Milk, Huh?

So Lin Mo and Joanna felt no guilt whatsoever. It wasn't as if they were back home.

Maeve watched the two of them turn to leave without a second thought and couldn't help asking.

"What about me?"

Lin Mo stopped and looked back at her.

"You're staying."

"..."

Maeve fell silent. Of course she knew she was staying. The question was, weren't those two leaving a little too casually?

She had to handle the aftermath while those two went on a date.

How was that fair?

Maeve looked down at little Marie in her arms, then up at the pair already on their way out.

Suddenly, she felt like a babysitter they'd hired at the last minute.

Unfortunately, she didn't get a chance to protest.

Joanna had already pulled Lin Mo away. Before leaving, she even turned back and waved at Maeve.

No matter how Maeve looked at it, that smile was delighted.

Forget it.

She'd put up with it.

They were teammates now, and someone on the team had to do the work. At least, that was what she told herself. She looked down at little Marie again.

With a sigh, she said, "Looks like it's just the two of us now."

Unfortunately, little Marie could only stare up at Maeve with wide eyes. She couldn't talk yet.

After they left the underground research base and passed through the hospital, even the air outside felt better.

The moment Joanna stepped out, she visibly relaxed.

Those laboratories, the cultivation tanks, and Thomas looking half-dead...

She hadn't liked any of it. Now she felt as though she could finally do something normal.

Of course she was happy.

"Lin Mo."

"Where are we eating?"

"What do you want?"

"Anything."

Joanna answered at once. It was just her and Lin Mo now.