Chapter 149

Stephen was just about to put her down when they arrived at the seat on the right wing of the theatre. That too with careful movements, as if her presence in the man's eyes was a ceramic flower vase that had to be carefully guarded. Or like a mother who puts her newborn baby into this world with great care, worried that if she treats the baby too harshly, the baby would die.

Hmm. It seemed that the second parable is far more illustrative of what the man did to her than the first.

Be that as it may, strangely, she could not find herself as angry as she usually was whenever Stephen tried to pamper her. Instead, she found herself fixated on Stephen who was currently focusing all her attention on the opera on stage, completely unperturbed by her gaze.

Maybe. Or maybe, the man noticed it but decided to ignore it. It could be like that.

Not wanting to make Stephen notice his gaze sooner or later, he finally turned his attention towards the stage, following the