Vera was taken aback by their progress.

The sky had begun painting itself with the hues of twilight.

Smoking a cigarette, Waylen followed Rena.

Rena suddenly turned to stare at him.

He always smoked.

If one ignored his appearance and only considered his behavior, one would never be able to guess how old he was.

Waylen realized the reason why Rena frowned. He chuckled and put out his cigarette. Then, he pulled out a bicycle from the dock and asked Rena to scan the QR code. While scanning, Rena muttered, “I'm spending money again because of him."

Waylen held the bicycle steady and straddled it.

Complaining in a Low voice, Rena took the back seat.

Finding the surrounding crowd watching them, Waylen took off his coat and gave it to Rena.

“Cover your legs with this."

Grabbing his coat, Rena smelt his scent that belonged to a mature man. She thought there was no need to cover her legs with it.

Waylen criticized her.

“It's not hot. Why are you wearing hot pants?"

Rena retorted with anxiety, "I don't think that's any of your business. Let's just go already. I'll pay you when we arrive at my house.”

After that, she didn't want to meet him again.

Waylen knew Rena's temper.

But he didn't mind. He started to ride the bicycle.

Everyone around them kept looking at them, as if they were looking at a couple of rediscovered animals after years of presumed extinction.

Rena was already anticipating everyone's endless inquiries and demands for an explanation tomorrow. She would just say that Waylen was Joseph's friend, and she was just doing Joseph a favor

The night was surprisingly cool.

Waylen didn't ride fast. He took Rena through the streets and alleys of Duefron and felt her nervous heartbeat on his back. He had never experienced something like this before.