The person in the hallway glanced at her briefly but quickly looked away, as though she were a stranger.

Jolie's hand, lifted halfway to wave, stalled in mid-air.

What... was that?

Gavin noticed her reaction and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Jolie replied, shaking her head and brushing it off.

The man outside was lan. Pretending not to know her was probably his way of avoiding unnecessary trouble-after all, they had already "broken up."

The door to their private room shut completely, and Gavin hadn't seen lan or his group.

He turned back to her and asked, "Do you come here often?"

"Yeah," Jolie nodded. "I come here a lot with friends."

So, this was one of her favorite hidden gems. The fact that she was willing to share it with him felt significant somehow.

Gavin caught himself lingering on that thought and was momentarily taken aback by his own reaction. He kept his expression neutral, not letting on what had crossed his mind.

The food arrived quickly, and Jolie, excited as if presenting a treasure, slid the dishes toward him.

"Try it!" she said eagerly.

Gavin took a few bites and nodded. "It's good."

at her, he added, "I

surprised. "You

replied. "Such cuisine is

the honor of trying your cooking?" she

lingered on her. "You

enthusiastically, her

slightly and said, "When

Jolie froze,

private room grew heavy,

fork, completely unprepared for his

of letting the topic slide. He pressed on, "You agreed to be with

me"

again, he had hit the mark, exposing the thoughts she'd been

hope we can both

in

Every word hit

set her utensils down, inwardly feeling

to respond. "Don't

worry. I'll take it

WContent

up his fork

however, felt like she

restroom," she said abruptly, standing

air. The room felt too small,

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