Chapter 276 Too Aggressive for My Taste
Oliver took a breath, seemingly uneasy with the turn of events. After a long pause, he said firmly, “I’ll make another trip to Elmsbury and get to the bottom of this.”
“Take it slowly,” Courtney answered as she gazed at him. “We can’t afford to miss out on any details this time, so we have to deal with it step by step.”
“I know.” He was embarrassed and looked sheepish as he muttered. “I don’t think I can live with myself if I don’t get to the bottom of this.”
She raised her brow and teased, “Why? Is it because you’re the Sherlock Holmes on campus?”
Upon hearing that, his eyes widened and he gaped at her as blood rushed to his face. “H-how did you find out about this?” he asked in awkwardness.
His peers had called him Sherlock Holmes for the fun of it, but he thought it was embarrassing. He then ordered all of the juniors in his faculty to stop addressing him by that nickname. However, it only made it worse—oppression was often met with resistance and the more he fought against it, the more his juniors took pleasure in torturing him.
Even the teachers in school jumped on the bandwagon toward the end.
How did Courtney find out about it, though?
Courtney grinned. “It’s not a big secret. Didn’t you hear someone calling you that when we were on our way here? I’m pretty sure there were people who pointed at you when we cycled past them.”
Oliver buried his face in his hands, wishing that a hole would appear on the ground and swallow him up. He was sure that he would die of embarrassment.
She had always treated him like he was a kid and she probably thought he was all the more childish after learning about his ridiculous nickname.
“Here you go. Two hot caramel macchiatos.”
the sound of the tray hitting the table. The girl who bantered with him was
tray and moved to
Who are you calling shy?” Oliver barked, causing her to stop in her
this, but Oliver is a complete Lothario on campus. Heaven knows how many women he’s brought here—both young and old—and he always gets two caramel
kind of nonsense are you spewing
shifted in her seat and looked up at the girl while smiling and asking, “Is that so? You
a lunatic!” The girl nodded with conviction. “So, don’t trust
he stared at the girl in utter disbelief. “You know what, Tessa? If you were to promote your menu in the same way that you make up all those ridiculous stories about me, your milk tea
anything up,” the girl
and although she was thoroughly amused, she felt the need to introduce herself anyway. “I appreciate the warning, but I’m just
older
“No, we’re not related by blood, but she means a
unexpected revelation. She felt like she was just thrown
five-year-old kid at home,” Courtney answered pleasantly with a playful glint in her eyes. “So, is it true that Oliver is really as notorious as you
I keep an eye on him? I won’t do it. I—” She broke off nervously and ducked her head. “I’ll bring the pizza over
off, he yelled, “Hey! We didn’t order a
My treat!” Tessa answered hastily
freak,” he scoffed, but when he turned his gaze to Courtney, he saw that she was eyeing him with a meaningful look. He frowned. “Why are you looking
head. “No, there’s nothing on your face, but I think that girl just now may ave
“Huh?”
forward like she was about to divulge a dirty secret
as he hissed. “Courtney, you can’t go around making jokes like this. It’s not
a big deal out of it. “What’s wrong with what I said? She’s a really
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