Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 689

Chapter 689 Are You Checking Up on Me?

Instead of answering her, Louis simply turned his head and met her gaze. After a few seconds, he uttered, "Sure."

Daphne asked, "Did you… meet Theodore?"

Louis made a sound of affirmation at that. "I did."

"You went to him—"

"That—" Louis interrupted, "—is the second question."

As Daphne quietly looked at him in confusion, he stood up and walked away. "I'm borrowing your kitchen."

She finally came back to her senses after feeling dazed for a moment. Did he just brush me off? As expected of a top student. How quick-witted.

She watched his figure and raised her hand to scratch her eyebrow. Even though she had many things to say, she didn't know how she could approach the topic.

The takeout she ordered arrived not long after.

After Daphne took it, she walked to the dining room while asking Louis, "What are you doing?"

He emerged from the kitchen. "I was planning to whip up a dish or two, but your fridge is empty. There were also some expired frozen foods. I threw those away."

Why does that feel insulting, Daphne thought to herself while forcing a cough.

"Let's… start eating."

Louis looked at the food on the table. "There's too much for the two of us. Put some in the fridge. You should pick what you feel like eating now."

Daphne glanced down and selected some food.

The rest were all placed by Louis in the kitchen to cool down before being put in the fridge.

As Daphne needed to watch her weight and she didn't have a big appetite, it didn't take much food to fill her up.

"Is there anything you want to eat?" she asked Louis.

"No. This is enough."

The portion was just enough for them to finish.

After Louis gathered the trash, he told her to rest early and that he would be leaving.

Daphne was standing by the side when she hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you going straight home?"

Louis paused and quietly responded, "Yes."

She asked again, "You are going to take a cab?"

"The subway is still running."

"Okay." She glanced at the time. "There's a subway station five minutes away from here. Let's assume it takes you half an hour to get home, plus a ten-minute walk from the subway station. You should arrive at your home no later than forty-five minutes from now. If you need to stop by the supermarket to buy some water or anything else, I'll give you an extra five minutes. So, share your location with me fifty minutes from now."

After a moment of quiet contemplation, Louis finally spoke. "My home is quite far from here."

"How far? Is it in the neighboring city?" Daphne repeated, "Fifty minutes from now, share your location with me, or else I'll contact your sister."

Louis paused for a few seconds before asking, "Are you checking up on me?"

Daphne was taken aback. "Check—"

She only realized that the words didn't sound quite right when they were about to leave her mouth.

With an unchanged expression, she insisted, "I'm responsible for your safety. How am I supposed to explain to your sister if you don't arrive home on time and end up getting into a fight or something?"

A barely noticeable smile tugged at the corner of Louis' lips. "Got it. I'm leaving."

Daphne walked him to the door. "Fifty minutes, okay?"

He took out his phone. "Let's start sharing locations now."

"Ah, there is no need for that—"

"You're concerned about my safety, right? If something happens to me on the way, you'll be the first to know."

Daphne was surprised by how reasonable his words were.

She then took out her phone and accepted Louis' location-sharing request.

He soon put his phone back into his pocket. "I'm off, then."

"Bye!" Daphne waved at him.

After he left, Daphne returned to the living room and collapsed onto the couch. She zoned out for a while and she took out her phone to check on Louis, who had already arrived at the subway station.

That's fast. Oh, the benefits of having long legs!