Chapter 177: Her Shameless Mate
Evaline:
The Academy gates loomed in front of us, their towering iron bars now softly lit by the golden haze of the setting sun.
Oscar brought the car to a gentle stop, parking beneath the shadow of the old sycamore trees that were lining the outer wall. The silence in the area was almost uncanny. No students, no staff, no movement, just the quiet rustling of leaves and the distant call of an evening bird.
It was Tuesday, and we all know how weekdays worked here. No one was allowed to leave campus, not without express permission. Most students would be in the dorms, study halls, or grabbing early dinner in the dining hall by now. The path ahead, stretching from the gates to the administrative building, was completely empty.
I exhaled quietly and turned to Oscar, unclipping my seatbelt. "Thanks for the ride," I said. "And for... everything else. For taking care of me."
He didn’t say anything right away, but the way his emerald eyes settled on me with a mixture of warmth and mischief should have warned me.
I reached for the door handle, ready to slip out quickly and quietly-
"That was the most insincere thank you I have ever heard," he said flatly.
I blinked. "Excuse me?"
He tilted his head, smirking as he leaned back lazily in his seat. "Don’t ’excuse me’ me. You are brushing me off like I just loaned you a pen, not... carried you through a whole pregnancy check-up and dropped you off after a night full of doting and emotional labor."
I couldn’t help but shake my head at the theatrical way he phrased it. "Okay, fine. How do you want me to thank you then?"