Solana's eyebrows were curved, and her usually pale face became a little rosy against the backdrop of the roses in her arms.

She seemed to have noticed the impatience in 'Niide Tomoaki's' eyes, but also seemed not to have noticed it. In any case, when she saw that 'he' did not immediately take the flowers from her hand, she tilted her head and called out innocently:

"Mr. Shinde?"

Niide Tomoaki lowered his eyes to look at the bouquet of roses she had brought before him, then raised his eyelids and glanced at Solana before him. After a long pause, he smiled and said,

"Is this for me?"

He seemed a little embarrassed, but he still took the bouquet from Solana and held it in his arms.

"Thank you so much for the trouble. The flowers are beautiful. I love them very much."

"As long as you like it."

Seeing him take her flowers, Solana's eyes lit up. In response to his words "trouble you", she arched her brows and waved her hand, saying:

"I thought Mr. Arata was going to say something like he didn't want to be in a relationship."

Unexpectedly, 'he' actually accepted her flowers.

Her eyes were shining, filled with joy.

It seemed as if the fact that 'Tomoaki Niide' accepted the flowers she gave to 'him' was enough to satisfy her.

This made 'Niide Tomoaki' sigh, and said with some helplessness on his face:

"But it's obvious that you won't listen to anything I say, isn't it?"

"Because Mr. Aramatsu's appearance happens to be my type, so of course I would want to pursue Mr. Aramatsu."

'Solana' did not hide the fact that she was just attracted by the woman's beauty.

After all, she also knew that she had only met 'Tomoaki Aride' three times in total, and even if she said that she really liked him very much, Vermouth would not believe it.

In that case, it would be better to just state the fact that she was just attracted by his beauty. This might actually alleviate Vermouth's suspicion.

And just as she thought.

After hearing her reason, Vermouth actually relaxed a little.

Of course, it’s just a few, no more.

But if she didn't completely draw her attention to 'Aniide Tomoaki' when she still liked his face, she might focus on Maori Ran. Given her shameless nature, she might even get involved in the relationship between Maori Ran and Kudo Shinichi...

Vermouth blinked, then quickly raised the corners of her lips, pretending to be shy and a little embarrassed, and said to Solana:

"Well...appearance and all that...who would judge someone based on appearance alone? Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad guy?"

"So Mr. Arata, right?"

As if she had sensed the softening in his voice, Solana's eyes gradually lit up with a smile, and her voice became even gentler.

Of course, it is impossible for 'Niide Tomoaki' to tell the truth.

He lowered his eyes and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Of course I'm not a bad person. I'm just worried that you might be cheated by others."

Upon hearing this, Solana immediately received the signal sent by Tomoaki Niide. She curled the corners of her lips, and while speaking, she took a tentative step forward, just getting close to Tomoaki Niide.

Seeing that although 'he' was startled, he did not avoid her approach, 'Solana's' face instantly broke into a smile.

"Then wouldn't it be better if Mr. Arata simply agreed to my pursuit? After all, no one else is as reliable as Mr. Arata."

This is also what Vermouth meant, otherwise she would not have performed such a drama with the face of "Tomoaki Arata".

Unfortunately, before she could nod, a surprised voice came from behind them.

"Ms. Solana?"

Solana and Tomoaki Aride were startled, and looking in the direction of the voice, they saw a man with semi-long black hair looking at them in surprise. Next to him stood a curly-haired man with a look of boredom written all over his face.

"Hmm? It's Officer Hagiwara."

Seeing that Kenji Hagiwara was looking back and forth between her and 'Tomoaki Niide', as if trying to figure out what their relationship was, 'Solana' coughed lightly, greeted him, and then turned the topic to Jinpei Matsuda who was standing next to him.

"I wonder who this person is..."

"Ah, this is also a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department."

Hagiwara Kenji looked a little surprised, especially when the two turned around to face them, his eyes were fixed on the rose in 'Niide Tomoaki's' arms for a moment.

He really didn't expect to meet 'Solana' today.

Of course, if it was just because of 'Solana', he wouldn't be so surprised.

The main reason is that in his mind, 'Solana' is basically equivalent to 'Hoshino Aoi'.

That's why he was so surprised by this suspected confession.

However, thinking that everything was just their guess and they had not received an accurate answer from Moruobushi Kagemitsu and 'Solana', Hagiwara Kenji did not show excessive closeness. He just observed the two of them involuntarily, but quickly restrained his eyes and followed her words to seriously introduce his friends around him.

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