After Avery selected the tea, she turned to Elliot, "Elliot, do you know what language this is? It seems like it's in Italian."

"You're right. It is Italian."

Avery heard the certainty behind his answer and said, "You understand Italian?"

"I've learned a little in the past, but I haven't used it for many years. I have forgotten most of it already." Elliot placed the menu in front of Hayden so that he might choose what he wanted.

"Why did you learn Italian? I thought you majored in architecture?" Avery was shocked to find out that he knew Italian.

She had seen his bookshelf, and there were many foreign books in their original languages, but she had thought that he had bought those books just to complete his collection and for superficial reasons. She did not think he understood what they meant.

"Back then, it was because I liked an Italian architect, so I bought her book. Since I didn't want to read a translated version of the book, I had to learn Italian," Elliot said.

Hayden