"Ring, proposal..." Hashimoto Maya frowned. "Looks like I'll have to avoid couples at amusement parks."
As he spoke, he scooted his stool farther away from the couple at the next table.
Across from him, Mrs. Sakihara seemed to have interpreted things entirely differently. She secretly peeked over there curiously. "I never expected someone like Mr. Kurosawa to go on dates too... So this is the kind of girl he likes."
"?" Hashimoto Maya shot her a look as though she were an idiot. What are you thinking?! You're already Uzo's subordinate, yet you still have such naïve ideas?
How could Uzo possibly date a police officer, let alone propose? He must be brewing some terrifying conspiracy, Hashimoto Maya thought.
Even taking a step back, even if he really had someone he liked, there's no way he'd propose somewhere like an amusement park—and just happen to let us see it.
Whenever something involved "Uzo" and "coincidence," it meant things were definitely not that simple.
And all these details could only be understood, not explained.
Hashimoto Maya glanced at the lawyer's wife across from him, with no intention of explaining. Though he felt a little sorry for this naïve colleague, the less capable she was, the easier things would be for him—competition for the position of right-hand man had always been like this. It was a matter of life and death; there could be no yielding.
But speaking of right-hand men...
"Why did these little brats suddenly show up?" Hashimoto Maya had no choice but to become vigilant. Compared to the laid-back Mrs. Sakihara, these innocent-looking Little Devils were the truly terrifying competitors—everyone knew people were always more forgiving toward children, since they had immense room to grow... And on top of that, these children were especially active, not even inferior to