Chapter 20: Chapter 21: A Piece of News

Claire in the workout next morning was still the same—solemn and strict.

After that he wanted to embrace and kiss her but she didn't agree.

Yamasaki protested, "why?"

She said with a straight face, "if I will give you an inch, you'll take it to a mile."

He was speechless. He did plan to do more than just a simple hug. After he knew that he liked her, it was a bit hard for him to control himself; he wanted to feel her enticing body. To think that her senses were quite sharp. Of course, if she didn't want things to go that fast, he'd stay obedient.

Still he said in a weak voice, "We slept together last night."

She nodded and asked, "How is that related to the current matter?"

"...I could have taken advantage of the situation but did I?"

She retorted, "You didn't because you were sleeping like a log."

"..."

Yamasaki started to feel a little dumb. Was he being too clingy? In that case…

Claire suddenly moved closer to him and said, "Only hug. Nothing else."

He raised his brows and embraced her before chuckling, "giving in so fast?"

"You had started to overthink, that's why."

"Ah, you looked at my heart lake?"

Even he couldn't take a peek at his heart lake but she could.

She pursed her lips and shook her head making him click his tongue in wonder. Claire sure was amazing in everything.

All of a sudden, she said in a serious tone., "If you want I'll stop looking at your heart lake."

Heart lake and nexus were important for a cultivator so what she had done so far was breaching that privacy. Before she didn't care much as Yasuo also didn't mind. But now things were different. She was a bit conscious about her actions.

He hugged her tighter and laughed softly, "If it's you I don't mind at all. And yeah later if you see something strange or important, do tell me."

Claire nodded and decided not to tell him about the burning man as knowing too much would do him no good–for now, that is.

Then she asked something that showed an innocent part of her. "Umm, why was I able to sleep so well last night?"

"Cause you like me."

"Be serious."

"I really am." He said in a serious tone, "when you are with someone you love then your body produces certain hormones that comfort you and promote better sleep."

"Oh," she wondered out loud, "is this also why you smell so good?"

She froze; her ears turned red. He held her chin up and gazed at her beautiful face. He forced himself not to kiss her and asked, "what do you think?"

Her lips opened a little, almost making him break his promise. But before that happened, she gave him a cute peck.

Looking at his stunned expression, she kept a straight face, "you are restricted, not me."

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He laughed out loud.

Later on, just like the day before, he and Amelia sat in the garden.

Looking at Mia's back who had just served them tea, Yamasaki wondered, "was she just sneaking glances at me?"

Amelia giggled, "Because you look more handsome today."

He touched his chin. "Is that so?"

Amelia nodded and said, "Yeah, your complexion is a lot better and you look energetic." She tilted her head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's a secret."

Looking at her pursed lips, he smiled.

"By the way, when do you plan to go and find the solution?" He said in a solemn voice, "Amy, I want to clear that damned fog as soon as possible."

Amelia also became serious. "I am worried about you. So I'll leave after you are done with your thing."

He nodded; not like he could force her to go.

"Good morning!" Tessa's cheerful voice sounded. She walked over with large strides, beaming from ear to ear.

After greeting her, Yasuo shifted to the right, making some space for her to sit.

She overflowed with excitement as she said, "Do you know?"

Yamasaki and Amelia exchanged glances.

"Ah, so you don't? It's pretty big news."

Amelia chuckled, her gaze soft. "Alright calm down first."

Amelia and Tessa were always close so after Tessa apologized, they were again harmonious. They knew Tessa well; if Amelia went to her and told her that it was not her mistake, she would feel even more guilty. So all she could do was wait for her to say sorry. Now that she did, things were back to normal.

Tessa had an easy-going and optimistic personality. So even though she was shocked and a bit sad about Greforry not returning back, with her parents' support and Yamasaki's visit, she was much better. Of course, if something happened to Eric then that would be a different story.

Tessa took a deep breath and gave them a newspaper and said, "isn't this interesting?"

Amelia leaned closer to Yasuo—her pleasant smell assaulting his nose—and stared at the paper in his hand.

Yamasaki was already used to her intimate touches. The reason was simple…there was actually no reason to be worried at all. There was no connection between them...

...after all they were not biologically related.

But Eric's appearance was way too similar to Melissa and Alan. How? Yamasaki had no fucking idea. He pushed back these confusing thoughts and continued reading.

 

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