Everyone had signed the contract, and Luan sent them all away, toward the private room reserved for them.
He glanced at Tokiko, who was the only one still in the room except for him. Kian had stepped outside, and Luciano was guiding her parents and the others who had just signed the contracts toward the room.
Tokiko was nervously looking around, playing with the hem of her dress. Trying to act nonchalantly.
"So why did you want to stay behind?" he asked her. A teasing smile on his face.
"Well, you asked me to," she replied, still glancing around, avoiding eye contact.
Luan stood up and sat down next to her. "Aren't you afraid of what I might do?"
She turned her head abruptly, her eyes widening at his words. She put some distance between herself and him, moving her chair away little by little.
"Um. Were you lying just now then?" she inquired, her hands gripping the edges of her dress.
