Pushing her to edge

'I should ignore this message,' Ariana was certain that there was nothing good was going to come out of it.

However, before she knew it, Ariana had taken her phone out of her pants' pockets and after a second of slight hesitation—

She tapped on the screen before unlocking it. The next second, she saw Nicolai's message hovering at the top of the notification list.

[Nicolai: A very good evening to you, Pallas. I have taken a leaf out of your pocket today and decided to be proper for the very first time in my life.]

Ariana rolled her eyes and waited for the man to finish writing the rest of the message that he was already typing.

Of course, she was now used to Nicolai sending her a couple of messages as he was never someone who would go quiet with just a few words.

After that night in the parking lot, Nicolai seemed to have gotten even more chatty if that was possible. Not to mention he had now made it a habit to play with Timmy every morning.