Lydia couldn't comprehend what made this young man even more daring to touch her. As she recalled, Nick did often hit on her but never once touched her.
That night, Nick kissed her cheek, and now he's holding her hand. What is this boy thinking?
"Nicholas Larson, what are you doing?"
Nick stopped approaching Lydia's face when he heard his full name uttered from Lydia. Has he crossed the line?
Nick pulled away without letting go of the girl's hand.
"What have I done?"
"Are you jealous of your two sisters who already have lovers? Why don't you find another girl to be your date?"
"Ha?"
"I understand a single young man like you feels lonely, especially when you get a whole month's vacation."
"…"
"Tell me, what kind of girl is your type. I have many beautiful girl acquaintances, and I am sure you will like them."
"Is she older?" Nick played along with her as he was curious what kind of girl Lydia would offer.
"Does it have to be older than you?"
"What can I say? I have an older girl fetish."
"Whatever. I think she's older…." Lydia paused for a while to think. "Yup. Definitely older than you." Lydia tried to pull her hand out of Nick's grip in the boy's coat pocket, but the boy wouldn't let her go. "Until when will you holding my hand?"
"Is she cute?" without answering her, Nick continued his question.
"She is. She is even cuter than Kaylee."
Nick rolled his eyes at that. "Is she talented?"
"She is a singer."
"I mean… is she talented with her hands?"
"Why do you want to ask about her hand's skill?" what does Nick want by getting a hand-skilled girl?
Could it be... Lydia imagined a porn magazine that one of her raunchy clients had shown and accidentally saw a woman doing a 'handjob.'
Her face suddenly turned red, and using her sudden rage, Lydia pulled her hand away by force, startling Nick.
"YOU!! YOU!! How dare you!!"
Ha?? Why was Lydia suddenly furious?
"How could you… You pervert!!"
Excuse me??!
Lydia walked quickly, trying to leave the perverted boy and wanted to go home. The flabbergasted and clueless Nick immediately followed the girl and grabbed Lydia's hand with a tight grip without wanting to let go.
"Let me go!" Lydia tried to pull away in vain.
"Hey, wait! What are you thinking? I only want to know if that girl has talented hands like you or not. Why are you angry?"
Instantly Lydia's movements stopped when she heard Nick's explanation. Talented hands like her? What does it mean?
Does he mean… her skill in dressing people??
Knowing she had misunderstood and prejudiced directly, Lydia's face turned beet red.
"Lydia. What did you think earlier? You call me a pervert, but it seemed that it is you, the pervert one."
"…" Lydia couldn't refute, nor could she look at the young man's mischievous eyes.
She had dug her own grave, and now she didn't know where to hide.
Seeing Lydia's face filled with a red hue and her lowered gaze that didn't dare to look at him directly made Nick chuckle.
His hand rose to touch some lock of hairs and slid it behind the girl's ear.
"You're so cute."
Lydia dared not look up anymore, and the soft touch on her ear felt hot. She felt her skin tonight so sensitive and so conscious at the boy's touch.
"Aren't you hungry? Let's buy a meal. It's my treat." Nick grasped her hands as if it was the most natural thing to do without mentioning the misunderstanding a few moments ago.
This time obediently, Lydia let Nick hold her and follow the boy.
"Hey, what do you want to eat?"
"…"
"Pasta? Steak? Or Chinese food?"
"..."
Nick stopped in his tracks when he realized the girl next to him didn't answer his question at all.
"Lydia?" Nick smirked when he noticed Lydia was still looking down without daring to look him in the eye. "Why are you so quiet? Are you embarrassed?"
Nick also lowered his face to see Lydia's expression, but the girl turned the other way and said, "Chinese food. I want to eat Chinese food."
Nick grinned from ear to ear. "Chinese food it is." Nick decided to go to Chinatown in his car.
He took advantage of Lydia's silence, who wouldn't refuse him, and took her wherever he wanted.
When they arrived at Chinatown, Nick brought Lydia into one of his two sisters' favorite Chinese restaurants.
"The dim sum here is delicious. Take a look at the rest of the menu and let me know if anything catches your eye."
Without answering the young man, Lydia opened the menu book and saw various delicious dishes on the menu.
She knew that Nick was looking at her right now, so she couldn't concentrate on looking at the menu at all.
Lydia decided to block the boy's view by placing her elbows on the table, then hiding her face by leaning one side of her face on the palm of her hand.
Only then was Lydia able to see the menu list freely and had already made her choice in her mind.
Without changing her position, Lydia opened her bag to retrieve her phone. She wanted to know if Wendy returned her call or not.
All because of that woman. If Wendy hadn't told her to come backstage, she wouldn't have met Nick.
And if she hadn't met Nick, she wouldn't be in this embarrassing situation.
Slowly, Lydia's shyness began to fade because Nick didn't bring up the events of a while ago. Instead, the young man was acting normal and not offended even though Lydia had misunderstood him.
Nick didn't laugh at her either and didn't tease her anymore.
Lydia picked up her chopsticks for the dumplings, but Nick already beats her to it. Nick seemed excited to pick up the various kinds of food they ordered on Lydia's plate. And all of those foods are her favorite foods.
Lydia turned to her side, and for some reason, she felt she saw a gleam of light surrounding the young man.
Now she understood why all the girls liked Nick.