Hugh Ronan glanced around the dining table at his back, not seeing any familiar faces. However, there was a man of similar age, covering his mouth and nose with a towel, coughing violently as if he had a terminal illness.
Beside the table, a waiter was packing up a roast suckling pig...
Hugh Ronan disdainfully withdrew his gaze, narrowed his eyes, and landed them on Wendy Wayne.
On the other side, Max Shaw caught sight of Hugh Ronan's actions, immediately stopped coughing, raised his eyes, and a subtle, deep curve formed at the corner of his lips.
Hugh Ronan, notorious for being a flirt, had friends who were all of the same kind.
If he remembered correctly, Eva Ronan's ex-boyfriend, who had deeply hurt her, was a close buddy of Hugh Ronan.
...
Outside the restaurant, in the parking lot.
Lucy Ansley and Eva Ronan got into the car, and once the door closed, she turned slightly and said, "Thank you, big sis."
"Why the sudden thanks?"
