After ensuring Lucy was okay, the man seemed relieved.


    "You''re alright? That''s great. I saw you squatting in the road and thought something was wrong. I almost called an ambnce," he exined.


    Lucy could not help but feel a little exasperated. An ambnce seemed a bit excessive.


    She softly assured him, "Really, I''m fine. I''m not at the point of needing an ambnce."


    This made Augustus Scruggsugh heartily. "You''re quite the character."


    Lucy was at a loss for words. She thought, ''He thinks I''m funny? I''m just being honest.''


    "Hi, I''m Augustus Scruggs. What''s your name?" he asked.


    "Hi, I''m Lucy Quinn," she replied with a nod.


    Thinking the conversation was over, she was surprised when Augustus grinned and squatted down too. He was mirroring her earlier posture. "Why don''t I keep youpany while you wait for your friend? It''s not right to leave ady waiting alone on the street, even if this ce is safe."


    Lucy sighed and crouched down again, puzzled by his odd logic.


    "It''s okay. You don''t have to wait with me. I''ll be fine alone," she insisted.


    Augustus blinked twice, seemingly catching on to her hint. Strangely, he seemed more determined to stay.


    He gave a smile and said, "How about this? You seem interesting, and I''d like to hang out a bit longer. What do you say?"


    Lucy was speechless.


    How would one even respond to that? What was she supposed to say in such a situation? One could only guess Lucy''s thoughts.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    As Cillian reached the spot Lucy had directed him to, he was greeted by a bizarre sight.


    There was Lucy and a white-haired


    guy, squatting side by side. They


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    were both propping up their chins a simr pose. The guy had a lollipop dangling from his mouth, making him look like a quirky guy. Lucy looked lost in her thoughts, visibly unamused.


    Cillian was puzzled.


    "Who''s this? How did Lucy befriend someone so quickly?"


    Cillian had his guard up, wondering if this stranger posed any risk. Cillian pulled up in his car close to them and stepped out. Noticing Cillian, Lucy snapped out of her reverie, stood up, and walked toward him.


    The white-haired man caught on that her ride was here.


    He blinked curiously and made up his mind to introduce himself to this schrly-looking guy who had just arrived.


    ''Maybe he''s as interesting as Lucy,'' he thought.


    Without exchanging words, Lucy went over to Cillian. She opened the front passenger door and climbed in.


    Cillian stepped in front of Augustus with a guarded look in his eyes. "May I ask who you are, sir?"


    Unfazed by Cillian''s wary look,


    Augustus greeted him with a


    el


    disarming smile, "Hi there, I''m ? Augustus Scruggs. I just met Miss Quinn here. And you are?"


    There was a moment of silence from Cillian. He nced through the car window at Lucy, giving her a look that asked for an exnation. Lucy met Cillian''s gaze with a nk expression. After a moment of speechlessness, she reluctantly nodded and then shook her head.


    They had only just met, and there was no real connection. They were not friends. He was just a peculiar guy who was wasting his good looks.


    QUMS