บท 314: D-Day

As their faces got closer and closer when their lips were just about to meet and feel the softness in one another's… abruptly, Ella's eyes went wide open before some hints of clarity were knocked into her as she instantly became sober. Then, at the very last moment, turning her head around, she completely dodged the incoming lips which touched her right cheek instead.

In that state, as she was looking away, while the surprised detective Lock's lips were still touching her cheek, while maintaining an expressionless face, she asked, "What are you doing?" Saying this, she also separated her face from his lips immediately.

This instantly astounded John as he replied, "Didn't you say-"

But before he could even finish his sentence, Ella interrupted, "How could you misunderstand me like that, John? I was just opening up to you about my difficulties! And that happened only because I was too intoxicated by the alcohol…"