CH.38 - Almost Ruined Night

INSIDE JUDIEL’S CAR (Heiji’s POV)

I’M NOT SURE if Ms. Leni was playing games with me but my sly, old teacher appears to be having fun torturing us. She had me, Rebecca and Ibarra sit in the back while she was sitting alone comfortably in front of us. We were in total silence ever since we sat there. I mean, how could we act like nothing’s wrong when obviously there is?

I felt Rebecca awkwardly moved. Her arms must be sore now since it was cramped there. I automatically lifted my right arm to give her more space and rested my arm on the backrest. She looked at me confused.

“Thought you might need more space.” I softly spoke so no one would notice but Ibarra suddenly joined the group.

“It would have been better if I used my car to go to the restaurant with---”

“With just yourself.” I immediately cut him off knowing where it will go.

Rebecca unintentionally chuckled but quickly stopped herself. That called the attention of the others who started listening to us.

“It would have been