Lina’s face blazed with heat as she averted her gaze from the screen. “What did you just say?”

“I said, let’s take a bath together!” Zuko’s smile widened as he slowly removed his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. “Why aren’t you looking at me?”

“Zeke, you…”

Lina pursed her lips, torn between not wanting to look at the screen and stealing a few glances. She caught glimpses of his chest, washboard abs, and strong arms…

Her face grew even redder, and her heart raced uncontrollably.

Zuko remained composed and calmly said, “Do you actually want to look or not? If you don’t want to, you can just end the video call, right?”

“You…”

“Since you’re not ending the call, I’ll take it that you’re willing to take a bath with me.”

A mischievous curve formed at the corner of Zuko’s lips. “Lina, don’t you undress when you take a bath?”

“Zeke!”

Lina’s face turned as red as a tomato. She couldn’t help but smile, trying to keep it subtle, as her heart overflowed with sweetness.

expected the usually serious man to

set his phone aside, and the camera happened to be level with his waist. He casually hooked his fingers on his shorts. His voice, low and gentle, sounded hoarse as he said,

at the camera, only to hear a scream

the screen and saw Zuko wide-eyed, looking in a certain

if time had frozen for a dozen seconds. After a while, a smiling yet tearful-looking Dave appeared on

Door Guardian… what a coincidence?” he

his phone, trying to

stop here for now. Rest

something, but the video call had already ended. She pondered the layout of their home’s

was quite spacious, with a corner next to the cabinet. In the dim evening light, if someone inside forgot to

that Dave was in

her laughter and hid

On the other side…

as if he had seen

front of the cabinet, awkwardly standing up while holding a toilet paper

Dave said, “Bro, you—”

interrupted him. “Dave,

I just finished using the toilet,” Dave explained awkwardly. “As I walked out, I suddenly realized that I ran out of toilet paper, so I

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