up and she suddenly found herself face to face with Julian The young man was dressed in a more hooded attire, but his voice was unmistakably his and so was the twinkle in his eyes She could feel the grin in his tone as he spoke to her

"Julian—" Rowena gushed

"What? Who's that devilishly handsoer who happened to see very nice bread" Julian chuckled and lifted a small bottle It appeared to be wine "Want to pair it with this drink?"

Rowena had a lot of questions, but she first wrinkled her nose "Wine and bread?"

"Don't you know that's the perfect corinned as he scooted beside her by the tree The tere now seated at a comfortable distance as he continued "When you have stale bread and don't have soup to soften it up, wine is the best alternative"

"I never…"

"Of course, rich people don't do that You guys probably always have your fancy steaks to pair them ine" Julian opened the bottle up, a pleasant aroive it a try?"

"Do you really think I'd just accept soer?" Rowena asked

"Ooh, you're extra cautious That's a good thing" Julian rubbed his chin, looking impressed

"Of course, nobility happens to have a lot of events where soh wine or sohtened up and narrowed her eyes at Julian "One can never be too careful when someone offers you food or liquids"

"But you know it's me" Julian protested childishly

Rowena ser who's eyeing hed and adjusted his hood and covering to show his face "It's me… Julian Your devilishly handsome friend"

"I'm not so sure about that last part"

"Hey!" Julian chuckled "You're going to hurt lad you found h…"

"Of course But if someone else came instead of me, I expect you to have run off You won't believe how soht because of food" Julian's expression became serious

"Really?"

"If I was serious about getting that loaf of bread, I would have knocked you out with a bottle… not this wine bottle, but an ehed and cleared his throat "But that's not really a good iies"

Rowena remembered that Julian's family died in another place because of a famine It ine what he'd been through and it filled her with sadness