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 serving their orders and as she straightened her posture, she irritably snapped at him, “Why are
retrieved the tray and moved to step away from their
in her tracks. He then added
the only person who’s blind around here is her!” The girl retorted and turned to address Courtney angrily. “Miss, you probably don’t know this, but
grew thunderous. “What kind of
up at the girl while smiling and asking, “Is that so? You mean to
pervert and a lunatic!” The girl nodded with conviction. “So, don’t
you were to promote your menu in the same way that you make up all those ridiculous stories about me, your milk tea would be selling
making anything up,”
need to introduce
older
“No, we’re not related by blood, but she means
The girl grew flustered at the unexpected revelation. She felt like she was just thrown
really as notorious as you say
eye on him? I won’t do it. I—” She broke off nervously and ducked her head. “I’ll
he yelled,
My treat!” Tessa answered
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 at
I think
“Huh?”
her lips. After a thoughtful pause, she leaned forward like she was about to
“Courtney, you
not understand why he was making a big deal out of it. “What’s wrong with what I said? She’s a really cute girl—is she not
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