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three.

Cassis spoke nervously as soon as he made eye contact with me.

"You can stop clinging onto me now."

"Ah!"

"Ugh."

I was startled by his voice and pushed him hard.

As a result, Cassis groaned and fell back.

He was crouching, so he lost his balance and fell.

I couldn't care less about him, and I put my hands on my hot face.

That expression, that voice. You're supposed to be harmless!

This time, my heart began to thump. Badump.

Oh! My heart is racing thanks to Cassis. This is humiliating!

I was frustrated since I had been saying that I was fully prepared for Cassis compared to when he actually came.

I purposely searched for portraits of handsome men and trained myself to purify my eyes and not pay attention to them.

Just in case I fall in love with the male lead of the novel in the future.

It's not fair that my heart flutters and my face reddens when I see him!

No, I'm flushed because hide-and-seek was so thrilling.

That's what it is, isn't it? That's all there is to it?

I rammed it into my heart that could not answer. It was then.

"Ah..."

Cassis groaned slowly.

Only then did I apologize quickly, recalling that Cassis was a patient.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry. Cassis, I didn't mean to knock you down. But I envy..."

My pronunciation was crushed with embarrassment. I was acting like a child for no reason, and I flapped my mouth like a clam.

After a while, Cassis murmured with a very cool voice. There was a mixture of agitation and strongness in the voice.

"Ha, this is a real nuisance."

Cassis scrunched his face and sprang to his feet and shook off his clothes.

Then he growled lowly, glaring at me as if his anger had not been fully resolved.

"This is why I hate kids."

"What?"

This guy, aren't you a kid too?

I wanted to snap back at him, thinking how contradictory it was for a child to say that to another child.

"The study is a place to read books, not a place to play hide and seek. Miss Evelyn."

"....."

I stared up blankly at Cassis. I blinked, wondering what on earth I had just heard.

Then I opened my mouth because it was absurd that he tried to teach me like an adult.

"You..."

"Ah! I found you!"

As I was about to make a protest, Paul entered the study and shouted.

Cassis then knelt down on one knee on the floor, and carefully as well as politely brushed my clothes.

Then he spoke quite boldly.

"Your clothes are messy. You should be careful."

"Oops. I've been hiding for so long that I've got all the dust on me."