Chapter 117
Chapter: 118
Pronunciation. The only words she was accustomed to were words like
“first of all” and “you need to”. She had no idea what he was trying to tell her.
When Carlos finally stopped talking, Debbie sat up straight, cleared her throat and answered, “Good night… H-How much…” said, the deeper he frowned.
The more she
After she finally finished speaking, he gripped the book more tightly.
He tried his best to calm himself down and not make her feel intimidated and discouraged. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
Debbie winked at Carlos gloatingly, without the slightest awareness of his gloom, while he stared at her with a poker face.
“I’ll teach you from now on,” he said in English.
Despite being clueless of what he said, Debbie nodded after a transient daze.
Carlos thought she understood that sentence, so he continued, “Next, follow me.”
Debbie hesitated a little, and then she nodded again.
Carlos tapped his index finger on the book and said, “Are you a fool?”
‘Fool? Sounds familiar, but I’ve forgotten what it means.’
This time, without hesitation, she simply nodded, because she found that so far nodding had not brought her any trouble yet. Therefore, she assumed that no matter what he said, nodding would be
the proper response.
Carlos sighed and closed his eyes hopelessly. He took out his phone, and typed, “Are you a fool?” on a translation APP, and showed her the translation.
Debbie stared at the screen with surprise.
She realized that she had nodded at him back then.
“Calling me a fool? He is a fool, an old fool at 28.’
Ashamed and infuriated, Debbie pushed the book away and stood up from the couch before she declared, “I quit. You’re making fun of me.”
When she was about to leave, Carlos grabbed her hand and pulled her back onto the sofa. However, the force of his pull was so strong she fell off the sofa.
“Ah!” she cried out, before her body hit the floor. Without a conscious thought, she desperately grabbed his shirt.
Carlos quickly wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his arms.
Annoyed, Debbie raised her head and glared at him with fury. The next thing she knew, apart from the meeting of their eyes, his lips had somehow found their way to hers. She didn’t realize they were so close.
Embarrassed, Debbie’s blush seared through her cheeks and for a minute she thought her face was on fire.
Although the Little episode surprised Carlos as well, it only sent him into a three-second trance. Before she knew it, he quickly made their accidental kiss official.