Maria looked up and belatedly realized that they were inside a small noodle restaurant.

The place looked quite confined, certainly not enough space to cater to customers at rush hour.

It looked like the noodle restaurant was struggling to survive against the other, much Larger and fancier restaurants in the area.

Maria turned to Anthony and found him smiling gently at her. 383 456%

She caught a hint of mischief behind his eyes, but it was gone in a split second.