38 A Better Sword (2/2)

Her body was acting weird. She calmed down when they were embracing. Her speech was absolutely fine then. But now, she was back to messing up her words.

Minhyun raised an eyebrow. ”Are you nervous?”

Yoona widened her eyes. ”Nope, what are you talking about.”

Her voice was much higher than her usual tone, signaling that she was, in fact, nervous, but she would never tell him that. She tried to play it as nonchalant as possible.

”Okay,” he said with a light-hearted chuckle. ”I believe you.”

He clearly didn't, but Yoona wasn't going to correct him on that.

She took a deep breath, trying to get her jumbled feelings to come together.

They had a lot of talking to do.

But before Minhyun could escort her away to another play, a blonde-haired boy and a short-haired girl eyed the man with suspicion. They knew he was her childhood friend but there was some pieces that did not make sense.

How was he here in the first place? He came out of absolutely nowhere and to think he was near the restaurant this whole time. This could not be a coincidence.

Since Yoona was in an emotional state, it was the job of these two to make sure the man she was with was worthy to bring her out. Despite their status as childhood friends, they couldn't risk having Yoona hurt further from some unforeseen event.

”Sorry to ruin your happy moment,” Lucas interrupted. He looked at Minhyun with discontent. ”But I think it's time to break apart. We need to talk.”

Eunha slapped him in the arm. ”Be nicer!”

She turned towards Minhyun. ”I am so sorry about him. He can be an a.s.shole at times. I promise that he's nice.”

Lucas rolled his eyes and took a step forward. It was true that his words were a little harsh, especially to someone Yoona clearly cared about.

”Fine.”

Lucas brought out his hand for Minhyun to shake. He talked slowly, trying to be cautious with his words. He was doing this all for Yoona. Never in his life was he this civil to a stranger.

”Listen. We're Yoona's friends. I was busy in the kitchen so I couldn't see the scene unfold properly but I heard from Eunha that you interrupted at the right time and basically saved Yoona's a.s.s from getting sued. Thanks man. Really appreciate that.”

They shook hands. Although there was a bit of tension, the grip slightly too hard, the two were fine. They were testing each other out to see who was more dominant. It was clear both of them had interest in Yoona, but on different levels.

Since Lucas had tried his best to introduce himself nicely, his next words went a lot smoother. ”You seem like a nice dude. But you got to understand that you are a stranger to us and there are many inconsistencies with your appearance. I don't want Yoona to be hurt again.”

Eunha was proud of Lucas for being civil. She didn't want him angering such a handsome man that could possibly be Yoona's future husband. She sent him a thumbs up.

Minhyun nodded. He wasn't mad by Lucas's words at all. In fact, he felt really warm to see people care for Yoona in such a manner. While he was gone, it was nice to see that she had others to lean on. These friends didn't seem to have any malicious intent.

He was still going to do a background check on them however. Just like them, he was cautious about Yoona as well.

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