After the meal, Avery and Elliot were about to head back to Aryadelle for New Year's.
"Lilith, it's such a pity we can't see you compete." Avery passed a gift to Lilith." Elliot and I picked this together yesterday. Just a little token of our appreciation. I hope that your competition goes smoothly, and you'll get the results that you want!”
"Thank you! Once the competition ends, I'll head back to visit you!"
"Hmm, once your competition ends, you should rest well. In just a few short months, it's like you have completely transformed into a different person."
"I am quite satisfied with my current condition," Lilith placed the gift in her bag. She had a conceited expression. "I think
I'm even prettier right now."
"It's your aesthetics that is distorted. You were already skinny enough in the past, now you're just bones. If you want to talk about beauty, you were much more beautiful in the past." Ben expressed his opinion openly.
"If you're not used to how I look right now, you can just not look at me."
"I never said I'm not used to looking at you. I'm just worried about your health," Ben explained patiently.
"My career requires me to maintain this weight, yet you keep nagging me. It's annoying!" Lilith glared at him. "I don't have daddy issues. Can you stop acting like my father?"
Avery suppressed her urge to laugh. "Do you two bicker like this all the time?"
"No." "Yes!"
They said in unison.
Perhaps, they felt a little awkward, so they picked up their glass of water and took a sip.
"Ben, do you want to return to Aryadelle with us?" Elliot asked Ben when he saw how at odds they were with one another.
"Go back with them! If I am top three in the competition, I will surely call you to show off. If not, you should shut up too," said Lilith, trying to make a deal with Ben.
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