#Chapter 207: Double Date

For his date with Olivia, Nicholas had arranged a special two-person table in one of the sitting rooms, where they would share their lunch together. With Julian’s insistence we eat with them, that two person table was turned into a four person table by adding two chairs and two more table settings. The new arrangement barely fit. Everything was crammed on the table, with barely room to set down a water glass, let alone food. As such the meals were hand delivered on platters by the servants, and each of us would scoop out our portion, then the servants would return the food to the kitchens and wait to be summoned for the next course, or perhaps, seconds. What they had prepared was delicious, as always, so the four of us – Nicholas, Julian, Olivia, and me – ate in silence for a time, as we each enjoyed the meal. The seating arrangement had another, more personal problem. Julian had chosen to sit beside Nicholas, which placed me between Julian and Olivia. That would have been fine, ex