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

blinked, surprised. "You can cook

replied. "Such

the honor of trying your cooking?" she

lingered on her. "You

enthusiastically, her eyes

leaned back slightly and said, "When you truly

moment, Jolie froze, caught

the private room grew heavy, almost

grip on her fork, completely unprepared for his

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

me"

hit the

hope we can both approach this relationship

sat in silence,

Every word

set her utensils down, inwardly feeling

to respond. "Don't

worry. I'll take it

WContent

said, picking up his fork again and returning to his

like she

restroom," she

room

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