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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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she doing here?

“Rose, I know there may have been some misunderstandings between us. But since Thomas is a good friend of mine, for his sake, why don’t we

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

expressionlessly at Monica standing next

her stare,

her way to have the chef prepare these dishes for you. You’ve been saying how

eyes flickered slightly.

in front of Rose? Almost like

her illusion?

soft. “Yes, Rose. Why don’t you join everyone and have

being so sincere,

I

came all this way not just to treat them to

had a hunch there was more

more determined to stick around and

so, Theresa happily began

the entire process, she didn’t even spare a glance at Thomas.

for reasons unknown to him, felt oddly guilty.

he couldn’t say much and just followed

quite interested in everyone from the crew, flitting around like a butterfly among the people.

feast, everyone was very

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couldn’t help but give Monica

Yet she treated Henri Just

ate happily for a while.

asked, “Is the whole crew here? If someone’s

be missing,” someone

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

were many

for a moment, it

her

of

mean Mrs. Landor?” Monica said, feigning surprise. “And who is Mr. Nicholas?

nobody thought much of it.

feel

and said,

insisted not

right to feast like this and not save any for them. The Lynn 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 dishes, he’d definitely be cross

family friends?” Theresa raised an eyebrow. “I wonder if they acknowledge

hadn’t heard her, and said with a tinge of guilt, “Rose, I know, I’ve done some unpleasant things to Susan before. As her friend, it’s

frowned, her suspicions

like the

done it sooner? Why wait several months after the incident to suddenly decide to say sorry?