This BL Novel Is Ruined Now [Book 2]

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It must be because of the lack of sleep, but Reina felt a migraine coming on—a sharp pain stabbed down from her left eye to the back of her head. The numb and unpleasant sensation made her shut her eyes tightly.

Then, a familiar voice came from the right.

“Reina, try eating this too, hm?”

Soon after, two other voices rang in her ear as though in competition.

“Noona, eat this instead of that.”

“Reina, you might just get ugly with that. Eat this.”

As accompanied by their hectic lines, they pushed forth some refreshments for her to taste.

After the incident at the ball, Ethan, Eli and Paul started visiting the Chantra residence whenever they had time. Luke and Letis also sometimes visited, but compared to these three, their visits felt like annual events instead.

Looking calmly at the desserts on the table of the garden’s pavilion—a lemon macaron, a mille-feuille with strawberries, and a glazed chocolate éclair—Reina smoothed her lips once with the tip of her tongue.

“Deputy Director, aren’t you busy?”

“……”

“Paul, aren’t you supposed to be attending class at the academy right now?”

“……”

“And Eli, you said you had to go back to your family’s estate today for your mentorship.”

“……”

They were looking at her as though they were competing with each other, but the moment she said these words to them one by one, all three of them turned away and couldn’t say anything back.

“Everyone must be busy nowadays, but why do you keep visiting?”

“That’s because you can’t eat well without me…”

Seemingly troubled, Paul pouted. Sitting next to him though, Ethan smiled and asked him a question that was not really a question.

“Though you’re a healer, it seems like you can’t cure your own injury?”

Everyone looked at him perplexedly, but Ethan just took a leisurely sip and continued to speak.

“Your mouth has gone crooked, I see. You’ve been talking nonsense for a while now.”

Though it was a pretty flustering thing to hear, Paul remained calm. Rather, he propped his chin on one hand and put on his unique smile.

“Ah, I guess Your Excellency doesn’t know what kind of relationship Reina and I have. If we don’t see each other, we can’t eat well.”

Listening to Paul’s words as he was sitting next to Reina, Eli shook his head and let out a low chuckle.

“Well, I heard that you’re just friends.”

“Yes. ‘Seemingly’ friends who take baths together.”

“Not ‘take’ but ‘used to take’. Besides that, it was a long, long time ago.”

Inevitably, Reina bowed her head slightly and pressed her temples. The argument ensuing in front of her wasn’t even on the level of a fight between kindergarteners.

‘…Ha. My head’s ringing.’

Did all three of them hide gold underneath the Chantra family’s townhouse or something? Her chest was already feeling so suffocated because of Lehman, but now even her head was throbbing because they came here every single day only to get into scuffles.