The elevator doors slowly opened automatically.
Summer Ford walked ahead, just about to head towards the restaurant when the door of the elevator next to her also opened, and Jasper Sheridan stepped out.
This coincidence surprised her a bit.
Seeing him, she dropped her earlier aloofness in the elevator and started chatting with him as if nothing had happened, "How long is the ceremony we're attending tonight going to last?"
"About an hour or so!" Jasper, not noticing that Ethan Laurent hadn't come out yet, replied with a light smile.
"Will it be inconvenient to return to Sivella afterward?"
"It's fine, it won't take much time, just a few tens of minutes."
"Have you eaten? Want to join me?"
"Sure!"
The two of them, chatting like old friends, walked on without acknowledging the person behind them.
Ethan Laurent frowned slightly, his face cool and composed, he took a few steps forward and positioned himself between the two, subtly taking Summer Ford's hand.
