"It's fine." Roza squinted her eyes and flicked the ash from her cigarette with her slender, pale fingers. "I have no family. I make my home wherever I go."

"What are you talking about? If you have no family, what am I?" Bella affectionately linked arms with her. "Once a teacher, always a... you know."

"Taking advantage of me, huh?" Roza teased, hooking Bella's chin with the hand holding the cigarette.

Roza was taller and had a bigger frame than Bella. Combined with her bold and sassy gestures, their close interaction invoked a strange chemistry between them.

Axel sat among the crowd, but his gaze was fixed solely on Roza's every move. He did not like people who smoked. Every time Ralph had a cigarette, he would find a way to snatch it from him.

cool, delicate features and the lazy elegance in her half-closed eyes as she exhaled. At this moment, even though she was doing something he disliked, she looked like

not seen each other for a while and had not been in touch.

that their previous encounter would naturally bring them closer. However, Roza

felt. On an impulse, he grabbed another glass without checking its contents and downed it in one go, regardless of what it was. "Holy crap! Ax, you've really outdone yourself!" Ralph exclaimed, slapping his back excitedly. "A full glass of

Axel froze. 'Absinthe?!'

entire digestive tract was on fire.

at Axel's retreating figure, her eyes trembling

role, taking the cigarette from Roza's fingers and extinguishing it. "I know you need inspiration for your designs, but there are

good, that's all that matters," Roza replied with a dismissive smile, though it carried a hint of

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