147 CH 146: Table for Seven Please!

"So, what do you do?"

"I look over the external affairs of our company."

"What is external affairs?"

Eve sat across the round table. A spot on her arm had reddened underneath her thumb and her index finger. She had pinched herself numerous times, wondering if this conversation was a dream. 

But the image never vanished.

In a venue beside the auditorium, white fabrics covered sets of tables and chairs. Classical music played through the speakers overhead. Small chandeliers hung from several places on the ceiling. Almost everyone had attended the reception… and while waiting for the staff to start the celebration,

Eri looked up as Ambryan met her gaze.

Their chairs were placed two feet apart from each other.

"How do they even know him?" Eve thought out loud, shifting her attention between Eri and Ede who was looking at Avery's phone screen. "I can't remember a single moment when they could cross paths."