Lina’s face blazed with heat as she averted her gaze from the screen. “What did you just say?”

“I said, let’s take a bath together!” Zuko’s smile widened as he slowly removed his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. “Why aren’t you looking at me?”

“Zeke, you…”

Lina pursed her lips, torn between not wanting to look at the screen and stealing a few glances. She caught glimpses of his chest, washboard abs, and strong arms…

Her face grew even redder, and her heart raced uncontrollably.

Zuko remained composed and calmly said, “Do you actually want to look or not? If you don’t want to, you can just end the video call, right?”

“You…”

“Since you’re not ending the call, I’ll take it that you’re willing to take a bath with me.”

A mischievous curve formed at the corner of Zuko’s lips. “Lina, don’t you undress when you take a bath?”

“Zeke!”

a tomato. She couldn’t help but smile, trying to keep it subtle, as her heart

shyness was genuine. She hadn’t expected the usually serious man to say such things with

casually hooked his fingers on his shorts. His voice, low and gentle, sounded hoarse as he said, “I’m going

her eyes, afraid to look at the camera, only to hear a scream from the

Zuko wide-eyed, looking in

as if time had frozen for a dozen seconds. After a while, a smiling yet tearful-looking Dave appeared on

Guardian… what a

his

here for now. Rest early!”

Lina wanted to ask something, but the video call had already ended. She pondered

to the cabinet. In the dim evening

that Dave was in there when he

to suppress her laughter and

On the other side…

Dave as if he had seen a ghost.Books Chapters Are

cabinet, awkwardly standing

Dave said, “Bro, you—”

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