The next day, when Sidney arrived at the studio, he noticed a gift box sitting on his desk.

Puzzled, he asked, "Where did this come from?"

Alex appeared again, grinning. "Ms. Maria brought us all gifts. She's back."

""Maria's back?"

Sidney was a bit surprised-she'd returned quietly, without any fanfare.

He opened the box to find some local specialties from South City, the sweet scent of floral pastries filling the air. His expression softened slightly.

Alex, ever the gossip, sidled up next to him. "So, Mr. Troy, how's it going with that girl? Are you two together yet?"

Sidney frowned. "What girl?"

"Don't play dumb. We've all seen her-the pretty one who loves wearing floral dresses. Even Ms. Maria knows about her," Alex said, eyes twinkling with amusement. Sidney's brows furrowed further. "She only got back yesterday, how could she know?"

"I told her! She seemed

then asked,

mentioned

Sidney's face suddenly darkened.

to the shift in mood, Alex continued, "So, are you guys together? When you are, don't forget to send me a

his voice cold. "Did you finish

finally noticing the storm

on it right away!" Alex stammered, hurrying back to

good mood a second

to the gift box. The interest in looking through

aside, he focused on his work, pushing everything

...

had planned a casual day out with a few close friends for

with me to the airport to pick him up?" Maria raised a

You all have to come with me. We'll just pick him up real quick, and maybe we can even make him buy us

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