The restaurant’s doors stood wide open, with two servers in crisp waistcoats

greeting guests at the entrance.

Alessia strode ahead, the three girls trailing behind her, their eyes fixed on her back. One of the waiters stepped forward and said something to Alessia.

“Oh no, are we about to get kicked out?” Esme whispered nervously.

“I don’t think so. Look at how respectful the waiter is–he clearly knows Alessia,” Mia replied, watching closely.

Sure enough, just as Mia finished speaking, the waiter nodded politely to Alessia and stepped aside to let them in. He spoke quietly into his earpiece, and moments later, a man in a sharp suit hurried out from the dining room.

“The manager,” someone murmured.

“The manager? Who is Alessia, really?” The surprise in the waiter’s voice only made the girls more curious.

“Miss Morton! If you’d let us know you were coming, we would have prepared everything in advance, the manager said, almost breathless..

“It was a last–minute dinner with my housemates,” Alessia replied simply.

“We’ve kept your usual private room ready. Please, this way.”

Alessia nodded, but glanced back to see the others still huddled together, whispering.

“Aren’t you coming?” she called.

Esme snapped out of her daze, grabbing

as if they’d stepped straight into a tranquil English manor garden: arched stone

Esme

for them beneath a covered walkway, showing no sign of impatience. She

away.

a little embarrassed, tugged on Esme’s sleeve. “We probably look

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anywhere nice before,” she

scratched her head sheepishly. “Sorry,

Most people come out here for

to the side, where several other guests strolled through the gardens or sat in the courtyard,

easing and their

the manager

everything ready. Do you want to look around a

we eat?”

of them answered in

and led

dish probably cost more than their monthly allowances combined. Alessia didn’t make a fuss. She simply asked if anyone had any dietary restrictions,

were their own wallets taking the hit, but said nothing; they wouldn’t dare embarrass Alessia

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