"I really have to thank you. If it weren't for you, that man would've kept bothering me."

Lucy continued expressing her gratitude to Linus, which stirred up jealousy in Matthew.

Sometimes, Matthew's intuition was even more accurate than Lucy's.

Linus responded to Lucy's repeated thanks, "I told you that it's no problem. Thank you for the treat earlier. The cappuccino was delicious." With that, he finished the remaining half cup of cappuccino and left the café.

Matthew finally relaxed from his alert state.

"Matt, aren't you tired from driving for so long?" Lucy grabbed Matthew's hand.

"Why don't we find a place to rest for the night? We can go back tomorrow morning. You've had a busy day, so you must be exhausted."

Lucy knew exactly why Matthew was upset and silent. It was all because of Linus.

unlike him. He was usually calm, even when dealing with urgent matters. However, he was overly concerned about Lucy today, and even the slightest

"Matt?"

Matthew was distracted, Lucy nudged him several

the years.

you won't come this far from now on. I was

I won't do it again... I was sketching by the beach and lost track of time, so I ended up here." Then, Lucy tugged at Matthew and coaxed him, "Matt, can you help me carry

the two went to find a

bitter at the thought of Linus. "Did that Linus guy help you carry

Matthew might be even

noticed I couldn't manage by myself. I was so engrossed in sketching that I didn't notice the tide coming in and how dark it was getting, but be reminded

"Oh, you..."

concerned that she had spent the whole day sketching by the

but aren't you afraid of catching a chill dipping

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