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Minutes later.

Ping.

Theresa received a message.

She was almost asleep, too groggy to bother checking.

But the name on the screen jolted her awake. [Thomas.]

She woke up in an instant.

Theresa quickly opened the message.

A faint smile played on her lips.

So, Thomas did have a bit of a conscience after all.

Did he know she’d been craving French food and was inviting her for a late–night snack?

But she was on a diet and hadn’t decided whether to indulge him or not!

Ten minutes later.

Theresa was made up, descending gracefully down the stairs.

She had rehearsed her lines in her head.

She’d make it clear to Thomas that it wasn’t the food she was after. She was merely giving him face because of his

earnest effort.

With a haughty air, Theresa reached the lobby.

And then her expression subtly changed.

The lobby was not the intimate setting she’d imagined.

Instead, it was buzzing with nearly the entire crew present.

Spotted

With a casual glance, Theresa even spotted Mr. Witt, in pajamas, shoveling food into his mouth.

“Rose.” a gentle voice called out.

Theresa’s face shifted slightly.

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What was she doing

know there may have been some misunderstandings between us. But since Thomas is a good friend of mine, for his sake, why

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

looked expressionlessly at Monica standing next to

her stare, tensed

his throat. “Rose, Monica feels very sorry about the misunderstanding last time. She went out of her way to have the chef prepare these dishes for you. You’ve been saying how everything tastes so bland

flickered slightly.

in front of Rose? Almost like he was trying to

this her illusion?

kept her thoughts to herself, her voice still soft. “Yes, Rose. Why don’t you join everyone and have a taste?”

arched an eyebrow, suddenly smiling. “Sure. With Ms. Lynn being

I try

came all this way not just to treat them

had a hunch there

more determined to stick around and watch how things unfolded.

Theresa happily began to

process, she didn’t even spare a glance at

for reasons unknown to him,

side, he couldn’t say much

interested in everyone from the crew, flitting

the feast, everyone was very friendly towards

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Thomas couldn’t help but give Monica a

was her Idol? Yet she treated Henri Just the

for a

here? If someone’s missing, I can have some food sent to them.”

to be missing,” someone

time, another voice added. “Mr. Nicholas isn’t

were many

two comments emerged simultaneously, and for a moment, it was unclear who had

fork, her

a hint of conspiracy in the air.

Mrs. Landor?” Monica said, feigning surprise. “And who is Mr. Nicholas? Why are they both

much of it.

Monica’s comments made everyone feel there was

at Monica and

was Monica who had insisted not to call

family and the Landor family are old family friends. If Ben found out I was here and didn’t let Susan have a taste of some hometown

“I wonder if they acknowledge

her friend, it’s right

her suspicions aroused.

like the

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