Gary Lakes smiled. “All right, good girl. Go on up.”

Sophie Kenwick smiled and waved at him before making her way into the building with light footsteps.

“Sophie, wait for a second,” he called out.

She stopped in her tracks and turned around, still smiling as her eyes glistened brightly.

They seemed enough to light up the entire sky during winter.

“You like Josh, don’t you? I have two tickets to his concert taking place at the end of the month. Do you want them?” Gary asked her.

“Sure, thank you, Gary,” she replied, nodding as she walked back toward him.

“I just recalled that the tickets aren’t in the car. Why don’t I personally send them over to you when I have the time? Let’s add each other on WeChat and keep in touch,” he suggested.

Sophie nodded without any hesitation, showing her account's QR code to him on her phone.

Gary scanned it and added her as his friend.

Once done, Sophie locked her phone and glanced at him. “All right, I’m heading up. Thanks again, Gary.”

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