Chapter 107 - 108
Levi leaned forward in his seat, his eyes gleaming with the kind of mischief that came from stumbling onto something juicy. "Harry, what’s going on? Or is there something already going on?"
His tone shifted, sharper now, more curious. He didn’t even wait for Harry to answer before firing off another question. "When did this happen? How come you didn’t tell us?"
Dante just smiled one of those slow, knowing smiles and turned his gaze toward Harry. He didn’t say a word, but the look said enough. Go on. Let’s hear it.’
Harry stayed calm, his expression unreadable as he responded, "We just ran into each other by chance."
"Is that so?" Levi clearly wasn’t buying it. Something seemed to click in his mind, and his grin widened. "So you must have had lunch together, right? No wonder you’re handling the kid so easily. Seems like you have a helper!"
Harry didn’t respond. He didn’t need to.
Dante’s smile deepened, and he delivered the final blow with all the casualness of someone stating a fact. "You like her."
Harry paused. His mouth opened, just slightly, like he was going to say something, or deny it, or brush it off, or make some joke to deflect. But in the end, he said nothing.
Sienna, who had been sitting quietly beside Dante, felt something cold settle in her chest. Her smile didn’t disappear entirely, but it faded just enough that someone paying attention might notice. She wasn’t sure why it bothered her. It shouldn’t. Harry was Dante’s friend, not hers. And yet—
"Wait, it’s actually true?" Levi had only been teasing before, poking at Harry the way friends do when they’re bored. But now his expression shifted into genuine surprise. He sat up straighter, leaning in like he’d just discovered a secret. "Who is she? Do we know her? Why didn’t you introduce us?"
Harry said nothing. He just took a slow sip of his drink, his face as calm as ever.
Levi seemed to take the silence as confirmation that there wasn’t a clear status yet, that there was nothing official, nothing worth announcing. Harry wasn’t the type to talk about things before they were set in stone. Fair enough.