
They are still busy with their own awkwardness. One was still busy scratching his head, the other was still confused as to what to do. Suddenly a man hit Rose who was next to him.
"Sorry, Miss! Pardon me! I really didn't mean it!", but the man seemed like he was doing it on purpose. Because right now her hands are caressing Rose's shoulders with her hungry gaze. Looking for an opportunity in the narrowness apparently. While Rose was silent in a daze not understanding the situation.
Ben who saw it also lost patience. He clenched his teeth while growling furiously. Immediately the man interjected between the two, so that automatically the hand of the man who had hit Rose slipped into the air. And impulsively, Ben clenched Rose's waist so tightly.
"What are you doing, Mister?", whispered Rose softly as she clenched her teeth holding in fury. What Rose thought was precisely Ben who was taking a chance in a narrowness apparently.
"Shut up and just follow!", Ben replied with a sharp look. He also whispered as he clenched his teeth, impatient to teach the man a lesson just now.
"Let's go, baby, we'll start picking the ingredients! It's getting late, isn't it! You said you were gonna cook me lunch. No need to linger here serving caterpillars that make people itch!", said Ben with a tone made so mesraanya. But at the end of his sentence it was clear Ben was putting pressure on the man before him at the moment.
The man was annoyed by Ben's words. It is very clear that Ben is insinuating him. Moreover, the man is said to be a caterpillar, actually who is a bully. For that man Ben is the bully, having ruined his plan to approach Rose of course.
"Dare to stare at the man again, I will break your waist!", Ben slightly squeezed the woman's waist as a threat.
Rose is a normal woman. Getting such treatment obviously made him feel hot again. Rose turned her face red again, but she still had to take the time to commemorate this Master about his treatment of her.
"But you're just like the one who took a chance in the narrowness, sir!", snapped Rose in a whisper. His hand he placed him over Ben's hand which was on his waist, then he also squeezed Ben's hand. He warned the man that what he was doing was no different.
"Hisshh!", Ben was getting impatient because their thoughts were not in line. Their time was not much before lunch.
"Come, baby!", this time Ben decided to grab Rose's hand and slightly pull her up. The woman was carried away with the basket in her hand. But for a moment he glanced at the man who was clearly giving a seductive smile towards him.
Oh, he had misunderstood this Master apparently. Right, he had seen for himself the man who had hit him was the same as the other men who were looking at him with hungry eyes. Then this time Rose also had to act apparently. He returned Ben's hand while giving a warm smile towards the man who when viewed from the front was furrowing his eyebrows.
"He's a crocodile!", whispered Rose quietly as she clenched her teeth together to keep her smile. Rose seemed to understand the meaning of Ben's gaze this time. He hurriedly explained about the man.
"Alright, smart boy!", Ben rubbed Rose's head affectionately, but that too when viewed from behind. Indeed, the two are now throwing sharp gazes full of hostility. Ben's eye tails noticed the man earlier who seemed to have given up on his efforts. Ben grinned satisfied, his hard work turned out to be successful.
A few steps they took while still holding hands. Almost all the visitors looked towards them with envy in their hearts. How can God be so fair to both, couples with beautiful faces to each other. One beautiful charming, the other handsome and stunning. Aware of those gazes, Rose and Ben let go of their hands quickly while awkwardly.
"Look, the lovers make me jealous!", one of the mothers made her comment and sounded in Rose's ear.
"Hehe,, she's not my lover, Mom!", Rose explained to the women with a forced smile.
"Just admit Miss if that man is your lover! Ah, young people today are always so timid", they laugh at Rose in the end.
"uhuck! uhukk!", as a result Rose became choking herself upon hearing that remark. Even his face was made to blush like this again.
"Geez, I just want to drown in this pile of tomatoes!", Rose looked up at the huge basket of tomatoes.
Obviously, the color of his cheeks and also the color of the tomatoes seemed to be the same. It might be disguised there. Rose fantasized to herself as she continued to walk after Ben who first walked in front of her.
"Hissh! What am I imagining with him! It could die young if I was with a creepy man like that Master!", he added, shuddering in horror.
"What are we going to buy?", Ben's voice up front actually ended his daydream. The man asked in an impatient tone, irritating Rose. He flicked his lips behind before answering the question Ben asked.
"Not much! Just some vegetables, meat and other seasonings!", Rose replied casually as she picked some fresh vegetables before her.
"Do it quickly!", Ben ordered coldly and Rose could still feel his ruthless aura.
"Yes, yes!", replied Rose. It also does not necessarily make Rose afraid to serve it.
Not that Ben was impatient or whatever Rose thought of him. Ben was very sure if the woman would always sneer at him in the back if he was upset. It's just that Ben feels there are some eyes that are looking at them in a different way. Like a preying gaze. I don't know, but Ben feels his bad feeling will be real in the near future.
"Hey sir, I want to ask you a question! Why do you wear your cowboy hat everyday? Aren't you hot? Doesn't that make you look very different", Rose kept making noises.
"Shut up!", said Ben quietly as he grabbed Rose from behind. It was as if the man was holding her from behind.
"Shut up! I feel like someone is watching us. And I warn you, this is for the first and last time, never to talk about my hat. Because it's also one of my identities. They'll recognize me right away if I put that hat out. And it will be dangerous for you as well", explained Ben slowly while whispering beside his face.
"Okay, I promise I won't talk about it again. But who are they? Are they your enemies?", asked Rose so innocently.
"Yes, and so is your brother!", replied Ben calmly.
"Sister?!", Rose lost control with her voice from being too shocked.
"Stststawn! Keep your voice down!", Ben warned him.
"But big brother has long been out of your place, right? How could sister still have musush?", this time Rose had already lowered her voice again.
"Your brother's old enemy seems to want revenge for your brother's last assignment!", Ben replied still in his soft voice.
"How can you?!", Rose still did not accept the reality. It's complicated her brother's life. At a time when he was seriously ill like this, his brother was still hunted by his old enemy. Rose was increasingly concerned about the situation her brother was facing.
"Not ask too many questions! Just do it quickly, then we get the hell out of here!", Ben just asked Rose to speed up his shopping spree immediately because the situation was unpredictable at this time.
"Waahh! Look at the reward, the couple is so friendly!", chirped one of the visitors as well as passing them.
Ben and Rose obviously know who's being talked about. Therefore, Ben immediately distanced his body from Rose's body with a tremendous sense of awkwardness.
"Let's hurry up!", the man covered his awkwardness by scolding Rose instead. He walked ahead of Rose.
"Hey, wait for Mister!", he finally ran a little behind Ben while cursing in annoyance.
After Rose and Ben were some distance away from where they had originally found some fresh vegetables, a mysterious man in a hat smirked in satisfaction while lowering his head.
"So that's right you?! It is an honor to meet directly with the White Tiger Guild Leader! Heh! But your good fortune won't be long. Because now you are alone without your other men" said the man inwardly.
His eyes looked forward, blank but still sharp. And those lips, right now, were actually letting out a grin.
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