Realizing that Fujiko appeared to be in a daze, Gerald waved a hand in front of her as he asked, “What’s on your mind?”

Snapping out of it, Fujiko then took a deep breath before smiling tiredly as she replied, “I’m… just wondering what to do next… After all, if I just return like this, my father will surely scold me. What more, the Kanagawas are most probably not going to let me off that easily either… I’m expecting them to look for trouble with us in a day or two…”

“Don’t worry too much about it. If I’m daring enough to get you away from the Kanagawas, you can bet that I’m capable of taking care of the aftermath for you…” replied Gerald with a smile.

After staring at Gerald for a while, Fujiko suddenly said, “…Stop the car.”

“…Huh?” replied Gerald, startled.

“I said stop the car…” said Fujiko as she pointed at the steering wheel.

Since they were quite far from the Kanagawa manor now—which meant that the Kanagawas probably weren’t going to be able to catch up to them anytim