His Eagle Eyes on Me

"Do you always study until this late?" He watched as she frantically put her books away and picked up one of the books. "Your handwriting is nice."

She beamed at the compliment. "Do you think I got those questions right, Mr. Lucas?"

The calm mask on Lucas's face dropped as he wondered whether he looked like someone who studied.

He shoved the book into her bag and changed the subject. "You don't have to send food to me tomorrow."

She froze. "Is the food in the fridge enough for tomorrow?"

"You can come here and cook for me tomorrow," Lucas said. "My dad messaged me just now, saying that he is taking his wife and his daughter out on a trip."

She beamed. "That's great! Mr. Lucas, you are free!"

"Whatever. It's not like I want to go outside even if I'm allowed to," he said proudly.

"Is it too cold for you out there? It's not that cold. Your jacket is just too thin. Do you have a down jacket?" She studied the jacket he was wearing and asked, "Your dad said that he is giving you an allowance each month, right? Why don't you use it to buy a thicker jacket?"

nosy." He shot her a dark look and said,

Lucas, can I come by a little later tomorrow? I have something to do. I will come here once I'm done. I promise that I will

had to do, but he immediately stopped himself from asking and simply said,

watched as she disappeared into

he studied her face, she remained the

than the stars in the sky. Despite the hardship she had been through, her eyes were

as determined and

BUMS

hers.

as

next morning, Irene woke up early

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longer had to buy food for him, so she decided to buy him a down jacket from the

his preference, and so, she chose the simplest design in the same shade of emerald as

smiled as she wrapped the jacket

I'm buying this for... for my classmate. Does it look like it's for someone old?" she asked