“Why ever not?"

Bennett's eyebrows arched upward. "You didn't do anything wrong."

What did he mean?

Perhaps sensing her confusion, Bennett nonchalantly added, “Wasn't even enough."

“What? You think my scolding wasn't enough?"

“What do you think?"

Hearing his response, Claudia declared, "I too believe I didn't handle it well enough today! But don't worry, next time I'll make sure to scold more effectively!"

Upon uttering those words, Claudia suddenly recognized that she might have gone a bit overboard. She instantly shifted to a more timid tone, cautiously inquiring, “But, isn't it inappropriate for me to speak Like this?"

"Why would it be inappropriate?"

“Well... It might make me seem like a shrew."

Truth be told, it wasn't quite that dramatic, but using foul Language wasn't proper either.

“Who's saying that?"

Claudia blinked, replying, "Wouldn't people in our social circle say that?"

“Oh, they're probably just jealous of you."

After pondering for a moment, Claudia sought his opinion. "And what about you? Mr. Dreskin, what's your opinion of me?"

Bennett gazed at her thoughtfully before finally saying, "I think you're cute.”

Hearing this, Claudia's cheeks flushed with a shy pink hue. "Thank you."

With that, she reached over to hand the phone back to Bennett.

As he took it, the screen suddenly came to life, revealing to Claudia's wide eyes the screensaver image - a “captivating picture” snapped by a bystander in the rain that day.

Help! How could Bennett have this photo?

And why would he use it as his screensaver?

Claudia stared at the man, momentarily forgetting to mask her astonishment.

Noticing her widened eyes, Bennett casually placed the phone down, asking, "Is something wrong?”

Face reddening, Claudia pointed at his phone, stammering, “Your, your screensaver picture...