Chapter 52.1

“Pressure? It’s not like you’re burdened?”

“What? Why me?”

“Is it because you’re awkward with people here?”

“No, I’m not.”

“No. So are you friends? Shall I ask Bora?”

“Why are you being childish?”

Li Yu-yen hated it.

He felt like an uncle who was forcing his nephew to hang out with his relatives on holidays.

As they quarreled, Li Yu-Yen held a white flag and sat down next to Louis. When his eyes met with Louis, he lightly greeted them and looked away.

In that way, Haewon, Bora, and Louis ate in an uncomfortable atmosphere. In particular, Bora was confused whether rice went into her nose or mouth.

“Please feel free to talk as I go out.”

“I’ll help you too.”

As Bora went for coffee, Louis jumped up and chased after her. It was like a chick chasing after a mother chicken.

Adam looked at the figure indifferently and turned his head to Haewon.

“Oh, you decided to raise a pet.”

“What?”

“He looks like a housekeeper dog. Oh, is he too small to protect?”

Only then did Hae-won understand what Adam meant. As Hae-won opened her eyes, Adam shut up.

Li Yu-yen, who naturally became the air, observed the two.

Soon Bora and Louis returned with a tray of coffee cups. On the plate, Adam’s cookies were piled up nicely last time.

“Come to think of it, I don’t see the lawyer around.”

“Yes, he has been working hard lately.”

When Adam asked with a sip of coffee, Hae-won replied with a bitter smile.

“It’ll work out as soon as we get the manager!”

Bora huffed and puffed with indignation.

“However… such a thing is impossible. I don’t know if even a miracle happens.”

Louis fiddled with his mug and bowed his head. In the solemn atmosphere, Adam and Li Yuyen exchanged their eyes.

Adam sat cross-legged, and everyone’s eyes turned to him. He was so tall that every movement seemed grand.

“You never know.”

Adam whispered.

Everyone looked at Adam with their eyes asking what he meant.

“I don’t know. Maybe a miracle will happen if you’re nice according to the Bible.”

Adam added significantly.

* * *

“Heuk…!”

A man ran down the darkened night road. He was the manager of Louis’ agency.

He tried to escape from abroad several times every time something happened, so he was living on the run in Korea, and today he met an acquaintance and decided to borrow money.

However, when he went out to the meeting place, two men he had never seen before were standing. His acquaintance was nowhere to be found.

The moment he met his eyes with a tall man, sweat flowed down his spine.

At first, he thought it was a detective when he saw that it was a duo, but his usual dull instinct woke up and stubbornly denied it.

They were far more dangerous than detectives.

“Fuck, gasp, fuck!

Don’t tell me the cash-strapped people hired a contractor?

The manager glanced behind him.

Darkness lay thick on the country road without street lights. There was no sound of footsteps. Instead, only the sound of his heart beats and the cry of a cricket were heard intermittently.

“Did I manage to escape?’

Phew. The boss stopped in front of his car on the side and wiped the sweat off his forehead. It was time to sit in the driver’s seat, close the door, and feel great relief.

“You’re here?”

“Argh!”

Adam frowned as the manager screamed. Adam squashed into the passenger’s back and pressed the window switch. Ji-ing, the window went down with a noise.

“Manager. You sweated a lot. Is it hot?”

The cold air outside poured into the car through a gap in the descending glass.

“C-crazy….”

The manager opened the car door, but the closed door did not move because it was installed to not open in advance. The manager snapped as he shook the handle.

“What are you, you punk! Why don’t you open the door?”

“Why don’t you lower your volume?”

He was going to get annoyed. Adam shot back with a big smile. The manager opened his mouth again, and one arm popped out of the back seat.

“Oh my god”

The manager took a deep breath when he saw the folding knife pointed at his neck. The sharp edge of the knife was almost touching his flesh.

“It’s a little quiet now.”

“Ugh….”

“Can you drive?”

Adam put his hand on the steering wheel.

“If you can’t do it, should I do it?”

He shook the steering wheel lightly and waited for an answer, but the manager trembled and said nothing.

Adam didn’t even have to release pheromones and subdue him. Adam, who sat next to him and asked quietly, was a threat by his very existence.