The goosebumps on the back of his hand had just disappeared.
"Of course I can, but aren't you going to run away first?"
Lanci squinted and smiled, lowering his voice as he asked her,
"After all, as I understand it, Master, you've never had the experience of going on a date alone with a boy in these past few centuries. I'm afraid you'll be very shy."
Facing Lanci's provocative words, Talia felt her blood pressure rise again.
"I won't, as long as you don't let go, I won't let go."
Talia maintained her smile as she responded.
"Then naturally, I will do the same."
Lanci promised.
Both of them grinned without genuine mirth, their eyes locked.
Today, whoever let go would lose.
In a brief moment,
Rosalinda and Aitio were already hiding behind the parasol of an open-air tea shop, their gaze still fixed intently on the man and woman not far away.
"My God, Aitio, do you see that?"
Rosalinda excitedly grabbed Aitio's arm, her tone trembling slightly with excitement.
"Wow!"