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."

he added, "I can

blinked, surprised. "You can cook

he replied. "Such cuisine

get the honor of

gaze lingered on

enthusiastically,

and said, "When you truly

Jolie froze,

the private room

fork, completely unprepared

agreed to be with me, but I'm certain you had your own reasons. Reasons that

me"

he had hit the mark, exposing the thoughts

hope we can both approach this relationship

in

Every word

utensils down, inwardly feeling

to respond. "Don't

worry. I'll take it

WContent

picking up his fork

like she couldn't

going to the restroom," she said abruptly,

air. The room felt too small,

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