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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?

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.

Monica standing next to

her stare, tensed inexplicably.

“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. Why don’t you give

flickered slightly.

bit of a pushover in front of Rose?

her

herself, her voice still soft. “Yes, Rose.

Ms. Lynn being so sincere, I’d love to give it a

I

way not just to treat

there was

mind, she was even more determined to stick around

so, Theresa happily began to

even

unknown to him, felt oddly

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

quite interested in everyone from the crew, flitting around like

everyone was very

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Thomas couldn’t help but give Monica

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

ate happily for a

suddenly asked, “Is the whole crew here? If someone’s missing, I can have some food sent

to be missing,” someone said.

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

many

for a

put down her fork, her brows knitting

hint of conspiracy in

said, feigning surprise. “And who is Mr. Nicholas? Why

nobody thought much of

feel there was something off.

glanced at Monica and said, “It’s you…”

Monica who had insisted not

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

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

acted as if she 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 be angry with me. How about this, let’s go find Susan together, and I’ll apologize to her face to face.”

frowned, her

didn’t seem like the

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

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