After Naomi left Inchee, her heart was still racing.
It was not until she got into a cab that she touched her flushed cheeks.
Oh god! What on earth did she do! That was so embarrassing!
Though, she had to admit, Nelson... did seem somewhat familiar to her. She didn't really feel repulsive towards that idea either.
Naomi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
She took out her mobile phone and found that Eddison had not replied to her yet. Hence, she decided to call him.
Unfortunately, she was directed to his voicemail, saying, "The number you have dialed is currently not reachable."
Naomi frowned and thought to herself, "Could it be that his phone ran out of battery and he's still waiting there?"
She then looked at her watch and found that the match was going to end soon.
She still felt quite uneasy. With that, Naomi bought a cake from the roadside and rushed over there.
As expected, Eddison was not at the entrance. Naomi heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that he wasn't there, but where did he go?
She turned around. Just as she was about to leave, a familiar voice was heard from behind her.
"Naomi!"
As soon as Naomi turned around, she saw a pair of puppy dog eyes staring straight at her.
"Why are you so late? I was so anxious!"
Benedict was the one who called out to her, holding two tickets in his hands.
Naomi was stunned and suddenly gasped in realization. Back during her birthday, she seemed to have remembered Benedict mentioning that he wanted to invite her to watch the match together.
However, she turned him down as she thought Benedict was only joking.
She did not expect him to actually use Sugar Bun to invite her.
Naomi closed her eyes and sighed, "Actually, I... Didn't Sugar Bun call you?"
Before her voice faded away, Benedict already reached out to grab the cake from her hands.
"Did you buy this for me? I'm so hungry! Naomi, come and eat with me!" After saying so, he immediately sneezed loudly, his voice shivering towards the end.
Naomi's heart plunged. She hurriedly took off her coat and draped it over him.
"It's pretty windy here, and you're already quire frail. You should not have waited for me here. What if something happened?"
Benedict was not convinced. He put the coat back on Naomi and laughed, "I'm not as weak as you think I am. Hurry up and put on your coat!"
Naomi took the coat back and said, "You think you're strong? When you were a child, you suddenly fell ill, scaring me half to death!"
Benedict pouted helplessly, "You said it yourself, I was a child back then. It won't happen again since I can protect you now!"
Naomi could not help but laugh, "Oh fine, well see!"
"Then let me treat you to dinner now!" Benedict insisted.
"No!" Naomi shook her head and refused, "Auntie Thea has been worried about you daily. You'd better hurry home and have dinner! I'm heading back too. My mother has been keeping tabs on me closely recently too! Bye then!"
After that, she waved her hand and left.
Benedict looked at her figure and was momentarily stunned. Then, he turned around and headed home, muttering under his breath.
"I'll prove it to you. I'll definitely protect you!"
When Naomi got home, to her surprise, no one was waiting for her.
After asking Cindy, she found out that Sugar Bun had gone out with his friends and would be coming back late.
As for Eudora and Amos, they were in the living room.
As soon as Naomi entered the living room, she saw Eudora on the sofa browsing through on her phone. Beside her was Amos, who had a gloomy expression on his face.
Naomi asked curiously, "What's wrong? The atmosphere here today isn't quite right!"
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