Gasping, Claudia felt that Sebastian had been behaving differently on that day. He was playing the role of a devil's advocate against her totally.
He had constantly been like a rebellious boy, completely out of control.
If she did not speak, it might be a little better. Yet, once she spoke, he would retort instantly.
Not being able to cope with Sebastian, Claudia looked at him helplessly while saying, "Then let me tell you clearly, just go back to your home. Is that okay?"
"No," Sebastian answered with a deep tone.
"What exactly do you want?" Claudia had lost for words. "Can you speak your mind out?"
"I'm going to do whatever I want. It's none of your business." Sebastian swept his eyes over Cordon, who was still waving at him, and said to Claudia, "Who has agreed to take a taxi? Tell that opinionated classmate of yours not to be a busybody."
Claudia found that Sebastian seemed to be very incensed and dissatisfied with the matter.
She gazed in Cordon's direction, engulfing by a helpless feeling.
Perhaps Cordon had sensed that something was wrong. He looked at Claudia, and then at Sebastian.
Sebastian gave him a sharp look and ignored him completely.
Cordon had probably grasped something. He strode over hurriedly, but he did not let the driver go first.
"What's going on? Buddy, do you not want to leave first?" Cordon asked while his eyes landed on Sebastian.
Sebastian darted a flippant glance at Cordon.
Next to them, Claudia seemed to have tensed up as well. She wore a serious expression while staring at Sebastian, as though she was apprehensive that he would suddenly speak words that should not be spoken.
Did she care about Cordon so much? Sebastian pondered on that.
He frowned and glanced at Claudia. By the time he looked back at Cordon again, the emotions in his eyes had become more sullen.
"I can't bring myself to take a taxi." Sebastian replied indifferently, "There is a free ride here, why should I take a taxi?"
Claudia's eyes widened when she heard that.
Was he still the third young master of the Jones family?
He was a young master of the Jones family.
How could he be so stingy when it came to taking a taxi?
Claudia gaped at him in incredulity. Sebastian, on the other hand, did not feel that he had said anything shocking.
On the contrary, he was very calm while taking no notice of their astonishment.
Cordon was also flabbergasted for a short time. Afterward, he smiled and said, "I'll pay the fare for you."
"That's not necessary." Sebastian grinned and said in a still apathetic tone, "I don't want to owe others a favor for no reason."
It confounded Cordon again. He then looked at Claudia.
Feeling impotent, Claudia shrugged her shoulders to gesture that there was nothing she could do.
Sebastian noticed hat they were communicating through just eye contacts and body language without speaking. They could tacitly understand each other.
It made him furrowed his brow again. It seemed that the was an indescribable connection between them.
They should not have come to this point in just a day. From the looks of it, they had known each other since forever.
Were they just classmates?
Squinting, Sebastian observed their eye contacts. There was no trace of alienation between them, and they completely treated him as an outsider.
His eyes fell on Cordon's face again, and a smile hung across his lips, which seemed to have been filled with a sense of coldness.
Seeing that, Cordon was a little surprised. As a policeman, he clearly sensed that the boy, who was standing with Claudia in front of him, held a patent animosity toward him.
Also, it was not just a minor animosity.
Feeling embarrassed, Claudia said quickly, "Cordon, don't talk to him anymore. Tell the taxi driver to leave. We also don't need to buy any ingredients. Just go back with me."
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