She kissed him.
It was a slow, wounded kiss, full of everything they didn’t yet know how to name.
Six months later, Lihua Chan was no longer waiting tables.
He was in charge of the international expansion of the Salvatierra group.
I spoke with suppliers in Hong Kong, I negotiated menus in French,
He closed deals in English and oversaw openings with the same precision with which he used to walk around the San Ángel Garden hall with a tray in his hand.
Don Ignacio Chan was a witness at the civil registry when Lihua and Emiliano were married in a simple ceremony.
Enrique cried openly. Even the restaurant staff applauded when they saw them leave holding hands.
One night, months later, in the kitchen of his new restaurant in Hong Kong, Emiliano found her checking inventories at one in the morning.
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