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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

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, why don’t we bury the

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

looked expressionlessly at Monica standing next to Thomas.

stare,

“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 lately, right? This chef is a master of spicy food.

flickered

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

her illusion?

herself, her voice still soft. “Yes, Rose. Why don’t you join everyone and

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

I try it?

just to treat them to a

had a hunch there was more to it.

that in mind, she was even more determined to

happily began to

the entire process, she didn’t even

to

he couldn’t say much

crew, flitting around like a butterfly among the

feast, everyone was

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help but give Monica a

she treated Henri Just

happily for a

someone’s missing, I

be

voice

were many crew members.

comments emerged simultaneously, and for a moment, it was

put down her fork, her brows knitting together slightly.

hint of conspiracy in

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

thought much of it.

Monica’s comments made everyone feel

and said, “It’s

was Monica who had insisted not to call

quite right to feast like this and not save any for them. The Lynn family and the Landor family are old family friends.

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 go find Susan together,

frowned, her suspicions

didn’t seem like the

to apologize, why hadn’t she done it sooner? Why wait several months after the incident to suddenly

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