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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

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

Thomas was speechless.

Theresa’s face darkened.

Monica standing next

stare, tensed inexplicably.

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 lately,

flickered slightly.

Thomas became a bit of a pushover in

her

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

suddenly smiling. “Sure. With Ms. Lynn being so

I try it?

all this way not just to treat them to a meal,

hunch there was

even more determined to stick around and watch how

happily

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

to him, felt oddly

he couldn’t say much and just

the crew, flitting around like a butterfly among the

everyone was very friendly towards Monica.

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help but give Monica a curious look.

claimed that Henri was her Idol? Yet she

ate happily for

here? If someone’s missing, I can have

be

voice added. “Mr. Nicholas isn’t

were many

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

fork, her

hint of conspiracy in the air.

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

thought much

made everyone feel there was something

at Monica and said, “It’s

who had insisted

could finish, Monica said with a soft voice, “It doesn’t seem quite 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

“I

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 be angry

frowned, her

the type to

wanted to apologize, why hadn’t she done it sooner? Why wait several months

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