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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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was she

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

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

looked expressionlessly at Monica standing next

feeling her stare, tensed

She went out of her way to have the chef prepare these dishes for you. You’ve been saying how everything tastes so bland lately, right? This chef is a master of spicy food. Why don’t you give it a try?”

eyes flickered

a pushover in front of Rose? Almost like he was trying to

this her

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

suddenly smiling. “Sure. With Ms. Lynn being so sincere, I’d love to give it

wouldn’t I

way not just to treat them to a

a hunch there was more

more determined to stick around and

happily began to eat.

she didn’t even spare a glance

reasons unknown to him, felt oddly

couldn’t say much and just followed Monica around distractedly.

the crew, flitting around like a butterfly among the people.

feast, everyone was very

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Thomas couldn’t help but give

Monica claimed that Henri was her Idol? Yet she treated Henri Just the same as everyone else.

for

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

seems to be missing,”

at the same time, another voice added.

many crew

a moment,

her fork, her brows knitting together

of conspiracy in the

feigning surprise. “And who is Mr. Nicholas?

nobody thought much of it.

feel there was something off.

Monica and said,

insisted not to call

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

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 right for you to

frowned, her suspicions aroused.

seem like the type to apologize.

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

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