Chapter 86

I mumbled and crushing the crumbs of cookies with my fingertips.

"Men are..."2

"Cough!"

Perez, who heard me talking to myself, coughed beside me.

I met Perez after a long time and came to the Palace to play my role.

But it wasn't in Poirak Palace that I met Perez.

It was the garden of the Central Palace, which was opened to all visitors.

I didn't commit a crime, and there's no reason to be stuck in Poirak Palace all the time.

Caitlyn and Kylus set the tables and chairs in the best sunny spot near the fountain.

This time again, the cake I bought from 'Caramel Avenue' was put on a pretty plate.

White milk was placed instead because I don't like the drink that much. Perez or the tea, both are growing.

But now I didn't feel like eating cake.

I stared for another piece of bread and flicked it far away with my fingertips.

"...Tia?"

Perez called me with a slightly bewildered look on his face, but I didn't answer.

Seriously, Vestian is trying to create distrust of men.

The wind with that smiling face.

"Well."

Perez looked at me in low pressure for a moment and suddenly looked around.

Then he got out of his seat, walked a little far away to a flower bed, and picked up many flowers.

It was a flower with soft, small white petals blooming like a round bouquet.

And hold it still in my hand.

To be honest, I couldn't stay anymore.

He's so kind-hearted.

Perez, who looks closely into my eyes, is literally "a crazy beauty that relieves anger."1

I sighed softly and smelled the flowers with a half-surrendering.

The sweet but long-lasting scent of flowers on the tip of my nose seems to calm my swollen stomach a little.

"Thank you, Perez."

"Are you feeling better now?"

I feel a little sorry.

I feel like I shouldn't have taken it out on Perez.

I explained with embarrassment.

"I didn't get mad at you from the beginning."

"I know."

"Then why did you give me the flowers?"

"If sweet things don't work out, I wonder if flowers that look good will make you feel better."

"Ahh."

"Tia loves flowers."

Well, that's true.

It was a little strange because Perez seemed to read my mind.

Especially when those red eyes look at me without any movement, I think they'll reveal all the secrets.

It's going to make me feel weird again.

I sipped the milk, sneaking away from his gaze.

Then I looked with my side eyes, Perez was shaking off the grass on his clothes while picking flowers, and Caitlyn, standing next to him, was helping.

Some say that 16 years old is going through a period of upheaval and look ugly.1

Far from that, Perez was getting more and more handsome.

Even now, it feels like he's just rubbing his clothes, but his nose and sleek jawline like sculpted ones keep catching people's eyes without realizing it.

Looking at it, I said half impulsively.

"Perez, you shouldn't cheat later."4

Stopped.

Perez and Caitlyn stopped moving.

The same with Kylus, who was organizing the cake bowl he had eaten.

Three people looked at me without saying a word.

Why. What.

Kylus was the first to respond.

He bites his lower lip, swallows his smile with emoticon-like eyes, and hides his face.

Caitlyn opened her eyes round and blinked a few times, looking surprised, and took turns looking at me and Perez.1

And Perez.

"Are you... are you okay?"

I tapped the back of his hand and asked.

Then his icy face caught fire in an instant.

It was really about to blow.

The white skin heated up from the bottom of the neck to the end of the ear.

"Oh, yeah...."

Perez nodded slowly.

What's wrong with everyone's reaction?

Did I say something I shouldn't say?

"Your face... It's really red. What if you catch a cold?"

Is it a little cold to sit outside?

"Oh, no. It's okay."

Perez replied, covering his face with his hands.

His hands are so big that his face goes in.

"I'm surprised."

"Don't cheat?"

"Uh...?"

What about it?

"But now Perez's at that age, isn't he?"

"That age?"

"Hmm. Age to be interested in women?"

It's time to hit puberty.

Perez slowly lowered his hand that had covered his face and asked me.

"So what?"

"So if you ever get into a relationship, you should never cheat."

"...that's what you meant."

Perez murmured in a low voice.

"Whoa."

"Sigh."

Kylus and Caitlyn sigh at the same time.8

"What's wrong with everyone?"

I asked, but Caitlyn and Kylus avoided my eyes.

Perez, who seemed to have regained his composure, asked me instead.

"Is that why you were in a bad mood today?"

"Yes, I have some matter to do."

"Man?"