Takumi worried when he learned that Ryoma's target was Alice.
Although he was unaware of the previous entanglement between Alice and Ryoma, Ryoma was related to "Weekly Boutique" sales. To alleviate Takumi's pressure, Alice might take the initiative to seek out Ryoma.
"What's their relationship?"
Takumi asked, a little worried. He considered whether he should handle the matter. Judging by what Ryoma said in the interview, it was clear that Alice didn't want to see him.
In that case, Takumi couldn't let Alice get into trouble because of him. He didn't want to hurt her or have her get into trouble indirectly.
So he called Alice.
"I saw that interview." On the phone, Takumi asked bluntly: "You don't want to go?"
Alice was surprised to receive the call. She had been paying attention to Ryoma's movements and saw the interview.
"I want to go." She replied: "If Ryoma comes to see me, the problem will be much simpler. If I go and reject him, it can be resolved."
Her tone was very relaxed, which made Takumi a little strange.
"Didn't you say it was dangerous?"
he asked. Why would Alice meet someone dangerous?
"This..." Alice was speechless, but soon smiled and said: "I know him, there shouldn't be a problem. Well, Takumi, don't worry about this. I'll go see him today after work."
She hung up the phone. Takumi was more and more worried at home. He feared that Alice would show off, so he took a break in the afternoon. He rushed to the company before work.
When he entered the office, Alice was gathering documents and preparing to leave. She saw Takumi stunned for a moment: "What are you doing here?"
"I'm worried." Takumi sat down, frowned, and said: "If you want to see Ryoma, you first have to tell me about yourself, him, and your husband."
Without enough information, Takumi couldn't be sure of Alice's actions. In fact, he also wanted to take this opportunity to have a frank chat with her and understand her life. They had been together for a long time, but Takumi knew her professionally, and everything else about her was a mystery.
He's not one to investigate thoroughly. He had never asked about Alice's privacy, but recently he discovered that her life was affecting his work, and this situation could not continue to deteriorate.
"Alice, stable work requires a stable family environment." Takumi raised his eyebrows and said: "I don't want you to use work as a way to escape. If you have any problems... you can tell me. I can help you."
Takumi felt that, as long as Alice had problems, with his current ability, he could still help her to some extent.
"..." However, Alice did not accept this kindness. She looked at Takumi and said faintly: "Is my life affecting you?"
"No, I don't mean that."
"In that case. Don't ask... That way I won't go see Ryoma." Alice immediately smiled: "Takumi, how about you come shopping with me tonight? If you want to help me, this is enough for me."
"You're not going to see Ryoma?"
Takumi hadn't expected Alice to give in so easily. He was happy: "No problem! I'll call Aika-san right away!"
He took out his phone, but Alice stopped him: "Don't bother Aika-san. Takumi, just accompany me."
"...Okay." Takumi nodded. It seemed to be the first time he was going out with Alice, but he was already used to it with Shiori.
After work, Alice left in her Porsche.
"First, let's eat." She was a little happy: "Then go buy clothes. I haven't bought clothes in a long time."
"Okay."
Takumi got in the car, and Alice took him to dinner at an unknown restaurant.
After dinner, the two strolled and shopped everywhere. What bothered Takumi was that Alice wasn't very interested in her own clothes, and in fact, she helped him choose most of the time.
"I prefer to put together outfits for others."
"Come on, try this on, you'll definitely look gorgeous at the celebration!"
Alice advised him. Takumi wasn't interested in clothes, but seeing Alice's excited expression, he had to learn to play along with her like a puppet.
Takumi discovered that shopping was a good way for women to let off steam, and Alice's performance was obviously much more cheerful than in the afternoon. And when Miyuki took him shopping for the first time in his previous life, the woman also accompanied him with a smile.
Perhaps choosing clothes for others is also a female pastime.
"Shiori doesn't seem to have that tendency...".
With scattered thoughts in his head, Takumi persisted in the boring fitting process for several hours. At eleven o'clock at night, Alice stopped, satisfied.
"Ah, satisfied, satisfied... I wanted to take you to the movies, but it's too late." In the parking lot, Alice put the bags of clothes, large and small, into the car and then smiled: "Thanks for accompanying me tonight, let's go home."
Takumi had been a little sleepy for a while, and of course he didn't refuse.
Alice drove him back. Takumi looked at the flashing lights outside the car, gradually narrowed his eyes, and fell asleep, until a jolt woke him up.
"What's wrong?"
Takumi asked nervously.
"There was a traffic accident ahead, traffic control."
Alice frowned slightly, pulled the handbrake; in the middle of the night, there was a traffic jam.
"Wait a moment, I'm going to take a look,"
she told Takumi, and then got out of the car with many drivers.
After walking for a while, it turned out that there was a chain accident at the intersection. Alice observed the situation and thought it was nothing serious, so she walked back. Upon returning, Takumi had fallen asleep against the window.
"..."
Alice was outside the car. She observed Takumi's face, which was a little blurry from the inside. Her expression changed several times. Suddenly, she turned around and bought two bottles of soda from the street vending machine. She took out two pills and put them into one of the bottles.
"I'm sorry, Takumi..."
With the two bottles in her hand, Alice returned to the car. She shook Takumi and handed him the drink.
"Thank you."
Takumi drank it without defending himself.
Twenty minutes later, the road returned to normal, but Takumi remained asleep. Alice shook him, but there was no response.
Her eyes lit up, and she was looking forward to driving to the door of a hotel and picking Takumi up.
"Ding..."
A ringtone sounded. It was Takumi's phone. Alice was stunned. She turned on the phone and saw Shiori's message.
"Takumi, good night."
Alice was a little shocked, but she gritted her teeth, replied to a text message, and pulled Takumi out of the car.
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