Sylvia fiddled with the keychain in her hand, pleasantly surprised by its heft and fine craftsmanship. She had expected some cheap trinket from the store's promotional event, but this was unexpectedly well- made.

Looking up at Gabriel with a soft smile, she said, "I doubt you'd fancy this kind of thing, so I won't bother offering you one."

Gabriel nodded in agreement, "Keep them both!"

With a warm smile, Sylvia slid the keychains into her purse.

As they were nearly done with their meal, new customers entered the restaurant and strolled down the aisle past their table. Sylvia caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of her eye and felt a twinge of recognition, but she pretended not to notice.

However, the man had already seen them.

"Hey, what a coincidence, Gabriel! Fancy meeting you here again!" Dannis called out with a sly grin, his eyes darting between Gabriel and Sylvia with a mix of provocation and glee.

Baron strolled up, his gaze darkening as he offered a smirk. "Ms. Jarvis, weren't you under the weather and too busy to go out?"

Sylvia returned the smile politely, "Indeed, I wasn't feeling up to discussing business, so I had to take a rain check on our meeting, Mr. Barlow!"

of sarcasm, "Well, I hope

the kind words!"

run into each other, how about we join tables and have a drink

looked up with an icy, distant tone,

look, he sent a chill down Dannis's

over a waiter and pointed to Gabriel's table, "Put their bill on my tab, and bring two bottles of your

cocky expression, insinuating, "Ms. Jarvis works hard for her money. Don't let her foot the bill, Gabriel. Am

not necessary. For those I choose to treat, I'd spare no expense. As for those I'd rather not deal

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the atmosphere

is a big deal. He worked hard to get there.

taken aback, his eyes widening in

waiting for us

suspicious glance at Gabriel, Baron followed

Baron furrowed his brow in thought,

overheard

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