Chapter 474
James furrowed his brow. 'What are you laughing at? Did you lose your mind?"
Harvey was staring at his left eye, however. "Are you trying to turn into a panda, with one black eye?"
James raised his hand to hide his bruised eye while glaring at Harvey with the other. "Seeing that you helped me before, I won't hold this against you. But you should know that I have a temper, and don't complain that I never warned you when you mock me again.”
"I helped you?" Harvey was a little confused.
When did he help James, and with what? How did it manage to slip his mind?
’Are you sure about that...?"
"Don’t bother. I won't remember it even if it was a huge favor-you laughed at me, so we're even. Now buzz off."
With that, James headed toward Isaac's room, leaving Harvey speechless.
He doubted that he would help James out of the kindness of his heart.
Still, he glanced at the time. "Oh, it's almost seven."
He still had to head to Irene's apartment-he did not have anytime to waste here.
He also bought Zidonian breakfast this time, since he could tell that Irene did not enjoy the last breakfast he brought her-she probably did not like the local food.
When he rushed to Irene's apartment, however, she was just about to leave.
"Have you eaten breakfast?" he asked.
Irene stared at him, and then at the food he brought.
"I did," she lied, but she had not actually eaten and was going to have some on the way to the hospital.
And the reason she lied was because she did not want Harvey to do so much for her.
Harvey was more or less disappointed. "Actually, I ran into James Cross earlier. He must have been messing around and he got a black eye for it too, so I ended up wasting my time chatting with him. I'll come earlier tomorrow-"
"Harvey, I've told you-you don’t have to do this." She tried to turn him down again.
Harvey, however, told her, "It's up to you whether you accept me, but whether I want to keep wooing you is my business."
Irene ignored that. "I'm going to work, or I'm going to be late."
"I'm coming with you," Harvey said.
However, just as he was going to throw the food into a bin, Irene stopped him. "Don't."
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