"Excuse me, young lady?"
All of a sudden with the unusual call from behind, Sophie flinched hard as she was walking towards her home holding a frown expression. Though she tried hard to portray herself blissful and carefree in front of Claire, her insides were churned down in worries and concerns with the persistent failures blocking her way ahead.
But the unfamiliar voice behind startled her quite hard.
Quickly she glanced back and noticed, a tall, handsome, well-suited groomed gentleman in his late 30's was standing with a warm smile on his face. His eyes seemed a deep brown and dubious as he was staring back at her intensively.
"Ye-Yes? Did you summon me?"
"Yes, I did." Slightly his curious eyes rolled over on her surprised face and along with a small leer, he further interpreted.
