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Miya and Levi looked at each other, both wondering why Xenon was annoyed and followed him. Xenon was walking fast, and Miya had to hurry to keep up. She stumbled as she rushed into the lift, and reluctantly, Xenon held her arm to help her balance. "Such an ungrateful thing." He said.

Huh? Miya was utterly confused. Have I said anything improper? I don't think so. What's he angry about?

Five days later, Xenon said to Miya after work, "We are meeting Mrs. Streep for dinner." He still looked annoyed. In fact, he had hardly talked to Miya in the past days.

They met at the same French café. Sally greeted them with a warm smile.

After the waiter took their order, Miya took out a few drawings of the design from her bag and handed them to Sally. She watched and waited nervously as Sally went through the drawings and talked to Xenon in French. Though Miya had self-studied a bit of French when she was still in University, she had forgotten most of it. She tried to concentrate on guessing what