Ellinor was puzzled. She couldn't figure out why AAAres was suddenly giving her that look. Had something happened?
Was her disguise blown?
She instinctively touched her face, making sure her disguise was intact.
AAAres' deep gaze gave Ellinor a sense of impending doom.
She had meticulously dressed up today, leaving no detail to chance, including her eyes, which the mask couldn't hide.
She had even worn the light blue contact lenses Ida had bought, which looked so real and were almost just like her natural eye color.
AAAres stared at her eyes for a long time before his cold gaze gradually relaxed.
For a moment, he thought that the "Snow Bunny" across from him had eyes exactly like those of Ellinor, but upon a closer look, the color of her pupils was off.
He was overthinking. That woman couldn't possibly be the hacker Snow Bunny!
AAAres came back to his senses, let out a casual sigh, and lifted his wine glass to Snow Bunny, "Cheers."
Ellinor wanted to drink too, but considering her physical condition, she shook her head, "Sorry, I've been feeling a bit off recently, so I can't drink. I'll toast with coffee instead; is that okay with you?"
Even through the voice changer, AAAres could tell she was a young girl.
AAAres smiled in understanding, "Sure."
"Here's to us both getting over our breakups!" Ellinor lifted her coffee cup with a smile, clinked cups with AAAres, and drained it.
Getting over a breakup? AAAres chuckled lightly and took a big gulp of his bitter wine.
Both had their own wounds, but they carefully avoided each other's pasts and shifted the conversation to hacking techniques.
Though AAAres kept chatting with her, he never put down his wine glass, taking one drink after another, seemingly still trapped in the pain of losing his beloved.
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