Tacit Understanding

For the girl to come up with that idea, the first thing I did was praise Marika as soon as she received confirmation from her guards.

Her idea was similar or rather, a better version of what I had in mind. She managed to patch up what was lacking in mine; the bait that Ichihara Jun would certainly bite at. The bait that could send him away from here.

Even if there’s a high possibility that one of her guards would return to check the validity of her claim of having returned to her room, that alone was more than enough. We could think of a way for me to leave the house later as long as it’s only one of them.

As long as Ichihara Jun was sent on a wild goose chase, we had already gotten the precious time we needed. A win for us.

Rolling back to my side after putting down her phone, Marika snuggled close to my chest. “... I wish this can go longer, Junior-kun.”

“Getting greedy, are we?” I replied with a smile. I then slid my hand to her back, securing her in my embrace.