"So..." Ginny folded her arms, her fingertips digging deep into them. "What exactly are you here for?"
Realizing resistance was futile, Ginny dragged Kuma over and sat down heavily on a wooden chair.
Her almond-shaped eyes locked onto Gern, as though she meant to burn two holes through him.
"Didn't I already tell you?" Gern lounged in a chair by the window, sunlight casting shadows across his sharply defined profile.
"I'm here to experience getting medical treatment." As he spoke, his gaze drifted almost imperceptibly toward Kuma.
"Ginny." Kuma gently pressed a hand against the girl's tense shoulder. "Mr. Gern really did come here for treatment at first.
I was just about to repel his pain..."
"Kuma, honey!" Ginny spun around, so furious even the tips of her hair trembled.
"This guy..." She suddenly rushed up to Gern, her slender finger nearly poking the tip of his nose.
"No! This man is a Marine! A Marine! Kuma, honey, he admitted it himself just now!"
Watching Ginny get so worked up, Kuma scratched the back of his head and gave his trademark guileless smile.
"I know. Didn't you just say he admitted it himself?"
"Then, Kuma, honey, why..."
"Mr. Gern has no intention of arresting us." Kuma's gaze met Gern's, his voice remarkably steady.
"Besides, his eyes are peaceful."
"Peaceful?!" Ginny whipped her head around and scrutinized Gern's eyes suspiciously.
Peaceful? What a joke! She couldn't see a trace of peace in them.
But his determination to get his hands on her future man was practically overflowing!
Don't ask why. Her powerful female intuition was setting off alarms in her head like mad.
"Hey! Marine!" Ginny darted back to Kuma's side and clung tightly to his arm like a cat guarding its food. "What exactly are you scheming?"
"You don't have