I Refuse to Be Your Enemy! Volume 4 by Kanata Satsuki

Author:Kanata Satsuki [SATSUKI, KANATA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

“Whaaat?!”

Hey, is that a ring? Why a ring?! It doesn’t matter if it’s the world of my past life or this one; rings aren’t ever a gift you’re supposed to give to a girl so casually!

“You’re overreacting, Kiara. You did us a service by taking part in the festival in place of me or Alan, so I wanted to give you something in return. A ring isn’t going to be particularly cumbersome, and if you ever find yourself in a spot of trouble, you can easily sell it for funds.”

“But... a ring?”

If that was his reasoning, a necklace would have worked just as well. No, wait, that one’s a little suggestive, too!

I had completely lost my cool, but Reggie didn’t seem particularly bothered.

“According to that merchant, you can place a ring on someone’s middle finger to serve as an amulet. So you can think of this as a lucky charm, if you’d like.”

A lucky charm? As soon as Reggie said it, I thought back to the festival earlier that day. If a man had feelings for a woman, it was a bracelet that he was supposed to give her. Did a ring signify something different, then? Besides, if he just told me I was allowed to sell it... then it probably didn’t mean anything special, right?

I was relieved, yet at the same time, strangely disappointed.

“For now, why don’t you come on out of there?” Reggie prompted.

Now that he mentioned it, I realized how weird it was to continue this conversation while hugging my knees in the closet. It was time to come out of there.

Just as I was getting to my feet, I remembered I was still holding the water jug and stopped to set it down on the floor. The closet was pretty small, though; when I bent down, I hit my hip against the backboard, sending me tumbling forward.

“Whoa!”

“Kiara?!”

Surprised, Reggie moved to catch me as I took a headfirst dive, but it happened so suddenly that he couldn’t support my weight. I fell to the floor, pushing Reggie down underneath me.

The only reason it hadn’t hurt was because Reggie had cushioned my fall. He was holding me close, our cheeks pressed up against one another.

“Sorry—”

I wanted to apologize. That was all.

But right when I turned my head to look at him, he did the same. I felt something soft touch the corner of my lips.

And it definitely wasn’t his cheek.

That was the corner of his mouth, wasn’t it?

The moment I realized our lips had touched, I put my hands on his chest and shoved myself away from him. This wasn’t even like the time we’d nearly kissed in Évrard; it was a complete accident. I had no idea what to do.

I wanted to make a break for it, but Reggie wrapped his arms around my shoulders to hold me back. Then, he adjusted his embrace so that my forehead was resting against his shoulder.

“I’m sorry. If you didn’t like it, you can just forget that it happened.”

When Reggie apologized, my inner turmoil began to subside.

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