Chapter 82

"Chicken soup's good for you. My mom made it from one of our own chickens, totally natural, no weird stuff..." Anna had rehearsed her lines all the way here, trying to sound a bit more sincere. But when she set the thermos next to the bed and saw it beside all those high-end supplements, her words just dried up. She never really bought supplements herself, but even she'd seen the commercials—imported stuff, probably cost more than her rent. And now those not-so-wallet-friendly bottles were just sitting casually on the nightstand. Right, someone like Julian definitely didn't need a bowl of chicken soup to keep going. "Blocking my view?" Before Anna could decide between pretending not to notice or just feeding him the soup anyway, Julian spoke up casually. He reached out and swept all the supplements into the trash without a second thought. "Hey! What are you doing?! That's like, real money you just tossed!" Anna's heart ached seeing all that expensive stuff in the garbage. "I want that,