Just as she was about to pick up her phone, another hand was quicker and picked it up.

"Kyle Kinston, what are you doing?" Mabel Quinn said, then stood up, leaning over the table to try to get her phone back.

But his hand lifted, and she grabbed air. The next moment, his other hand suddenly gripped her waist, putting her in a half-embrace.

"You..." Mabel’s face flushed instantly, especially since they were in a restaurant with quite a few people, and her phone kept ringing, drawing many glances their way.

"Why don’t we guess what Daniel Harris wants to say by calling you?" he said.

"Kyle Kinston, haven’t you had enough? You have no right to take my phone!" Mabel said.

"Fair enough." He chuckled softly and returned the phone to her, but simultaneously pressed the answer button, and Daniel Harris’s voice rang out from the phone.

"Mabel, it’s Daniel."

Mabel shivered, put the phone to her ear, and said, "Daniel... um, what’s up?"

"Give me your exact address in G City. I bought a lot of toys for Ivy before, and you forgot to take them this time. I’ll send them over later," Daniel said.

"Ah, okay..." Mabel reported the exact address in G City, but as she talked to Daniel, Kyle somehow moved from across the table to beside her, wrapping an arm around her waist, his face close to hers, breathing softly on her cheek and ear, making her shiver. Even her tone while talking to Daniel became a bit shaky.

Daniel seemed to notice and asked, "What’s wrong? Did something happen? Your voice sounds a bit..."

"No... nothing! Just out with Ivy today, uh, a bit busy. I need to keep an eye on Ivy to make sure she doesn’t get lost. That’s all." After speaking, she hurriedly hung up, then turned her head, inadvertently brushing her lips against Kyle’s cheek, their noses crossing, and lips almost touching.

At such close proximity, she could feel every flutter of his eyelashes softly brushing against her skin.

"Why didn’t you tell him that today you and I are out with Ivy together?" His whisper, full of indescribable ambiguity and... jealousy, escaped his thin lips.

Jealous of her relationship with Daniel Harris, jealous of everything he didn’t know.

Back then, their breakup was because of Daniel’s words. So how much did she feel for Daniel in her heart? These thoughts, he hardly dared to entertain.

Afraid that thinking about them would only make him more jealous and resentful.

"Kyle Kinston, let go of me!" Mabel said softly, "This is a restaurant!"

"So what?" His nose gently brushed against her cheek, inhaling her scent. To him, everything about her seemed so perfect, too perfect to let go.

"Sure, you never care about others’ feelings, always following your own ideas." She suddenly stopped struggling, then coldly said, "Even if you’re holding me like this, even if we’re so close now, what does it mean? Kyle Kinston, I’m only here with you today because I’m accompanying Ivy."