He was still her best friend. They could chat and share their secrets, so she saw through everything but never mentioned it. But tonight, when Danny Sullivan raised the issue, she finally spoke up.
However, he was afraid of hearing her say those words.
She was the most carefree person he knew.
See! It's happening right now.
"Does the word 'close' sound a bit alienated now?" Danny Sullivan laughed lightly, but his expression was still gloomy. "Lola, we don't have to be so distant, do we?"
Distant - neither Danny Sullivan nor Lola Hussey felt comfortable with the word.
She was about to say something when a voice came through—
"On what grounds are you demanding that from her?"
Upon hearing the voice, Lola quickly turned and looked over.
Emerging from the moon's shadow like the starlight itself, he stood tall and held an air of coldness between his brow. With just a few steps, he stood by her side, as if to enclose her within his boundaries, allowing no one else to taint her.