Declan didn’t take it seriously. "He ate those nasty things for your sake. It seems that he likes you very much."

Deirdre used to be able to take this sentence as a joke, but now she only felt embarrassed.

It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She changed the subject and asked, "Mr. King, you and Kyran have been together since childhood, haven't you?"

“Huh? Yes and no, I’d say.” Recalling the past, Declan replied, "Because he went to Germia for a while, we were separated. We man