Chapter 704: A Bet

"Looking forward to it, Dora. Have a safe trip, and don't forget to think of me while you're off doing whatever mysterious things you're doing." Kael leaned back on the lounger, staring at the message he'd just received in response, and smiled with a sense of smug satisfaction.

It didn't matter that she'd said she won't think of him. Because the fact that she was still glued to her phone, answering him as soon as he messaged was proof that she would be thinking of him. The next date... he was definitely looking forward to it. A study date? He wondered what it was they would 'study'. He knew he wanted to study 'curves' of course.

Ignoring the loud music playing around him, he placed the phone on his stomach and closed his eyes. But that moment of peace was disturbed when a young man suddenly appeared and sat beside him.

Kael opened his eyes slowly, his smile disappearing as if the presence of the other was an unwelcome intrusion. "Why is it you?"