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turned toward the voice.
a grudge overnight, can you?”
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I turned toward the voice.
And was nearly blinded by a 24–karat gold glare.
The man’s wild, untamed eyes held a fierce glint.
He was holding an iron pipe, the veins on his hand bulging.
Coupled with his outrageous hair color, he looked like the perfect image of a cool, vicious bully.
A pity.
I shook my head.
Going up against the male and female leads would only lead to a cannon fodder’s end.
But this person… he looked a little familiar.
Daniel subtly moved to stand in front of the female lead.
His eyes were cold, his voice deep. “What do you want with her?”
The bully raised a sharp eyebrow.
He faced Daniel, not backing down an inch.
“Someone asked me to give her a message.”
He tapped the iron pipe on the ground for emphasis.
He curled his lip, his tone threatening.
“Miss Thorne, be careful when you’re walking alone. Watch out for…”
Before he could finish, I sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
It was him!
*
I stood on my tiptoes, wrapped my arm around the bully’s neck, and clamped my hand over his mouth.
I laughed sheepishly.
“Sorry, this is my friend. He’s got the wrong person!”
“We’re just going to… catch up.
My laugh was hollow.
I was about to make a run for it.
But Daniel grabbed my wrist.
His dark gaze rested for a moment on my arm, wrapped around the bully, then returned
He didn’t look happy.
“I didn’t know you had a friend like this.”
What was wrong with Daniel?
After what I did to him, shouldn’t he hate me?
Why was he suddenly so concerned about who I was friends with?
I blurted out a lie.
“We just met. While you guys were at the competition.”
“I haven’t been following you around lately, so you wouldn’t know.”
“Daniel, you always used to tell me to make new friends.”
“I made a new friend. Aren’t you happy?”
I looked at him cautiously.
Even Daniel, with his endless patience, could be annoyed.
to
face.
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When he couldn’t stand my constant pestering, he would rub his temples, swallow his frustration, and gently persuade me.
“Aria, besides me, don’t you think you should have some new friends?”
was leaving.
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in these last few moments with nim, I wanted, more than anytning, Tor him to be nappy.
Daniel wasn’t happy. He wasn’t angry either.
He just pulled his hand from my wrist and let it fall to his side, clenching it into a fist.
His dark eyes stared at me, deep and bottomless.
Then, in silence, he watched me leave.
