Carreta decided not to think about Jose's call to invite her, pretending in her heart and mind that nothing had happened.

No matter what the pretext is, what can we do when we meet again?

Whatever the reason, he finally chose Demos, then Jose is undoubtedly the past and the old love for himself! The deep love between each other has long since turned into a deep wound between each other over time.

When we meet again with unspeakable pain, what else can we do but embarrassment?

Kareta thought to herself.

Besides, meeting her old love now is still not a very wise behavior for her, a woman who is engaged to another man, is scheduling wedding photos, and will get married in three months-

Secretly reassuring herself over and over again, Carette began to wander around the villa, anxious to find all sorts of things to do.

She especially wanted to distract herself from remembering his presence and thinking about meeting him.

Kareta absentmindedly turns on several robot vacuums upstairs and downstairs to clean the house, only to nearly trip over them as she sleepwalks around.

She ran into the kitchen to make coffee in a hurry, and was almost scalded by boiling water.

Kareta thrust ten fingers into her hair and scratched wildly, her expression hysterical.

Looking at the retro wall clock in the living room with anxiety, it has been more than an hour!

Jose, is he really still waiting stupidly in the tea bar?

Kareta knew him better. She knew that he was also a straight man, and he was very stubborn in doing things.

He said that he would wait until she waited, and in the last two times, she had already learned his peculiar attachment to waiting for her—

Kareta bowed her head grimly, pondered her lower lip with her upper teeth for a moment, and then stood up resolutely and walked to the closet......

——

At half past eleven in the morning, Carette walked slowly into the lobby of the Grand Bretagne Hotel.

She has been living in this hotel since she first arrived, so she is very familiar with everything here.

At the corner of the corridor leading to the corner elevator is a tea bar for guests waiting to complete the formalities, and it is also the place where Demos used to visit the hotel late at night to wait for Carret's return after the initial battle with Helen.

At this time, in this tea bar, there are several customers sitting at the most conspicuous tables, and suitcases of different specifications are placed next to them.

And in a quiet corner, Carette's eyes finally found him—Jose!

She hadn't seen him for half a year, and the changes in him made her afraid to go over and recognize him.

In her somewhat surprised gaze, he in the seat had already casually put down the teacup he had just taken a sip of hot tea, and then casually raised his face.

At this moment, he and Karete's gaze collided in place.

José was overjoyed and stood up from his chair.

Trying to keep her composure, Kareta stepped forward toward him again.

"You're finally here, Karete. ”

Watching intently as she walked to the coffee table and stopped, José said to her with a smile on her face.

When we meet again, we are inevitably very excited. The person she had never thought would meet again in this life was standing in front of her at this moment, which surprised her and caught her off guard.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Jose, I... I'm late. On the way, it's not good to call a taxi......"

Carette still smiled unnaturally at Jose, and she was secretly ashamed of her lies.

"It's okay, sit down!"

Jose also couldn't hide his excited expression, and took the initiative to pull the chair for her while greeting her.

They sat down, and neither of them spoke again, but looked at each other carefully.

Today, Carette wears a dark blue denim bandeau gown with a row of large round copper buttons in a vintage print nailed to the placket, which is both a decoration and a key way to put on and take off clothes. Matching the top is a pair of wide-leg trousers in dark blue denim of the same texture.

For her feet, Carette opted for a pair of casual half-heeled sandals that made it easy to walk.

Straightening her long flowing blonde hair and spilling it back before heading out, she also wore a thin white shrugging three-quarter-sleeved biker-style jacket over her bare-shouldered denim gown.

This combination of clothing is fashionable and solemn and elegant.

Jose looked at it for a while and said with sincere admiration:

"Kareta, you're prettier now than you were before. ”

"Oh no! I... Actually, it's still the same. You've changed a lot. ”

Karet's face flushed slightly when she was spoken, and there was a little embarrassment in her smile.

Even so, she couldn't help but look at Jose with a slight panic.

At the time of the breakup, the handsome facial features that remained in Carette's memory did not change in any way. It's just that now, he has grown his short straight hair longer, and after high-quality care and styling, it has been neatly layered.

Instead of wearing casual casual clothes and jeans like before, he replaced it with a crisp silver suit and shiny black leather shoes. At the moment, the outer button of the top is open, and the inner fit is a blue shirt.

"Mr. Jose, your eyes... What's wrong?"

Kareta asked in surprise when she noticed a pair of rimless tea-chip glasses on the bridge of his nose opposite.

"Oh, don't worry, there's no degree, it's just an ornament for the sake of looking good. ”

Jose replied, with a smile on his lips and a graceful demeanor.

"Oh—" Kareta relaxed, her eyes averting from his face.

She felt that he loved beauty more than before, and he paid more attention to the quality of life and mood.

He is no longer the simple and simple young man he used to be, who cooks good soup and only thinks about how to make her happy all day long. In front of him, his elegant temperament reveals a bit of maturity, like a gentleman, warm and calm.

In the past, they were extremely close, eating and playing together, and there were fights and intimacy. But because of the helpless breakup, the distance between each other's bodies was close at hand when they reunited, but the distance between hearts seemed to be far away......

At this time, the waiter at the tea bar walked up to their table and asked with a smile:

"Sir, would you like to refill a cup of black tea for you?"

"Okay, I'm sorry for you. Jose nodded at her.

"Excuse me, Ms. Lachio, what do you need?"

Kareta was surprised that the waitress recognized her, but then figured it all out.

She had been a long-term guest of this hotel before, and she was almost half-familiar with the staff of most departments here. Later, because of Demos's gift offensive, and then the promotion of high-profile engagement ceremonies, etc., now her fame is not inferior to that of a star.

Recalling the surprised look on the face of the concierge at the entrance of the hotel when she opened the taxi door for her, and the surprised look on the faces of the visiting staff when she walked into the lobby, Carette regretted her act of going to the hotel for an appointment.

"Ma'am, may I ask..."

The waiter was slightly stunned when he saw Karetta, and asked again.

"Half sugar Jiaoma, thank you. Without waiting for Carette to speak, Jose preemptively ordered the waiter.

The girl with the darkly painted disc was taken aback, and it was at this moment that Carette came back to her senses.

"I'm sorry, but I remember that you used to like the half-sugar Jiaoma here, so you made the decision for you. ”

José gave Carreta an elegant smile that meant a long time.

"Ahh Oh, that's it, no problem. ”

Carette said to the waiter beside her, her face extremely unnatural.

"Good ma'am. ”

The waiter smiled at her and nodded, turned around and went to the bar to place an order.

——

At the opening ceremony of the festival, Demos, as a guest of honor, returned to his seat after making a speech.

The opening ceremony of the first day of the festival was held in the multi-purpose auditorium of the Sofitel Hotel, which is comparable to the TV studio, and the agenda was roughly as follows:

The opening will be on time at 9 o'clock, and the host and guests will play videos of artistic achievements and achievements after their speeches.

Afterwards, the participants returned to the rooms they had opened in the hotel for a lunch break and lunch on their own.

Beginning at 3 p.m., attendees attended the annual Individual Achievement Awards ceremony in the multi-purpose auditorium, followed by a Q&A session.

At half past five in the afternoon, watch the hour-long entertainment show.

At half past six in the afternoon, the opening ceremony was over, and the participants returned to their rooms to rest.

At half past seven in the evening, the buffet banquet officially began.

The seat next to Demos belonged to Professor Horns Eugene and had been empty since the official opening of the opening ceremony.

As soon as Demos got off the stage and sat back in his place, he saw the balding old man touch the chair with his name on it and sit down.

"Hey, Professor Eugene! It's been more than two hours since the ceremony began, and you're willing to show up. ”

Demos turned his face to the side and smiled at the old man, and said to him in a low voice.

"Hi, Blake. I'm just an observer, so I didn't plan to come in the first place. ”

Professor Eugene looked straight at the podium, and replied to Demos with a frown.

Because they are all colleagues in the oil painting industry, and they are all members of the European Art Association, he and Demos had a good personal relationship. But since the conceited old man had embarrassed Carreta on board the Sweet Roman, Demos had been reluctant to deal with him any longer.

On the other hand, after Kareta fell into the water for no apparent reason, the professor believed in the gossip circulating in the world, and believed that the bride-to-be, Karete, had attempted suicide. And what caused her mood to fluctuate greatly should be her extremely unfriendly words for the purpose of venting her evil anger for the most proud student!

With such a sense of self-reproach, the talented and proud professor was sitting next to Demos at the moment, and he didn't like to talk much.

At this time, Demos turned his head sideways, and seeing Professor Eugene's dull face, he asked casually:

"How are you doing, and where are you going to travel during the Christmas holidays?"

"Oh, forget it. I'm too old to move, and besides, it's hard to bring this batch of students, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my late day. ”

"Isn't it, is it??" said Demos, who was intrigued when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"You know, I took four students with me, and the one with the most artistic talent Chinese ran away and came back without a sound not long ago......"

"What? Who do you say?"

Demos was secretly taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly interrupted the professor's words to question him again.

"That Chinese, you also know, called Jose, my proud protégé!"

"When is Jose back in Athens?"

"About a month ago...... Yes, around the time of your engagement. Not to mention how bad it is! He doesn't seem to be as eager to learn as he used to when he comes back, and his previous talent for painting is completely lost from him! I don't know what's going on! In this case, I won't be able to get a graduate degree at the end of the year! All my hard work will be in vain......

Amid Professor Eugene's chattering whining and venting, Demos's face grew darker and heavier.

Jose actually returned, now in Athens, living in the same country and city as himself, and he didn't know about it—

He's really let go of the past? hasn't he ever contacted Kareta in a single line-

Demos suddenly felt restless.

Although the kid was just a mortal, a past tense of Kareta, there was still a faint sense of foreboding in Demos's heart......