"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.

He was usually calm, even when dealing with urgent

"Matt?"

distracted, Lucy nudged him several times before he snapped

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

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

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 these

took them, and the two went to find a nice hotel to rest

of Linus.

no reason to deny it, and Matthew might be even

I was so engrossed in sketching that I didn't notice the tide coming in and how dark it was getting,

"Oh, you..."

sighed. He was used to Lucy's carelessness but was still concerned that she had spent the whole day sketching by

you afraid of catching a chill dipping your feet in the sea for so

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