"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.

was usually

"Matt?"

nudged him several times before he snapped back to

he had grown accustomed to it over the years. However, being with Lucy brought about new concerns. Even when he

far from now on. I was

time, so I ended up here."

find a nice hotel to rest for a

of Linus.

no reason to deny it, and Matthew might be even

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

"Oh, you..."

still concerned that she had spent the

thing, but aren't you afraid of catching a chill dipping your feet in

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