Joseph raised his eyes as naturally as if there had been no change in his expression at all. "I lived here for a while."
"Oh." Irish still felt a little weird, "Before you came to New York?" It was not that she wanted to know the answer, but when he heard the question, his finger touched his cigarette case. It happened at the same time as his brow tightened, but he retracted his hand and returned to his usual calm.
No matter how entangled and warm she felt with him, she couldn't ignore her professional habits. By touching the cigarette box and stopping that subtle behavior, it was not difficult to see that Joseph didn't want to answer this question subconsciously, and even he subconsciously tried to escape the question with other actions.
Joseph thought slightly, "No, it was a long time ago." At the end of his response, he added some more food to her bowl. "Eat quickly."
She saw Joseph's desire to avoid the subject and didn't want to be embarrassed.
