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☾ fifty - three ☾

By the time I finished the preparations for the tea tasting party with the help of Max, it was already dinner.

"Time went by really fast." At my words, Max stared at me.

I smiled brightly as I turned to look at him.

"It's time to eat dinner soon."

Then he quietly replied, as if I was kicking him out, "Okay, I'll get going."

I didn't mean it like that, but he's been working hard this whole time.

It would be a shame if he goes home without eating any food. 

I clasped his arm in a hurry.

Then he stared at me with his eyes wide open.

"What?"

"Stay for dinner."

Then he looked a bit reluctant.

I grabbed his arm and started walking.

"This way, let's go. Marilyn go to the dining room and ask for a share for another guest."

"Yes, My Lady."

When Marilyn disappeared, a problem arose.

'Come to think of it, my father is home. Will he be okay?'

I'm used to dining with my father.

However, Max may feel uncomfortable.

I'm in this contract relationship to show my father.

But today, since he offered to help, it would be better to put his opinion first.

"By the way, my father's home. Is that okay? If you don't want to, you can go out and eat."

He cut off my words and said firmly, "It doesn't matter."

The naive remark raised more anxiety than reassurance.

'I hope nothing happens.'

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Honestly, he didn't want to eat with his teacher, but he couldn't refuse it.

'You can't help but ask me to do that. It's annoying, but it's heart-wrenching.'

Max stared at Juvellian with rationalization.

Now that the dizzying situation just came to mind, Max sighed.

'By the way, does she have any sense of danger?'

Trying to cut roses with her bare hands without gloves.

Being defenseless and clumsy at every job, Max could not just leave her alone.

Just like right now.

"Max, the dining room is not that way, but this way, ah!"

Juvellian stuttered as she lost her footing.

'Why is she so careless?'

Max rushed to hold on to Juvellian.

"Oh, thank you."

He didn't know why, but he could feel the shape of her slender waist in his arm vividly.

Her red lips stood out well today.

As if he was being possessed, he couldn't tear his eyes away from them.

On the inside, this strange impulse made his heart beat faster.