Chapter 274: The Final Step
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Watching the two figures busy inside the bakery not far away, Elesia, holding a cloth bag, stood on her tiptoes, turned around, her face showing a trace of shyness. "Just dropping me off here is fine. If Dad sees you walking me back, he'll get angry again."
"True," Haru acknowledged. "Well then, shall we proceed to the final step of the date?" His deep gray pupils reflected Elesia's figure as he spoke, smiling warmly.
"The final step?" Elesia looked at the smiling Haru before her, her expression puzzled.
Smack.
Haru's hands shot past Elesia's neck, pressing against the alley wall behind her.
A flicker of astonishment crossed her blue eyes, but it was quickly replaced by shyness and panic. Realizing she had just been wall-slammed, Elesia's face instantly flushed a deep pink, as if peach blossoms had bloomed on her cheeks.
The cloth bag in her hand dropped to the ground at some point, the clothes inside scattering across the floor, but Elesia no longer had the mind to pick them up one by one.
"...What's wrong? Suddenly doing this?" Like a little rabbit startled by a big bad wolf, Elesia frantically backed away, her back hitting the stone wall of the alley with a soft thud.
"Hmm? The final step of a French date—doesn't Elesia know?" Haru looked teasingly at Elesia, closing the distance between them bit by bit.