Theodore thought he heard wrong. Since Oscar became the commander, he had never taken a day off, not even on holidays. Even if he wasn't working at the office during holidays, he was always on call and ready to work.
Now he suddenly wanted to take a year-end break. Did Commanders even have that option?
"Don't schedule any work for me this week."
"What if there's something important?"
"You'll handle it."
"..."
"Since tomorrow." Oscar reiterated.
"Okay." Theodore nodded.
Anyway, it was good news that Oscar finally decided to rest after working like a robot for so many years. It was cause for celebration.
"Find out Doyle's itinerary in Northfield for me." Oscar requested.
As expected, there was a reason behind this sudden change of Oscar. Theodore really wanted to try and persuade him but knew deep down that once Oscar made up his mind about something, nothing could change it.
He leaned back in the rear seat and let out a heavy sigh before speaking up again, "Oscar, there are many people who look alike in this world. If you want to find someone looking like her, I can help you..."
What would be the point of trying to steal someone else's fiancee, especially from a bit shot?
He could help him find someone with similar features from behind though, just as long as Oscar agreed with the plan.
"You don't need to worry about anything else. I won't be working this week so focus more on official business matters."
Theodore nodded.
"Don't indulge yourself too much, it affects your health." Oscar reminded him.
Theodore felt annoyed, "When have I ever indulged myself too much? Everything I do is within my capabilities! It's actually you who needs reminding. Find a woman, you can't hold everything inside like this all the time, it's bad for your health."
Oscar didn't bother engaging further into conversation with Theodore over such things. Then suddenly Theodore remembered something exciting, "Do you know who I saw tonight?"
"Who?"
"Little Bunny, MY WIFE."
Oscar gave him a sidelong glance which seemed almost condescending towards z poor teddy boy.
"You recognized her?" asked Theodore.
"So you didn't recognize her?!" Oscar asked, incredulous.
"She's changed so much, isn't it normal for me to not recognize her?! You know, what she looks like at home, just plain-faced and never dressed up. My strongest memory of her is when she was pregnant or right after giving birth to my son and still breastfeeding. She was a little chubby then, all soft..."
"You only remember women in bed." Oscar interrupted him bluntly.
Theodore scowled but then realized that Oscar had a point. His deepest memory of Little Bunny was from their passionate encounter. After that, they missed each other due to various circumstances and eventually he forgot about her altogether. He always had plenty of women around him anyway.
"Since Little Bunny is in the Capital now, don't you want to meet up with her?" Oscar asked.
Normally, if Theodore had other plans at night, he wouldn't ride back with him.
He liked the moment when Besse compromised to him, which made him feel like he was being pampered.
Besse took out the phone and started looking up some strategies online while Doyle lay on the bed, watching her with great interest.
"Can you go to sleep now?" Besse asked without even looking at him, sounding resigned.
"Can't I sleep with you?"
Besse was a little bit surprised by his words.
Ever since she woke up three years ago, Doyle had been always by her side. They were supposed to be lovers but they never did anything too intimate because she would always reject it due to feeling uncomfortable and unfamiliar with it. After rejecting his advances once, he never asked again until now. This was the first time in three years that he had suggested something like this.
"Don't you like kids? We can make one tonight."
"Get out!"
"You sure you don't want to?" Doyle asked seriously, "With our looks combined, our baby will be cuter than those two kids we saw today."
"Alright, alright." Besse replied impatiently as if humoring a child who wouldn't stop asking questions, "Go back to your room and rest after such a long day, tomorrow we'll go out."
"I'd rather stay here and play in the room." Doyle said earnestly while grinning mischievously at her blushing face.
"Doyle!"
They hadn't consummated their relationship yet, at least from Besse's perspective. So these conversations often left her feeling shy or embarrassed afterwards. Doyle wished that sometimes Besse could show more emotion towards him even if it meant getting angry or upset, instead of keeping everything bottled inside her all the time, which made it seem like there was still some distance between them.
"By the way, who do you think is hotter? Me or Northfield's Commander?" Doyle changed the topic abruptly.
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