Celina laughed, a little shyly.

"Very much so. You sing with soul... And that first song... was it for me?"

Gabriel tilted his head, looking directly into her eyes.

"If it wasn't, it wouldn't be funny. May I sit down?"

She nodded, and he pulled up the chair in front of her.

And at that moment, in the middle of the bar, under the soft lights and the sound of a piano in the background, something inside her began to change.

Gabriel, with his charming manner, struck up a conversation.

"So..." h