The Captain I Married by Chance novel Chapter 15

Nora hesitated for a moment before taking the nice-looking sandwich. "Sure."

The two of them walked side by side to the underground garage.

As Nora reached for the driver's side door, Nathan said, "Let me drive. You can eat your breakfast."

Nora didn't hesitate to hand over the car keys.

Settling into the passenger seat, she didn't know what to say to him since they weren't very familiar with each other, so she just focused on eating her breakfast.

The sandwich was still warm. One bite and her eyes instantly lit up.

"This is really good. Did you buy it at a breakfast shop near the complex?"

Nathan's eyes were on the road ahead. He answered casually without turning his head, "I didn't buy it. I made it."

"You made it?"

Nora looked at him in surprise.

Nathan glanced back at her.

Seeing her eyes wide with astonishment, like a Persian cat he once had, a slight smile touched his lips. He hummed in agreement. "I usually go for a morning run, and I make my own breakfast when I get back."

Nora gave him a thumbs-up. "That's impressive."

Unlike her, who never had enough time to sleep, let alone have the energy for a morning run.

"Running does wonders for the body."

"Pfft—"

Nora covered her mouth. "Sorry, I didn't mean to."

Seeing Nathan's confused look, Nora thought for a moment and explained, "The way you said that just now sounded like one of my old professors from school, so I couldn't help but laugh."

Nathan's expression hardened. "Do I seem old?"

Nora quickly shook her head. "Ahem, that's not what I meant… just the tone."

"Mm."

Nora felt a bit awkward, afraid of saying the wrong thing and making the atmosphere tense again, so she buried her head in her sandwich.

Nora lowered her hand and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

Nathan's sudden question from beside her made her jump. Only then did she remember that the person driving today was the top detective transferred from the Arvendale Public Safety Department.

"Sorry, I got lost in thought."

"Thinking about the case?"

Nora raised her eyebrows in surprise. Her impression of Nathan was that he was the quiet, polite, gentlemanly type, but from their interactions since last night, she was discovering he seemed quite talkative.

Was it because they were neighbors?

Neighbor and colleague, a dual relationship. It seemed normal that he would want to be on good terms.

With that thought, Nora's attitude became more natural. "Yes."

"We still don't have a solid direction on this serial rape-murder case. Suspect A's DNA isn't in the database, so we can't accurately verify his identity. As for the one last night…"