"Thank you," Luci smiled enthusiastically and was filled with a blossoming and fragrant sincerity. The smell had filled Evan's solar plexus.
"Cough, for what?" He scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. Evan had already hidden his blushing face. 'She's so cute when she smiles,' Evan thought.
"For your help. Maybe this way they will stop bothering me." Luci smiled wryly. Her round, lively eyes stared ahead. Soon they would cross the highway to go to the department store and shop.
Evan sighed. Even Luci could hit him with courage, but she seemed helpless where she lived. "Why are you so weak? You are wild and do not know the rules. Just get back at them if they hurt you." Evan huffed as if he was the one being insulted here instead of Luci.
"There are a lot of them. I won't be able to win alone." Luci had reached the end of the road, was ready to cross. It's just that they need to keep an eye on a few passing vehicles.
Right now they were on a fairly congested highway, not in the slum alley where Luci lived. The rundown alley was already left behind a few meters away.
"If it's too hard to live in that place why don't you just move? Your commission becomes a big jockey, right? Besides, it's a shabby and unsanitary place." Evan confirmed his black mask. His white skin shone very beautifully in the crowd. Some passersby thought that Evan was a top artist in disguise.
"My commission is running out on something. So I don't have much money. Only flats are the cheapest here. Come on across!" Luci grabbed Evan's hand reflexively. After making sure the light was red, she grabbed Evan's hand and led him across.
BADUM! BADUM! BADUM! Evan's heart was racing and he couldn't hold it in anymore. Every warmth he felt in Luci's palm had stung his internal organs to pump themselves wilder and more ferocious. Evan's face was turning red.
'True, I did fall in love with her, there's no mistaking it,' Evan thought. His sharp eyes observed how his big hand was so comfortable in Luci's tiny hand like a princess as well as a beautiful fairy.
Evan's eyes scanned the narrow back of Luci who was walking in front of him. A few seconds later, when Evan's steps were able to match Luci's steps, he was able to see Luci's face from the side.
'Beautiful, very beautiful,' Evan whispered in his heart. His eyes couldn't help blinking while his thin lips hidden behind a mask always wore a charming smile. Evan was already completely entangled without being able to fight back anymore.
Meanwhile, a few motorbikes and cars were already busy taking pictures of Evan and Luci.
"Come on, take the photo! I'm sure the guy is a famous artist!" muttered one of the motorcyclists not far from where Evan walked.
"Is the girl holding hands with him his girlfriend?" asked one of the other drivers. His cell phone camera has been beeping 'chirping' several times.
"Of course! Look at the masked man's eyes! His gaze full of love and affection was directed at the girl who was holding hands with him. I'm sure the two of them are dating."
It turned out that Luci had heard the street gossip. She turned to see if what the driver was talking about was her or not. When she turned around, it was true that the person being photographed was her and Evan.
'What they're photographing right now is me and Mr Evan. That means….means the dating gossip was also directed at me? Huh?' Luci's eyes went wide, quickly turned and looked at Evan who was currently looking deeply at her.
'Why is he looking at me like that? This way, other people will be more convinced about the dating rumors,' thought Luci. 'Oh, or is this just an act to heat my neighbor. Alright, that's pretty good,' Luci nodded.
Then she grabbed Evan's arm. Big plays really shouldn't be done half-heartedly, so Luci prefers something more intimate than just holding hands.
"Wohhh, she put her arm around her boyfriend. Wow great! Let's document it and we'll share it on social media!" exclaimed the motorcyclist. His hands were even more fun documenting Lucid and Evan who looked increasingly intimate.
At the end of the crosswalk, Luci was already smiling. Her eyes occasionally glanced at the motorcyclist with satisfaction. Not unexpectedly all this goes so easily.
Meanwhile, inside his tall and towering body, Evan seemed to be choking because of Luci's attack of intimacy, namely an arm hug that no other woman had ever done to him in a decade.
'What's this? Is this a sign that she loves me too?' Evan thought as he looked at Luci who was still watching the street.
They walked with their bodies so close that Evan could feel the warmth of Luci's body that he had felt several times before. And all that intoxicates him. Even his drunkenness towards Luci was higher than when Evan drank vodka, whiskey, brandy, and red wine. Unbelievable.
"You think so too, don't you?" Evan asked Luci. His eyes didn't escape and he didn't want to let go of the beautiful girl's face that was currently hanging in his hands. The scent of her floral and fruity perfume made Evan almost realize that this was all a world belonging to a universe that had many humans in it, not a world that belonged to the two of them alone.
Luci turned to Evan. 'Think so? What does that mean?' thought Luci. 'Oh, it must be this charade. Mr. Evan thinks is this just a charade? Haha," continued Luci.
"Of course. Of course yes, no way no." Luci let out a smile wider than before. Her hands tightened and gripped Evan's arms even tighter. Even without awkwardness, Luci adjusted Evan's slightly tilted mask, looked at the street, and watched the 'paparazzi' who were documenting them.
"Is that true? Are you sure you think so too?" Evan asked with a very happy face. 'So she also loves me, that's why she sticks to me like this?' He thought without being able to hide his smile. 'I have to make a baby soon then,' Evan said firmly.
Now it was Luci who was stricken with confusion. 'Why do I feel bad? Could it be that Mr. Evan is still thinking about me needing to move out of my flat?'
At first, Luci wanted to ask more clearly about the meaning of Evan's question. However, when he saw that Evan looked back a few times and looked at the motorcyclists who were still recording them, Luci gave up.
"Wow, they've been recording us ever since, haven't they? That's great," Evan proudly. Evan thought that if someone else recorded him with Luci, then that person uploaded the recording to social media, then Evan would be able to show it to his grandmother. That way surely his grandmother would believe this contractual relationship. 'But this is no longer a contract. We already like each other,' Evan thought with a blush.
"Haha, that's good," laughed Luci rather awkwardly. 'Looks like I'm thinking too much. How could Mr. Evan care about my personal life like whether I live properly or not? That's not Mr. Evan, not really.'
Luci, you don't know what hole you're in. Now you are standing in Evan Robert Hudan's blind love pit. So you should be careful. Because if you can't give your heart to him then your fate will end.
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Spoiler: Spider begins to consult Hans about his attitude which might make Luci know that Spider likes Luci.. James Wolf began to be obsessed with Luci's case because with that James Wolf could get higher popularity in the future.