Chapter 704: A Bet
"Looking forward to it, Dora. Have a safe trip, and don’t forget to think of me while you’re off doing whatever mysterious things you’re doing." Kael leaned back on the lounger, staring at the message he’d just received in response, and smiled with a sense of smug satisfaction.
It didn’t matter that she’d said she won’t think of him. Because the fact that she was still glued to her phone, answering him as soon as he messaged was proof that she would be thinking of him. The next date... he was definitely looking forward to it. A study date? He wondered what it was they would ’study’. He knew he wanted to study ’curves’ of course.
Ignoring the loud music playing around him, he placed the phone on his stomach and closed his eyes. But that moment of peace was disturbed when a young man suddenly appeared and sat beside him.
Kael opened his eyes slowly, his smile disappearing as if the presence of the other was an unwelcome intrusion. "Why is it you?"
The man shrugged and gestured around. "It’s a party. So of course, I can be here."
Kael glared at the boy and shook his head. "I thought you were being punished by your mom. Is this punishment? You were at the restaurant last night while I was waiting for my date, and now it’s afternoon, and you’re already at a drinking party. If one didn’t know better, they would think you were stalking me!" His tone carried a hint of condescension, as if the person;s life choices were disappointingly predictably boring.
The man rolled his eyes. "Kael, I am stalking you. And you know the reason I went there yesterday. You told me about your date. And then this morning as well. But instead of being with a date you’re all alone again. So, you know why I came here. Why don’t you stop beating around the bush and tell me!"
Kael stood up, grabbing a glass and leisurely pouring himself a drink while ignoring the man, who was staring anxiously at him. He didn’t feel like answering the question. First, he didn’t like being questioned. Secondly, what Dora had done yesterday had almost been like an insult... While he understood now that she was playing hard to get, walking out of the restaurant after being ghosted was not a fun experience. Specially with this man sitting there, almost gloatingly.
Finally, the man, unable to hold himself back any longer, the boy stood up and walked over to him. "Come on, K! Tell me!"
Kael raised an eyebrow with a faint sneer. "What do I need to tell you?"