"Babe, you don't need my permission. Do what you want. Of course Patricia can stay here awhile. But if she ran away from home, what about her family? Aren't they worried?" Kevin straightened his back and asked, feeling a bit worried. He didn't want any drama.

  "That's alright. I have already gone behind her back and told her family she would be staying with me. So they won't worry too much." Leena sported a big grin after hearing that Kevin didn't mind Patricia staying with them. She didn't have to worry anymore.

  "That's good. She can stay as long as she wants. Now you have someone to talk to when I'm at work." Kevin also stopped worrying. As a soldier, he didn't like the thought of Patricia's parents looking for their daughter and worrying about her constantly just because she ran away from home. Not only that, but she'd be staying at his house. So that was one less thing he had to worry about.

  "Yeah! As long as she doesn't bug you." Leena put her arms around Kevin from behind and gave him a back hug. She pressed her face into Kevin's back. She felt very safe and at peace with Kevin here. There was nothing better.

  "I'm good. Besides, you know I'm busy. I'm never home." Kevin wasn't even surprised at her sudden affectionate behavior this time. Maybe he was already used to her being like this. Which was good, because sometimes he wanted a little affection. So he just lifted the corners of his mouth into a soft smile. He was indeed very happy.

  "Thank you! Honey, you're the best!" Leena rarely said sweet things like this, and she wasn't used to calling Kevin 'honey.' Apparently she really cared about what Kevin thought and was very happy that he agreed.

  "Yeah? Just now you realize that I'm the best, huh?" Kevin wiped his hands on the towel and hung it back up. Then he held her cold small hands in his.

  "No! I mean, I alwa

  is Summer something? Or Winter?" Kevin said slowly. It seemed that he really cared about what happened, or he wouldn't have remembered the man's name. But why was he grilling her? Her face reddened.

  "Oh! You mean him! That was an accident! Really! Sorry, I'm not feeling well. I must have eaten too much." Patricia rushed out of the room after she finally got the words out. She didn't want to admit that she had intentionally set Leena up with another guy, or she would basically be admitting that she tried to break up a military marriage. She was pretty sure Kevin knew that she didn't know Leena was already married. But she didn't want to continue his line of questioning. After all, she just threatened Kevin, and she wasn't sure if he would easily let this go. This was his way of telling her that in a contest with him, she'd lose every time. So she was smart enough to pretend she didn't know what he was talking about and get the heck out.

  Kevin shook his head helplessly at Patricia's back. He couldn't help but smile at her behavior. He thought that she was tough and arrogant. All those big words talking about making him pay. But he shooed her off pretty quickly. Just a few words were enough to make her leave him alone.