[I don’t think she’s rejecting him. This girl is probably playing hard to get. She’s doing this to make our male lead remember her. After all, the harder to get, the more memorable, right?]
[I think so too. Aren’t all women like this? Saying no when they mean yes~]
Come to think of it, that makes sense.
He’s the male lead in a harem novel. The author’s setting is that he’s practically irresistible to women.
Jack’s face soured, but he quickly put on a gentle expression again and apologized to me:
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t mindful of boundaries and scared you. But I really just want to escort you home and complete a challenge. Beautiful lady, can you please help me out?”
He rubbed his hands together and pleaded with me:
“Please, big sister, I promised my fans I’d do this challenge. Can you help me out~”
Goosebumps rose all over my body and I felt a chill.
“No, my brothers will be here soon. You should leave now.”
“If you want to challenge escorting someone home, find someone else. I’m not available.”
After saying this, I no longer looked at him and opened a match–3 game on my phone to pass the time,
Just as the “Unbelievable” sound effect played, Jack walked dejectedly towards the exit carrying his helmet.
Watching his retreating figure, I let out a long sigh of relief.
Thankfully, this area was covered by surveillance cameras.
He wasn’t so depraved as to force me against my will.
I quickly exited the game and opened the chat with my
brothers.
In the past when I worked late, they would always come pick me up.
Tonight I thought I was working until dawn, and didn’t want to disturb their rest, so I specifically told them not to come and decided to take a cab home.
But because of this Jack guy challenging to escort strangers, I no longer dared to take a cab home alone.
After all, there was a 500–meter blind spot in the surveillance cameras from here to the street corner.
If something happened to me there, even the police wouldn’t be able to find me.
The only reliable option was to wait for my brothers to pick me up under the surveillance cameras.
They would arrive in just 10 minutes.
But at that moment, Jack returned.
He was holding al
