Xenia was holding her bag. As soon as she saw Coralie coming out of Harvey's office, she immediately rushed over and said, "Coralie, what are you doing here?"
When she approached, she saw the redness in Coralie's eyes. She thought something happened and pulled her back into Harvey's office as she asked, "Were you hiding something from her again?"
Previously when Skylar's leg was injured, Harvey had not told Coralie about it.
Xenia thought the same thing happened again this time.
"No, no," Coralie said quickly when she saw Xenia scolding Harvey for her.
"Then why did you cry?"
Xenia saw that Coralie's eyes were swollen. It was obvious that she had just cried.
"It's precisely because she knew about Skylar's condition and she was worried."
Harvey explained from the side.
"Hmm? What happened to Skylar?"
It was impossible for Harvey to tell Xenia about Skylar, so Xenia naturally wouldn't know about it.
However, when she heard Harvey's words, she was also curious.
"It's nothing. It's just a surgery for his leg injury."
Coralie knew that Skylar certainly didn't want too many people to know about his injuries.
"Oh..." Xenia sensed that Coralie didn't want to talk about it so she immediately took Coralie's arm and said, "I asked Harvey to have a meal with me. Since you are here. Why don't we go together?"
"There's no need for that. You both should go."
Coralie was feeling depressed now and had no appetite at all.
However, Xenia forced her along, "Alas, you'll have to eat for lunch anyways. We haven't seen each other for so long. You should come with us."
Xenia had been trying to signal Harvey with her eyes, asking Harvey to say something as well.
"Let's go together."
Harvey was unable to withstand Xenia's glare so he spoke.
"Okay then, I'll be disturbing you both then."
Coralie knew that she couldn't leave if she didn't go with them today, so she agreed.
The restaurant, which was located near Harvey's hospital, was a Chinese restaurant.
Xenia and Coralie both loved eating spicy food.
Xenia ordered all the dishes. Harvey, who was listening from the side, did not have any objections to them.
When Xenia finished ordering the dishes, she then said to the waiter, "And a bottle of Coke, please."
Coralie didn't know who the Coke was for at first. When the dishes were served, Coralie saw Harvey take a gulp of Coke first, and only then did she know that Harvey couldn't eat spicy food, but he used this way to accommodate Xenia's tastes.
Looking at them like this, Coralie asked, "What... what's the relationship between you both now?"
"We're friends."
Xenia answered immediately.
Hearing Xenia's answer, Coralie looked at Harvey, and his face was a little depressed. Coralie then said, "Why are you both still friends? Dr. Felton, you're quite slow in this."
"No, I was just preparing myself and I haven't found a good opportunity."
Harvey took another sip of coke.
Coralie looked at Xenia and advised, "Xenia, it's obvious that Dr. Felton cannot eat spicy food. For your sake, he would rather drink coke to fill up his tummy. It's not easy for someone to do this for you."
She really thought Harvey was a good person.
Thinking about it, six or seven years had passed since Skylar brought her over to that hospital.
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