THE woman had caramel brown hair styled in a short bob. Her green eyes didn't have much emotions in them. Her expression contrasted with the cute, pink dress and pink beret she was wearing. But when she saw them, a smile appeared on her face.
Astrid quickly noticed how that smile didn't even reach her eyes. But it wasn't as if it's a smile that could offend anyone. To him, it just looked like a well practiced smile. As if she had tried to do that in front of the mirror countless of times until she got it right.
He didn't mind, though. There's no rule saying that one should always have a genuine smile for anyone they met. The important thing was the intent behind the smile. Whether it was mockery, goodwill, or indifference.
For someone like him who's adept at reading people's emotion just based on their expression, it was easy for him to see the meaning behind a person's smile. In his view, her smile carried no negative implications. And that was enough.
