Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

After that day, Claude and Sabrina grew closer. Sabrina could feel Claude was treating her differently.

Then, one day, Sabrina found out Claude was the injured man she found at her doorstep that one time. On a sunny afternoon, Claude shared his feelings with her. He told her he loved her in front of a crowd. Sabrina was very nervous because of his public confession. She didn't know how to say yes or no, so she just stood there feeling awkward and helpless.

"Ugh, why not?" Claude was smiling, but he started to look sad when he saw Sabrina wasn't happy. Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

"It's just that I..." Sabrina struggled to find the words because she didn't want to hurt his feelings. "I think I'm too young to start dating." Claude couldn't help but laugh, but he was actually upset. "You're twenty-one, Sabrina. How are you too young?" He couldn't believe that was her reason. It felt like she was making excuses.

He couldn't accept it, and he never would.

"My mom said I'm not allowed to date until I graduate," Sabrina blurted out, avoiding his eyes and her face turning red with embarrassment.

Claude dropped the bouquet on the floor. "Fine, don't date if you don't want to. I won't bother you about it again." Then, he walked away.

Tpassed, and their graduation caround. They avoided each other after that awkward confession.

Half a year later, Sabrina and her friends went to sing karaoke. They were surprised to see Claude outside the place.

The organizer of the outing teased Sabrina with a sly smile and a nudge. "You said no dating until we graduate, right? Well, we've graduated. So, shouldn't you two..." They felt Sabrina should fulfill her promise.

But Sabrina hesitated because... she liked someone else.

Claude was there, sitting in the shadows, his expression unreadable.

The group made it obvious for 65 Ren coxen Sabrina to sit next to him, and after a bit of hesitation, she did, though she really didn't want to. "You don't have to sit here if you don't want to," Claude said, about to move away.

But when Sabrina saw him looking upset, she finally said, "It's okay. I'll sit here." They looked at each other in silence.

Slowly, Claude sat down.

As the karaoke started and someone sang, the awkwardness began to fade.

Sabrina ke to sing, so she just sat and drank her wine, seemingly in a bad mood and drinking Claude tried to lighten the mood. "Why are you drinking so fast? Heartbroken?" "Yeah," Sabrina replied grumpily. Then she regretted it because she saw Claude's reaction.

"I thought you weren't dating until after graduation. How are you heartbroken?" Claude teased heldidn't really mean to upset her. but He had been secretly observing her, knowing that she hadn't dated anyone or been close to any other guy.