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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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smile, Monica said, “Rose, I know there may have been some misunderstandings between us. But since Thomas is a good friend of mine, for his sake,

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

looked expressionlessly at Monica

feeling her stare, tensed

about the misunderstanding last time. She went out of her way to have the chef prepare these dishes for you.

eyes flickered

pushover in front of Rose? Almost

this her illusion?

kept her thoughts to herself, her voice still soft. “Yes, Rose.

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

wouldn’t I try

to treat them to a

hunch there was more to it.

more determined to stick around and watch

so, Theresa happily began to eat.

process, she didn’t even spare a glance at

for reasons unknown to him,

couldn’t say

crew, flitting around

everyone was very friendly towards Monica.

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give Monica a

she treated Henri Just the same as

happily for a while.

the whole crew here? If someone’s missing,

to be missing,” someone said.

same time, another voice added.

many

comments emerged simultaneously, and for a

down her fork, her

of

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

thought much

Monica’s comments made everyone feel there was

Monica and

had insisted not to call

Landor family are old family friends. If Ben found out I was here

friends?” Theresa raised an eyebrow. “I wonder if they acknowledge that as well.”

unpleasant things to Susan before. As her friend, it’s right for you to be angry with me. How about this, let’s

frowned, her

the

hadn’t she done it sooner? Why wait several months after the

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