An American knife seller? No, please acknowledge me as your godfather.

Le Raphael, a French restaurant.

"Excuse me, your dishes are all ready."

Just as the atmosphere between the two was getting warmer, the food was served.

Bianca personally pushed the food cart in and arranged the dishes one by one.

The enticing aroma of black truffle foie gras, the perfectly seared premium Wagyu beef steak, and a delicate serving of French snails.

The label on the bottle of red wine had already turned slightly yellow.

Lynn's eyelids twitched involuntarily after just one glance.

Although the label on the bottle is a bit blurry, the vintage of the wine is still recognizable.

It's Romanee-Conti from 1990!

This is not the 82 Lafite that's been drinking for hundreds of years and still hasn't been finished, as seen in various wish-fulfillment novels.

Those in the know understand that the 90s Burgundy region had a perfect climate, and the grapes produced were of absolutely no worse quality than those from the so-called 82 Bordeaux, and were even considered better in the industry!

A bottle of such a well-preserved, top-quality red wine would easily cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of US dollars in a restaurant like Rafael!

This girl is really going all out.

"To help you sober up."

Bianca skillfully used the corkscrew to remove the cork and poured the dark red wine into the decanter.

"Enjoy your meal, and please feel free to contact me if you need anything."

After doing all that, Bianca swayed her hips dramatically as she left.

As she turned to leave, she subtly yet boldly winked at Lynn.

Lynn had no time to pay attention to the flamboyant manager at the moment. Looking at the expensive bottle of red wine on the table, he said with a half-smile:

"Officer Envy, it's just a casual meal. Ordering such expensive drinks is a bit of a waste. Are police officers paid very high salaries?"

"It's not expensive..." Annie blurted out almost instinctively.

Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he smiled:

"Oh, I mean... this bottle of wine was actually stored here by my father. It would be a waste if we didn't drink it. Today is a rare occasion to celebrate, so if you don't drink it..."

"Drink! How can you not drink?"

Before Annie could finish speaking, Lynn unceremoniously took the decanter and poured the wine.

He's the kind of old-fashioned man who would rather drink than not have something good.

Glug glug!

The dark red liquid was continuously poured in, quickly filling a large glass to the brim.

Annie's lips moved.

Although I really wanted to remind Lynn that the most elegant way to appreciate such high-end red wine is to pour only one-third of it.

But seeing Lynn's nonchalant and rough movements, he hesitated for a moment but ultimately remained silent.

"for you."

While Annie was still in a daze, a full glass of wine glasses was placed heavily in front of her.

The liquid level was almost flush with the rim of the cup, to the point that it would overflow if touched with the slightest touch.

"..."

Looking at the full glass of red wine in front of her, Annie's eyes twitched.

Suddenly, he looked at Lynn with suspicion: "You've filled this up so much... are you trying to get me drunk?"

"That's not true."

Lynn shrugged, his expression as calm as a rock: "Isn't this to celebrate your first successful team leadership? A joyous occasion calls for a drink! Cheers!"

As he spoke, Lynn raised his glass.

"Ding!"

With a crisp clinking of glass, the two took their first sip.

It must be said that the taste of top-quality red wine is indeed mellow and smooth.

After swallowing, a warm current instantly spread through my stomach.

After a sip of wine, the atmosphere in the private room became noticeably more lively.

Annie put down her glass, a faint blush rising on her cheeks.

After a pause, Annie's beautiful eyes sparkled as she stared at Lynn, her tone tinged with a slightly tipsy curiosity: "Lin, what exactly do you do?"

While cutting her steak, Lynn casually replied, "Didn't you see it all? The quack doctor who sets up a stall in the homeless park."

Annie shook her head, her chestnut ponytail swaying slightly with the movement: "I don't believe it. I don't feel that's all there is to you."

She's not stupid. How could an ordinary unlicensed doctor possibly have such high prestige among the homeless population?

Moreover, they were able to provide such accurate information.

Everything indicated that Lynn was not simple.

"Oh? You're curious about me, huh?" Lynn stopped eating and asked with a half-smile.

"No way!" Annie immediately retorted, but her eyes darted away.

Lynn smiled but did not expose the other party's hypocrisy.

He picked up his glass, took a sip, and said with a rare seriousness, "Right now, I'm really just an unlicensed doctor trying to make a living. As for the future, I'm not sure. Maybe I'll always be an unlicensed doctor, maybe..."

Lynn did not continue speaking.

"Oh." Annie responded with an "oh," knowing better than to ask any more questions. She then raised her glass of red wine and looked at Lynn with a meaningful gaze.

"Whatever your job is, thank you for the information you provided!"

After saying that, she tilted her head back and took a big gulp.

I'll say it again, she's not stupid.

Connecting the clues, she had long suspected that Lynn was behind the events at KK Clinic last night!

But she wasn't a saint who could save all living beings, and she simply didn't have time to bother with these trivial matters.

What she wants is recognition and a sense of belonging!

She didn't care about the process as long as the information Lynn provided could help her solve the case.

Everyone gets what they need, and that's enough.

"Cheers," Lynn replied with a smile, raising her glass in response.

He enjoys dealing with intelligent people, so it seems this beautiful and aloof policewoman is not stupid at all; on the contrary, she is very clear-headed.

And so, in the gradually warming atmosphere, the two drank one glass after another.

They chatted intermittently about interesting things happening on the streets of Seattle and gossip from the police station.

The distance between the two people closed without them realizing it, and the temperature in the air gradually rose.

As time went on, Annie gradually sensed something was amiss.

The faint, unique fragrance emanating from Lynn that lingered around the tip of the nose grew stronger and stronger.

The fragrance seemed to possess some kind of magic, constantly assaulting her senses.

Gradually, Annie's eyes became somewhat unfocused.

She rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head, and looked at the witty and talkative Eastern man opposite her. A strange feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.

It seems... it's quite comfortable to just sit in the corner with him, eating and chatting.

This relaxed and carefree feeling is something that Evans, who is obsessed with money and only knows how to pester, can never give.

In such a pleasant atmosphere, time flew by.

Before they knew it, the Romanée-Conti collection, worth tens of thousands of dollars, had been completely empty.

Annie, who wasn't particularly good at drinking, was now in a hazy, alluring state, with her eyes half-closed.

Even Lynn felt a little dizzy.

Red wine still has a strong aftereffect.

I'm thirsty...

Lynn wanted to have a drink of water to calm down, but found that the lemonade on the table was already empty.

"Waiter!" Lynn snapped her fingers and called out loudly for a waiter.

A waiter immediately ran over respectfully.

"Just swipe my card to pay!"

Before Lynn could speak, a slightly tipsy Annie took out a black gold card that gleamed with metallic luster.

Lynn paused for a moment, then instantly realized that Annie had misunderstood.

They probably thought that by calling the waiter, they were trying to pay the bill themselves.

Lynn raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything more or offer any explanation.

The rich woman wanted to pay the bill, which made him happy to save money.

After the waiter respectfully accepted the card with both hands, the private room fell silent again.

Annie rested her chin on her hands, leaning on the table, her beautiful, slightly tipsy eyes fixed on Lynn.

"Hey...we agreed that I'd treat you in return for doing you a favor, but you insisted on calling the waiter to pay the bill just now, is that...you trying to woo me?"

???

Hearing this sudden, straightforward question...

Lynn did not panic or try to hide his panic like an ordinary man would.

Instead, he took the initiative, meeting her gaze intently without flinching.

After a five-second eye contact, Lynn answered without hesitation: "Yes! You're so beautiful and have such a great figure, any normal man would want to pursue you."

boom!

Lynn's unconventional and direct answer completely stunned Annie.

She had only been half-jokingly testing the waters while drunk, but she hadn't expected the other party to admit it so readily!

In an instant, Annie felt a warmth on her cheek and her heart raced.

"cough……"

Annie hastily averted her gaze and abruptly changed the subject: "Anyway, this meal is on me. Now that I've treated you, I've repaid your favor, and we're even!"

"Can."

Lynn readily agreed, but then changed the subject with a smile: "But don't forget, you still owe me another favor."

"What?" Annie was taken aback, somewhat confused. "What other favors are there?"

Lynn held up two fingers and slowly calculated the accounts: "What I just paid off was the one with Jimmy, but you still owe me a favor for this one at KK Clinic."

Annie stared in disbelief: "This...this counts as a favor? Aren't you just going back on your word?"

"Otherwise what?" Lynn spread his hands confidently. "Without my intelligence, your first mission as a team leader would have failed, my officer."

Lynn remained calm and composed, making no mention of the fact that Annie's initial target was herself.

Annie fell silent, staring intently at Lynn for a long time before gritting her teeth and saying, "You win."

"Actually, if you don't want to owe me a favor, there's an even more direct option."

Lynn suddenly lowered his voice, leaned forward slightly, and spoke with a hint of seduction.

"What choice?" Annie instinctively held her breath.

Lynn didn't speak, but pointed to his handsome face, a slight smile playing on his lips as he raised his voice: "Give me a kiss, and we'll call it even."

hum-

Upon hearing this, Annie felt a sudden dizziness, and a surge of electricity coursed through her entire body!

Her eyes widened in disbelief, her heart pounding like a drum.

She, a dignified Seattle Police Department beauty and a young lady from a prestigious family, actually went to kiss a quack doctor?

This is absolutely insane!

But for some reason, amidst this unbelievable absurdity, a strange and stimulating sense of taboo arose deep within her.

"You...you're going too far!"

Annie tried to appear calm, raising her chin: "I have a fiancé! Aren't you afraid of retaliation?"

"fiancé?"

Lynn was not afraid at all; on the contrary, her smile widened.

Deep in his eyes, an excited glint shone: "That would be even more exciting."

For a moment, their eyes met in mid-air.

The temperature inside the private room rose at a visible rate, and the atmosphere became extremely ambiguous.

Looking at Lynn's handsome face so close to hers, Annie felt the strange fragrance lingering around her nose growing stronger and stronger.

The fragrance acted like a catalyst, constantly eroding her rational defenses.

next moment!

Even Annie herself didn't know what she was thinking.

She suddenly stood up and slammed her hand on the table, her red lips lightly brushing against Lynn's cheek like a dragonfly skimming the water.

"I'm stuffed!"

After the kiss, Annie quickly turned around and rushed out of the private room as if fleeing.

Standing still, Lynn slowly reached out and touched the cheek that had just been kissed, a smile playing on her lips.

hot.

It's very soft and moist!

……

The restaurant entrance.

The cool night breeze finally made Annie more awake.

Recalling the crazy scene in the private room just now, a complex feeling welled up inside me.

Although she had no real emotional relationship with Evans and even loathed him.

But in the name of the family, Evans is indeed her fiancé.

She kisses another mysterious and dangerous man in a restaurant behind her fiancé's back...

This intense sense of immorality and taboo made her feel extremely ashamed.

But at the same time, it also stirred a strange tremor deep within her body.

Tread!

The sound of steady footsteps approached from afar.

Glancing out of the corner of her eye at Lynn following behind, Annie suppressed her inner panic and immediately turned around, feigning a cool demeanor:

"That was an accident! Anyway... we're even now!"

Lynn stopped and paused, then deliberately drew out her words with a half-smile, agreeing, "Of course..."

Hearing Lynn's compliant answer, Annie didn't feel the relief she had imagined.

On the contrary... on the contrary, a sense of loss and melancholy inexplicably welled up within me.

Just as Annie was feeling conflicted, Lynn finally uttered the second half of her sentence slowly: "...No."

"Huh?" Annie looked up suddenly, her face full of surprise.

Lynn took a step closer to Annie, her eyes fiercely aggressive: "I regret it. That kiss was too perfunctory. You still owe me a favor!"

"You...you broke your promise!"

Annie's eyes widened: "I just kissed you..."

"Otherwise what?" Lynn raised an eyebrow, exuding a roguish air. "Unlicensed doctors are still unlicensed, isn't it normal for unlicensed people to double-cross each other?"

Their gazes met intensely once more under the cover of night.

Just as Annie was about to continue her rebuttal, Lynn suddenly sighed: "How about this, since you feel you've been taken advantage of, fine... I'll give it back to you!"

"Give it back to me?"

Before Annie's clever brain could even process what was happening...

Lynn strode forward, grabbed Annie's slender waist with one hand, and used his other hand to forcefully hold the back of her head and kiss her passionately!

This time, it wasn't just a fleeting touch on the cheek.

Instead, he precisely captured those two luscious red lips!

"Well……"

Annie's pupils continued to contract!

Instinctively, she tried to struggle and refuse, pushing hard against Lynn's firm chest with both hands.

But for some reason, when she smelled the extremely strong and strange fragrance emanating from Lynn, her body, which had initially resisted, slowly softened against her will.

But then!

Annie's pupils contracted again, and her head exploded with a buzzing sound!

and many more!

What is he doing? Why is he sticking his tongue out?!

This was his first kiss!

"Mmm..."

Annie protested intermittently, as if she wanted to say something, but all her voice was swallowed up by Lynn's domineering presence.

Under the combined influence of alcohol and her body odor, Annie felt weak all over.

Finally, his hands, unable to reach Lynn's shoulders, reached up as if resigned to his fate.

Under the streetlights.

The scene of the two kissing passionately in public was witnessed by several older white men who had just finished their meal.

Seeing the ice queen-like Annie lying paralyzed on top of the men from Tokyo University, these white men who usually considered themselves elites of high society immediately blushed.

"Fuck! All the beautiful flowers have been wasted on a pig!"

"Young girls these days are blind! Their taste is terrible! What's so great about Tokyo University?"

"Damn it! The students from Tokyo University don't have any special talents!"

The group muttered curses under their breath.

Three minutes later.

Almost suffocating, Annie finally regained a sliver of reason and pushed Lynn away with all her might.

Accompanied by a soft "pop" sound and long, glistening silver threads.

Annie, her face flushed, covered her burning lips and didn't even have time to speak.

He ran to his car at the fastest speed he had ever been, pulled open the door, and jumped inside.

Buzz!

With the roar of the Mustang's engine, the vehicle sped away and disappeared into the night.

Lynn licked his lips, still somewhat unsatisfied.

It's sweet and delicious.

Make a fortune tonight!

Under the envious and insane gazes of the surrounding white men, Lynn unabashedly climbed into the dilapidated Camry that seemed completely out of place in the room.

"Boom! Clang!"

With a loud, tractor-like noise coming from the dilapidated engine, Lynn drove off in his Camry.

Seeing this, the white men around him completely broke down!

"Damn! Driving this piece of junk, how did he manage to pick up such a stunning beauty?"

"That damn gigolo! It's outrageous!"

"..."

[Hatefulness +5]

[Hatefulness +5]

[Hatefulness +5]

……

Among the long list of constantly updated emotion values, there was a subtle difference.

[Adoration +5]

……