"So?" In truth, Yukino Yukinoshita's words did not surprise Masuzu Natsukawa all that much. After all, the other girl was much like her—a beauty beyond dispute. It was just that...
"But we ignored those rumors..."
"Ignored them? Hehe..." Masuzu Natsukawa laughed at that. "Actually, what you did was pretty much the same as what I had planned."
"What we did?" The second young lady froze.
"Playing dumb?" As she spoke, Masuzu Natsukawa pointed at Sogo Doma. "Didn't you push this guy out as a shield...?"
Masuzu Natsukawa had listened to the girls' entire discussion. These people had merely come up with that move before she had. Otherwise, she would not have so calmly suggested having someone pretend to be her boyfriend—after all, there was already precedent...
"Sorry..." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned again. "I don't know how you came to that conclusion, but we really haven't treated Doma as some kind of shield..."
"Don't want to admit it?" Masuzu Natsukawa said disdainfully. "When everyone in class thinks so..."
"So what?" Yukino Yukinoshita once more wore that placid, unreadable expression. "Are you simply parroting what everyone else says, Natsukawa?"
Masuzu Natsukawa: "..."
These people really were stubborn.
Sogo Doma: "..."
Heh, heh... The conversation had come full circle again! Well, it could not be helped. In everyone else's eyes, he was a first-rate romance master, a seasoned playboy. Especially with Takuya Fujigami and his little fanboys spreading the word, his reputation as a relationship consultant who never missed was quite something. On top of that, Yukinoshita and the others were all close to him—
Even Yukinoshita, as cold and aloof as an iceberg, had failed to escape his clutches. That meant innocent Mashiro must have long since been tricked into becoming his girlfriend. As for Ako Tamaki, there was even less need to