-Hello miss, is it just you?
Alice stood in front of the restaurant for a long time. One foot in the restaurant and the other still outside. She stood there for a long time, finally the waiter couldn’t help but approach and ask.
Alice looked up and saw a very young man in front of her, very handsome and apparently Chinese, although he spoke to her in English.
She nodded unconsciously, -Yes, just me.
The young man replied cheerfully, -Wow, you’re Chinese, huh? I see you standing here for a long time, are there any questions?
Alice smiled, -No, I’m just talking on the phone.
She whispered to Anthony on the other end of the phone, -I have something to do, I’m hanging up now.
Then he hung up the phone immediately.
-Don’t hang up, let me talk to you some more…. Sister-in-law? Hello? -George was still shouting into the phone when he heard the tone.
-It was over, why did he feel like he had done something wrong with good intentions again? When he heard that Kennedy was having dinner with the Espinar family, he rushed to call Alice to find out what was going on. But after two or three calls, Alice wasn’t answering and wouldn’t even answer her WhatsApp messages.
She shouldn’t be like that. Then, Anthony called her other times on the phone, but she still didn’t answer his calls.
So Anthony panicked and subconsciously thought that Alice must have known and was angry and that’s why she wasn’t answering his calls.
That’s why he didn’t think twice about what he said when Alice called.
-You’re stupid, Anthony.
He said to himself, smacking his head with his hand. What a fool! He should have tried before he said it, maybe Alice didn’t know yet and he could have saved him.
But now…
After saying that, would his sister-in-law… would she stop being his sister-in-law?
No, he had to call Kennedy and tell him, or else it would be the end of the story if he couldn’t get it back.
Anthony quickly called Kennedy, but just like Alice before, the call went unanswered.
Not knowing where his dinner date was, and unable to reach him, Anthony hurriedly turned around, grabbed his car keys and ran out.
***
Alice entered the restaurant, and the young man found her a seat by the window and handed her a menu.
-Alice said, “Recently, there are no Chinese coming to our restaurant. You’re the first Chinese I’ve met in the last half month. We’re compatriots, so today it’s on me.
Alice took the menu, a little distracted, but she couldn’t ignore the other party’s enthusiasm. She could only smile and say, -Thank you for your kindness, but we just met, how can I ask you to pay for it?
-That’s all right. We are already aimgos.
-No, thank you.
Alice looked at the menu and ordered something random. In fact, she liked all the meals and wasn’t very picky.
-Is that all? You really are too polite.
Alice smiled, -I’ll pay for it myself, thank you.
The young man took the menu and left.
Alice sat alone and stared at the wall.
Today she had gone to discuss the engagement with the Espinar family.
So what had she been doing all these days? Had her daily trips to his house given her the wrong impression?
Or maybe it was that kiss in the office that had gotten her excited.
She thought Kennedy still knew her unconsciously, even if it wasn’t in her memory, and that was why he was doing those actions.
He even felt he was very, very close to victory.
But today, after hearing the news, she suddenly felt… as if she had not taken a single step.
Thinking about this, Alice lowered her eyes and sat in her seat quietly.
She was served very quickly in this restaurant, probably because they were from the same country. Alice’s food was served quickly.
After serving her food, the young man took a seat in front of her and looked at her with his phone, -You came abroad alone?
Looking into Alice’s eyes, he thought, “The woman’s eyes were so beautiful…. I seem to have fallen in love with her at first sight.”
-“No,” Alice shook her head, picking up her chopsticks as she said softly, “I came with my husband.
The next second, the young man’s smile froze for a few moments. He was a little embarrassed.
-Is there anything else? -Alice looked at him.
The man coughed slightly and shook his head, “Nothing. Then enjoy your meal.
Alice only ate a little. Even though she wanted to eat it a lot before entering the restaurant, now the food tasted nothing in her mouth.
She barely ate a little before she stopped eating and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, then got up to pay the bill.
The young man didn’t show up again, so she finished the bill and left the restaurant.
***
At this point, inside a leading hotel.
-How strange it is that our two families can sit here to eat together,” Jorge looked at Orlando and Zoe sitting across from him and said. By the way, why didn’t Ruben come with you?
Orlando stroked his beard and smiled, “He had other things to do, so I didn’t ask him to come.
Zoe looked at Kennedy, who was sitting next to Jorge. Then, with a shy expression, she looked down at the dress she was wearing.
She had asked someone to buy this dress for her and had gone to a lot of trouble to get it.
She had heard that the designer was a woman. although Zoe had never seen her, her friends loved the designer’s work. Except that her work was too hard to buy, and she had heard that she didn’t design much these days. That’s why many of the dresses she bought weren’t worn, and she set them up as models.
As for this dress, she paid a fortune to get it.
The makeup was also carefully designed to match the dress, hoping to make the best impression on Kennedy.
She even thought that when the wedding was booked, then she would go and ask this person. She was willing to pay a lot of money to have her wedding dress designed.
She thought too far ahead and Zoe’s cheeks flushed as she came back to reality.
Both elders were aware of the purpose of their meeting today. So after drinking wine, they began to talk business.
Orlando looked at Kennedy, who was tall and handsome. The more he looked at him, the more satisfied he felt.
He put down the small glass of wine in his hand and looked at Jorge.
-Jorge, you remember we used to hope that our sons and daughters would be able to get married. Well, what a pity…