Alex knew what she meant, although Pearl did not finish.
"How are things between you and him?"
"Who? What do you mean?" Pearl played dumb.
Noticing that she didn't want to mention about it, he didn't ask more. "Nothing, just eat."
Pearl never mentioned Richard when they were studying abroad, If he had not seen them dating by chance when they were in college, he wouldn't know they had been together.
After lunch, Pearl and Alex came out from the cafeteria together.
It was in the afternoon. Shehad a bad time with the crew earlier. So she was not in a hurry to go back. She found a cool area in the hospital garden and rested there.
"Thank you, Alex. If it weren't for you, I would have nothing to eat. The food is pretty good."
"If you like it, you can come here for lunch."
"It sounds n
