Chapter 251

Edward Hawthorne smiled gently, then stood up and guided Alice Sterling to sit down next to him on the couch. "Heard you skipped lunch?" "Yeah, got punished," Alice replied without thinking. Right after she said it, she snapped to her senses and grabbed Edward's arm. "Wait—how did you even get in here? This is a military base, aren’t civilians supposed to be locked out?" "GrandVerse is backing this show," Edward replied calmly. It clicked for Alice right away, and suddenly everything made sense—why he'd agreed to her joining the show so fast. He’d been in the loop from the start! Then Edward handed her a food container. The second she saw it, her eyes lit up. She quickly took it and flipped it open. It was packed to the brim, three full layers, all her favorites. "You brought this just for me?" Edward nodded without saying a word. He pulled out a pair of chopsticks from the insulated bag and handed them to her. Alice took the chopsticks and immediately dug in. The sweet and sour pork h