At that moment, Nanako was at home, engrossed in embroidering beautiful flowers. Suddenly, her phone rang, and it was Charlie. With a cheerful tone, she asked, “Mr. Charlie, what are you up to right now? Are you at home?”


    “Yes! Mr. Charlie cane over anytime,” Nanako responded with delight.


    “Alright,” Charlie replied, “I’ll be there in about twenty minutes.”


    Excitedly, Nanako set her embroidery aside and said with a smile, “I’m going to get ready now. First, I’ll boil some tea, and we can enjoy it together when you arrive.”


    Charlie quickly interjected, “No need to go to any trouble; I just want to tell you something in person, and then I’ll be leaving right after.”<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    Nanako smiled and replied, “But you should still have a cup of tea while we chat!”


    Without waiting for Charlie to respond, she added, “Mr. Charlie, please drive carefully. I’lle down to the garage to meet you in fifteen minutes.”


    “I’ll just ring the doorbell when I get there, so you don’t need toe down,” Charlie said.


    “How could I do that?” Nanako responded earnestly. “Weing Mr. Charlie is no trouble for me at all. My mother always told me that one of the happiest things for a woman is to greet the man she loves when hees home…”<fn4a2b> ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? find[?]ovel</fn4a2b>


    Realizing her words might have been too forward, she quickly added, “I hope that didn’te off the wrong way, Mr. Charlie. Just think of it as my little hobby.” At this point, Charlie remained silent.


    He then said, “Come down in twenty minutes, but don’t wait too long in the basement.”


    Nanako smiled and reassured him, “You don’t need to worry about me, Mr. Charlie. Just focus on driving; I’ll be ready in no time.” After ending the call, Charlie concentrated on the road while Nanako set a timer for fifteen minutes. Before putting her phone down, she sent a voice message to Ito Yuhiko, who was out and about. “Odo-san, Mr. Charlie will be visiting soon. Please ask Odo-san and Tanaka-san to stay outside for a bit, and return after Mr. Charlie leaves…”


    Sinceing to Aurous Hill, Ito Yuhiko felt much less burdened than he did back in Japan. He often went out for exercise with Tanaka Koichi, and today they had gone to the suburbs for a round of golf, apanied by Ito Yuhiko’s younger sister, Ito Emi.


    While waiting for a response from her father, Nanako began boiling water for tea. Taking advantage of the boiling time, she changed out of her casual Japanese-style furisode yukata into a simple long jumpsuit and hurriedly freshened up in front of the mirror.


    Everything was set, and the timer rang after fifteen minutes.


    She picked up her phone, turned off the timer, and promptly made her way downstairs to the basement to wait for Charlie.


    At that moment, she checked the voice message from her father, who yfullyined, “I thought Mr. Charlie wasing to pick you up, and you wanted me to return quickly, but now it seems you don’t want me back at all! Tanaka and I were just about to y a few more holes. If you don’t want using back tonight, please let me know in advance so we can book a hotel room!”<h3 ss="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading" id="chapter-list"><strong></strong>