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34. Table for Four
“Gray…and Sophia?” said a visibly surprised Edward Bartlett. “I didn’t know you guys were here.”
Zia smiled awkwardly at him. And seeing as Gray was just nonchalantly eating, it made Zia palm her own face from frustration.
“H…hi, Uncle Edward.” She tirelessly waved her hand.
“Are you guys having dinner here too?” he asked.
Gray cleansed her mouth with a glass of water after she instantaneously ate half of her portion. “I am,” she said to him.
“Wow. What a great coincidence, huh?” said an amused Edward. “What’s the occasion?”
Gray and Zia shared a glance.
“Her parents got promoted so we’re celebrating,” Gray reasoned out.<
LeemaTall people are usually scary especially when they glare down at you from above. I wonder how intimidating Gray must have looked to Belinda? I'm a smol bean so people never get intimidated when they see me. What about you?
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