Desire Me If You Can [Novel] - Chapter 53

Naturally, Naomi linked arms. Wilkins, who had been watching them, hurriedly stepped forward.
“There’s a break room over there. Let’s have some coffee and chat.”
When he extended his arm and politely pointed in one direction, Naomi made a happy expression.
“Oh, how kind of you. Thank you.”
Naomi made a gesture of putting her hand to her lips, then took it away, and blew a kiss toward Wilkins. Everyone who was watching her lovely appearance felt their hearts melt and collapsed on the spot with a sigh. Leaving them behind, Naomi walked lightly to the break room with Grayson’s arm around her. The men who had been staring blankly at their backs finally opened their mouths when they disappeared into the greeting.
“That kid really is a celebrity.”
“He was so crazy that I thought he was just a crazy guy, but Miller was Miller anyway.”
“I envy you for knowing Naomi Parker.”
“Should we try to get closer now?”
“Arthur, how are we going to please that crazy kid? That’s not what friends are for.”
It was a cliche, but it didn’t really resonate. They sighed deeply and trudged back to the gym. Their faces were blank, as if they had just woken up from a vain dream.
“Oh, it’s hot. The air conditioning here is too weak. It’s already hot, but isn’t it going to get even hotter?”
Naomi, sitting across from him in the cafeteria, smiled lecherously, waving one hand next to her face as if fanning herself. No one would have missed the hidden meaning behind her words. It was a natural sex appeal since they had come to the home of the firefighters, who are the symbol of sexiness. The only thing that was off-putting was that the other person was Grayson.
“How did you come to such a shabby place, princess?”
As Grayson took a sip of his iced coffee and put it down, Naomi glared at him with narrow eyes.
“Anyway, you’re really good at talking nonsense.”
“I always tell the truth, I do.”
Grayson took Naomi’s hand on the table and kissed the back of it while smiling. Naomi smiled affectionately and naturally pulled her hand away.
“I came to see you because I was wondering how you were doing. Is your job as a firefighter okay?”
She tilted her head to the angle she was most confident in, leaned her elbow on the table, and rested her chin on one hand.
“I was surprised to learn that you became a firefighter. You’ve never done anything like this before, right?” She blinked with a look of genuine surprise and a look of pity, but Naomi Parker was an actress. And she had won an Academy Award for Best Actress. And Grayson knew very well that the expressions he ‘reads’ could sometimes be completely different depending on the other person. That’s why her cute charms didn’t work on Grayson easily. She was just pretending to get through.
“Life is long, Naomi. Everyone needs to try new things.”
“That’s a good mindset.”
Naomi naturally pushed her hair back over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes at Grayson who was casually talking.
“Unless you came here to find your destiny.”
Grayson paused, and Naomi smiled after checking his reaction. Grayson shook his head in disbelief after seeing his face.
“Wow, rumors travel fast.”
It was something he had said at the party the day before, but it reached Naomi’s ears in half a day and he came to visit her like this. It was literally the speed of light. Seeing Grayson’s reaction, Naomi smiled strangely and asked. “Do you know how I knew you were a firefighter?”
“I heard it from someone.”
“Wrong!”
In contrast to Grayson’s cynical response, Naomi responded cheerfully.
“Your video was on the internet. Someone contacted me after seeing it and being shocked? Well, Grayson Miller standing at a fire scene in a fire suit, you wouldn’t have believed your eyes.”
This was something she hadn’t known. Grayson was a little surprised, but that was all. These days, anyone can easily make a video of something trivial, so it would be natural to upload a fire scene. And since it was a rare trait, it was very common for people to take pictures and become the subject of attention. Fire and hyperalpha, there couldn’t be a more interesting subject.
But even so, the question remained.
“How did you know I was here?”
Naomi answered the innocent question as if she had been waiting for it.
“My secretary found out. It didn’t even take half a day.”
And she added proudly.
“My secretary is competent.”
“Ha, okay.”
As Grayson sighed as if it was over, Naomi looked at him with narrowed eyes.
“All I know is that you joined the fire department. After that, I guessed.”
She added as she brought her iced coffee to her mouth as if she knew it.
“You wouldn’t volunteer for such a difficult job unless it was ‘fate’. You’re not the type to seek honor.”
A man as selfish as you.
She swallowed her next words along with her cold drink and smiled.
“So, did you find it? How’s it?”
Grayson leaned back as he saw Naomi actively asking while leaning forward.
“Since when have you been so interested in my destined partner?”
As expected, he immediately became suspicious. At times like this, Naomi had a versatile card she could use, and she used it appropriately.
“We’re friends, Grayson. Of course I’m curious.”
She added with a deliberately wistful expression.
“I hope you find that person soon.”
“Thank you, for thinking of me like that.”
Grayson gave a routine greeting, but Naomi knew that he wasn’t sincere either. Did he come too early? Did he not find him yet? Or…….
As she felt anxious, Grayson suddenly frowned and looked in one direction. Naomi turned her head in surprise at the unexpected reaction, but as expected, she stopped moving.
A tall, handsome man stood there.
“Oh my, my…….
Naomi was amazed without realizing it. As he greeted the visitor, he looked down at the much smaller man and talked to him, leaving Naomi momentarily lost in thought. As an actor, I’ve met many handsome men, including Grayson, but there was something special about that red-blond handsome man. Just standing there, he had a charisma that caught my attention, his expression that seemed indifferent, and even his fingers that ran through his hair randomly were so charming that it made me sigh.
“Who is that man? He’s on the same team as you?”
Naomi, who had been looking back at Grayson with curiosity, stopped. Grayson was still looking at the man. Naomi, who had been sneaking glances, reached out across the table and waved her hand in front of Grayson’s
eyes.
“Grayson, Grayson?”
“What?”
Grayson, who moved his head out of her reach, still kept his gaze fixed on the man and asked dryly. Naomi glanced at the red-haired handsome man and then looked back at Grayson. Her eyes had a strange light.
“Who is that man? He’s such a handsome man. “There was a firefighter like that?” Grayson’s gaze turned to Naomi only then. Even so, it was only the pupils of her eyes that moved.
Naomi’s history of man-hunting was already famous. Besides, there was no man Naomi couldn’t get her hands on. She had slept with Grayson, but they were friends now. Of course, that was only on the surface. Grayson probably had no idea that Naomi was gnashing her teeth at him like the countless other people he had met and broken up with before.
She probably didn’t care.
Naomi looked at him with a mischievous smile.
“Should I try seducing you?”
Grayson stared at her expressionlessly at her question with a well-founded confidence. As the time passed without even blinking, Naomi’s face, which had been smiling brightly, slowly disappeared.
“I was just saying that.”
When she smiled as if it was a joke and tried to brush it off, Grayson finally looked away and looked outside again. Naomi glanced at his serious-looking side profile and thought to herself. What is that? That reaction. Could
it be…….
“Is that the one you found?”
TL Note:
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