"Nice to meet you, Vera, Rachel," Claude immediately extended his hand. "You don't mind if I call you by your first names, do you?"
"Of course not, I'm glad to meet you, Claude."
"Me too."
Though they responded in this manner and maintained smiles while shaking his hand, a simultaneous and noticeable expression of reluctance passed across both their faces. This gave Claude a moment of surprise, but after catching Adrian's smirk, he realized the jest and couldn't help wanting to shake his head. Why bother teasing them like this?
