Emma was trembling all over with anger, not getting a chance to say a word. After Laura Jones finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving Emma’s face ashen.

Who isn’t a baby sometimes?

Emma watched helplessly as Laura walked step by step towards Cloud Thunder Community. Even after Laura’s figure disappeared in the night, Emma hadn’t recovered.

After venting against Emma, Laura felt an immediate sense of relief.

While waiting for the elevator downstairs, someone joined her.

"I didn’t expect Laura to be so good at arguing."

A low laugh came from beside her, scaring Laura into turning her head, meeting William Wilson’s eyes that were half-amused.

At first, she didn’t understand what William meant, but then she figured it out.

Did he... overhear her conversation with Emma at the entrance of Cloudy Splendor?

Recalling what she said to Emma, Laura’s mind went blank, unable to control the heat rising to her cheeks.

At that moment, the elevator doors opened, and Laura quickly stepped inside without a pause.

William followed her in.

Laura had never encountered such an embarrassing situation before, where William would hear her words.

She didn’t dare look at William, nor did she want to bring up the previous matter, focusing on the elevator floors, silently counting.

"Pfft—" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

An uncontrollable low laugh came from William.

Laura felt distressed, sneaking a glance at William’s face struggling not to laugh. Despite his efforts to maintain a straight face, the amusement in his eyes was still growing.

Laura’s embarrassment made her ears increasingly hot. She let out a soft hum, turned her face away, resigned.

When the elevator arrived at their floor, Laura hurriedly stepped out, looked back at William’s face still grinning widely, and admitted defeat with a sigh.

——

"You should just laugh out loud."

After all, he’s heard it all.

William stood before her, arms crossed, appreciating the lingering blush on her face, leaned down to meet her eyes, and said with a smile:

"At the Taylor Family’s place, were you secretly watching me?"

"Don’t talk nonsense; why would I secretly watch you?"

Laura promptly denied.

"Then, may I ask, when your classmate was acting cute, how did you know I wasn’t even looking at her?"

Laura: "..."

Indeed, he remembered every word she said to Emma.

"I... I guessed."

She evasively looked away.

"Hmm... Even playing poker poorly is more useful than posing, quite frustrating indeed."

The amusement in William’s eyes deepened.

"Laura, when you argue, you look great."

Laura: "..."

Felt like she was being teased again.

"She always teases me for no reason. Doesn’t everyone have a temper?"

Laura pouted.

"Yes, even when you’re angry, you look good."

Laura: "..."

"Have you been taking courses on how to impress girls during these five days we’ve been apart?"

William raised an eyebrow at this, chuckled:

"Have we really been apart for five days? Didn’t expect you to remember so clearly, Laura."

He lowered his face more, leaned close to her ear, voice low:

"Counting the days each day?"

That familiar tingling sensation moved through Laura’s ears again.