Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 335

The server brought over their breakfast, and Healy was just reaching for a muffin when Seth snagged it right out from under his hand.

“Perfect timing, I was just about to eat that,” Seth said, matter-of-fact.

Healy glared at him. “You couldn’t have just ordered your own?”

Jude jumped in to keep the peace. “If you want more, I’ll order you another one.”

He raised his hand to call the waitress, but before he could get her attention, a woman in a perfectly tailored dress came dashing over and threw her arms around Healy from behind.

“Heaaaaly! Fancy seeing you here—did you miss me?” she trilled.

Jude recognized her immediately—Healy’s ex, Tiana Quinn. She’d crashed a few of their parties before.

Healy quickly peeled her arms away. “Cut it out, Tiana.”

She scoffed. “Typical. Men are all the same—hot and heavy one night, cold and distant the next.” She shot him a look. “Last night you were all over me in the hotel hallway, and now you’re acting brand new.”

“What are you talking about? Don’t make things up.” Healy was suddenly very grateful he’d sent Noreen to eat in the other dining room.

“Make things up? Want to check the shirt you wore yesterday? Pretty sure my lipstick’s still on the collar.”

Healy had nothing to say to that. Having too many exes was a headache all its own.

Across the table, the tension that had hung in the air all night seemed to finally break. Jude scratched his head and asked, “Weren’t you supposed to be getting married, Tiana?”

She shot back, “Can’t a married woman still have some fun?”

Jude just shook his head. “You’re too much.”

Tiana shrugged, totally unfazed. “I just play men at their own game and win.”

Jude was speechless.

Healy’s exes were all like this—each one more outrageous than the last. He seemed to have a type.

After some effort, they finally got rid of Tiana, and Healy let out a long sigh of relief.

Seth slid the stolen muffin back across the table. “Here—my way of saying sorry.”

Healy stared at him, bewildered. “You steal my breakfast and then apologize by giving it back?”

Who does that?

“A what?” Healy asked, totally lost.

Jude explained, “You know—when couples eat together, and the boyfriend scoops a little into a small bowl for the girlfriend, that’s a ‘baby bowl.’ If no one loves you, you don’t get a baby bowl.”

Healy just stared. “I don’t get it, and I don’t want to.”

Bianca snapped a photo and posted it to her Instagram story, quoting Jude.

*From Mr. Harcourt’s baby bowl.*

Meanwhile, upstairs, Noreen had just finished her breakfast when her phone buzzed—a message from Sophia: “Got totally grossed out first thing this morning.”

Noreen replied, “What happened?”

Sophia sent her a screenshot of Bianca’s post.

Noreen texted back, deadpan: “Since when does having a boyfriend mean you can’t even eat properly?”

Sophia replied, “Noreen, your commentary is always on point!”