After Naomi spoke, she felt extremely uncomfortable. So, she drank a mouthful of water.
Just as soon as water reached her mouth, she spat it out once she heard Culver's answer.
"What did you just say?"
Culver looked at her in a daze, "It's nothing!"
Naomi then let out a sigh of relief. It must have been an auditory hallucination!
Eddison continued to distribute the leaflets for the whole afternoon, with Rachel following him the entire time.
In the afternoon, it gradually grew hotter. From afar, she could see sweat dripping down from Eddison's head.
Even his skin became visually redder.
Rachel could not stand it anymore, therefore she bought a bottle of water and wanted to give it to Eddison. However, when she was about to approach him, she stopped again.
She thought to herself, "Eddison probably doesn't want to see me. He was so angry just now."
Coincidentally, at that moment, a cleaner passed by. Therefore, she entrusted the bottle of water to the cleaner.
The cleaner looked at her blushing face and began to pry.
"Is he your boyfriend?"
Rachel waved her hand as she replied, "No, he's not!"
In fact, she had never taken the initiative to chase after a boy. Since she was a child, her parents had told her that girls had to be reserved, polite, and generous.
That was also what she had been acting all along!
However, Eddison was the first person that she could not help but want to approach.
When she saw that he was working so hard and had left home bravely, she felt as if she was looking at herself when she was a child.
She was a daughter from a rich family, and everyone said that she was generous and decent. However, as a human being, who wanted to be controlled since the moment they were born?
In fact, she had rebelled before, but in the end, she was suppressed.
Therefore, when she saw Eddison rebelling against his family like that, she inexplicably felt like her blood was surging. It was like a scene from a TV show from her childhood where the hero was saving the world. She was filled with passion and sense of security when she saw the scene.
Not only did it not ruin his impression in her heart, but it made her admire him even more. Even the sweat on his body had become a symbol of him defending his freedom.
"Silly girl, don't be shy! He looks like a good young man. There are very few young people who are as practical as he is nowadays. I'll help you give it to him now!"
"Thank you, Madam!" Rachel thanked her with a smile.
She watched as the cleaner walked towards Eddison step-by-step with the bottle of water in hand.
After that, the cleaner seemed to have said something to Eddison, and Eddison looked in her direction. Rachel's heart raced.
She thought that she had been discovered. How could she have forgotten to tell the cleaner to not bring up her presence?
Unexpectedly, Eddison quickly retracted his gaze from her, as if he had just given her a casual glance.
Then, the cleaner walked away.
Eddison continued to give out leaflets.
Rachel sighed. It looked like she had been overthinking things.
Soon, it became dark. The sky was dyed a bright orange, and there were only a few pedestrians left on the street. However, Eddison had no intention to stop.
Rachel's stomach growled. Her phone rang with a call from her family. They were asking why she had not returned yet. She found an excuse and said that her colleague had invited her for dinner.
When she hung up on the call and raised her head, Eddison was gone.
She hurriedly rushed out and tried to look for Eddison, but unexpectedly, she met with a group of gangsters who were smiling at her as they blocked her path.
"Missy, are you looking for someone?"
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