However, after Monet led Shinobu away, Sugar, who had been laughing and joking just moments ago, suddenly seemed like a different person as she stared at Moke with an indescribably complicated expression.
She walked straight toward Moke with light yet resolute steps, each one seeming to land on the tip of his heart.
As the distance between them steadily closed, Moke could not help muttering to himself, What the hell is she trying to do?
At last, Sugar reached Moke and continued moving closer without the slightest hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them were pressed tightly together, close enough to hear each other breathe.
That intimate contact seemed to make the air around them grow heavy, filling the surroundings with a thickly suggestive atmosphere.
Ordinarily, when a man and a woman remained this close, even if they were complete strangers, they would naturally be drawn into a subtle and enticing mood.
There was no doubt that this was exactly what was happening now.
"W-what are you doing?" Faced with this sudden situation, Moke was completely flustered. At a loss for what to do, he could only stammer out the question.
After all, no one could predict what would happen next, yet simply being this close to Sugar filled him with an unprecedented mix of impulse and nervousness.
Especially when that fresh, faint fragrance unique to a young woman drifted into his nose, making his heart race and his blood surge.
Yet Sugar paid no attention to Moke's reaction. Instead, she leaned her sweet, lovely face toward his ear, parted her red lips, and whispered softly, "Captain, the way you looked at my sister just now was so passionate~ Don't tell me you're having improper thoughts about her?"
Moke's lips curled slightly as he looked at