376 A kiss?

[PRESENT TIME] 1

Zoren nodded in understanding, recalling everything up until the moment he fainted. "Right... that's what happened."

What a disappointment. They should've just eloped.

"I stayed over to make sure you're okay, she grinned, finishing the last bite of her plate. "It was just fatigue. So, from now on, you need to start walking and things like that."

"Okay" He nodded without hesitation. "I also need to increase my stamina."

"Yes." She smiled but noticed the slight deviousness in his expression. "What?"

He shrugged. "Nothing"

"I think you're smiling about something very... evil," she said, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. "What is it?"

"It's nothing," he repeated, meeting her gaze. "I'm just happy to wake up and see you as soon as I

open my eyes."

She pursed her lips and raised her chin. "I'm not... flustered."

"I'm not trying to make you," he chuckled softly as he took a bite.

Watching him chuckle and eat, Penny's lips tightened further. Her cheeks flushed red as she observed how manly and attractive his chuckle sounded. The way his jaw moved as he chewed and how he occasionally glanced at her mesmerized her. Even his arms looked firm and because he was pale, she could see his veins around his toned arms.

'Is he filming a commercial?' she wondered, touching her neck. Why does he eat so perfectly? He should be sickly. Since when did sick people look like this?"

Honestly, there were no tricks involved. He was simply eating casually, but seeing him up close was... flattering.

I flattered?' she wondered, pursing her lips

see me now?"

did we get home?" he asked, snapping her out of her

"Huh?"

car? Penny was speechless, not because of his question, but because she realized they could've avoided all the hassle If they had hidden in his

a few inches from hers, and with such nrovimitu she held her breath. 370

was the first thing that

"Are you okay?"

away and explained,

got worried and searched for us, eventually finding us just in time. So, that's how things

back, smiling at how she was explaining while looking away. He moved his hand

over to her, and

pinched her checks. Her confusion deepened as he kept stretching her checks.. "Hehe," he chuckled soothingly,

here." "Huh?"

I went back to the bedroom and you weren't there," he confessed, still pinching her cheeks. "I'm glad you

continued pinching

whisper. "I thought something happened when I woke up

thought something happened to him. But for him,

cool hum.

rose. "What

we were dating as Zoren and Penelope, she explained in a mumble, casting her eyes. down. "But now that you know I'm Penny, isn't it a

his

as just that young girl, Penny," she said with determination, looking him

"Should we kiss?"

""Excuse me?"

the same curious tone, leaving her

A kiss?

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