Barclay scrutinized her for a moment. "Is it truly that agonizing?"

Moira hesitated, pondering the unexpected question.

Was this really about discomfort?

Turning her head away, Moira shut her eyes, feigning sleep.

Yet he remained seated so near, his presence permeated with the refreshing scent of wood, tempting her to lean closer.

Moira found herself torn between rationality and morality, finally glimpsing a ray of hope: her blood test results were finally available!

All the metrics in the report came back to normal.

Moira swiftly rose from her seat. "Mr. Covington, let's head for home!"

Home, where she could count ten thousand sheep if necessary.

"Perhaps we ought to seek the doctor's advice," he proposed.

Recalling the doctor's enigmatic stare, Moira lacked the courage to face him again.

head home without further

all pretense, she instinctively looped her arm around Barclay's, urging him

to coax Aiken in the past, but Moira just wanted

and slowly remarked, "Ms. Jimenez, please refrain from trying to seduce

Moira remained puzzled.

her mistake, she quickly withdrew

at a loss for words. "I'm sorry, I mistook you for Aiken." Barclay fell

such a dashing man be willing to

incredibly embarrassed, Moira stood there as if her earlier drunkenness had evaporated, leaving only embarrassment

her. "Let's go

"Alright."

refraining from uttering

the time they departed from the

had exhausted her excess energy, as Moira didn't feel as groggy when she

glanced at the lights outside the car

the car left the

halted at a red light just after turning at an intersection. Glancing over, he noticed that Moira,

smile flickered in his dark eyes, punctuating the silence with the

as the light turned green

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