Chapter 137
Evelyn took the soup and drank it all in one go.”
she was able to maintain a poker face.
The bitter taste assaulted her nonstop. Even so, she was used to consuming bottles of medication at home. As such
However, her appetite was bad during this time. It was easy to feel disgusted when her taste buds were stimulated.
“Lacas, get her same candy to cleanse bei palate, “ondered Maria,
Only then did Locas look over. He didn’t object this time. However, he didn’t bring the candy over. Insteal, he instructed Margaret to do so.
“There’s a fridge in the kitchen with some of Evelyn’s sour gummies. Bring a tin of it over
Margaret immediately found the item and placed it on the table.
Evelyn’s paze landed on the som gummies, She liked sweet and sour foods, and usually didn’t consume mach junk food. However, she would occasionally buy some sour gummies and keep them in the small fridge in the kitchen.
She didn’t expect Laicas to know, but that was no longer important.
She hesitated for a moment, yet she still walked over and sat down.
Seeing the atmosphere, Maria finally showed a relieved smile. At least there was no tension. Feelings could always be nurtured slowly.
Evelyn took a cab over yesterday, causing her to use Lucas‘ car again.
The driver was driving today.
sitting in the back seat, Evelyn opened the materials Grahamn sent her two days ago. She made annotations as she read them, as she had no intention of engaging in comversation with Lucas beside her.
The way they interacted with each other back then was similar to how they were now. The only difference was that she no longer threw herself at someone who gave her the cold shoulder. This made her seem quiet
Lucas clearly had no desire to talk to her either. However, he happened to glance at one of the paragraphs on Evelyn’s screen.
“You understand this kind of academic material?”
The question came without warning.
Evelyn’s brows furrowed instantly. She immediately turned off her ph
Her eyes were frosty. She looked annoyed and unhappy.
her phone screen and asked, “How much did you see?”
From Evelyn’s perspective, others shouldn’t invade the privacy of another party when they look at their cell phones or computers.
Locas once said she wasn’t allowed to touch his phone or computer. Since then, she had kept her distance out of respect. She thought he understood this principle. Sering her cold yet frustrated expression, Lucas narrowed his eyes and replied truthfully, “I didn’t see anything, just caught some Al–related terminology.” Evelyn thought about it. That was probably the case. The size of her annotations was small and hard to see from a certain distance.
She humused in sesponse. No longer feeling like reading the document, che kept her phone away.
Lucas propped his temple with his fit. His gaze landed on her, demanding to be noticed. “What do you mean?” caine Evelyn’s question, not understanding his words,
He looked at her cam expression. Even if she had been displeased just moments ago, she restrained herselt. She didn’t get angry, nor did she speak harshly Igrodig her confusion, be scolled. “You obviously don’t like it, but you refuse to say it clearly. You’re never willing to fight for yourself.”
was it
That was right. Even if she were angry, she would be calm and gentle she never quarreled or lost her temper. Was it because she was good–tempered, or was it because she couldn’t be bolleted?
“letbere a point?” Evelyn asked as she fooled out the window.
If It washers, there was no need to fight for it. If it did not trouble her, she wouldn’t waste het energy caring about it. If it was neither, why would she waste the Pilost?
Lucas glanced at the side of her face. What finally broke the brawy allence between them was a phone call.
