"Have you finished eating?" Basil Jaak asked when he saw that Krystal Flack had put down her chopsticks.
"Mhm!" Krystal gently nodded, took a napkin, and elegantly dabbed the corners of her mouth.
"Let's head back then, it's getting late," Basil said as he picked up Krystal's handbag and guided her out of the restaurant.
As they reached the restaurant's entrance, a little boy holding a rose blocked Basil's path and eagerly asked, "Sir, would you buy a rose for the beautiful lady beside you?"
Basil glanced at the little boy in front of him, then at Krystal beside him. Even though she said nothing, her face was full of expectation, evident to anyone who wasn't blind.
"I won't buy..." Before Basil could finish his sentence, a hint of disappointment flashed across both Krystal's and the boy's faces. But just as they were feeling let down, Basil suddenly smiled, held up two fingers, and said to the boy, "Good things come in pairs, I'll buy two roses."
