Try Begging

chapter 44

“…What?”

“You.”

Leon, who was about to say that spying was bad for him, was speechless.

“You look really pretty.”

The girl covered her blushing cheeks with her hands, and she smiled bashfully.

It was the first time he had been told he was pretty, but he had been tired of hearing that he was good-looking. Even his mother, who didn’t like him, said that she liked him for his good looks.

“To a man, you don’t say ‘pretty,’ but ‘handsome’.”

“Wow… you look pretty when you’re angry.”

She was a really weird kid. Looking at the twinkling turquoise eyes, it was strangely warm, even in the shade of a tree.

“Well, you see.”

The girl clasped her hands behind her back and twisted her body as if there was something she wanted to ask of him.

“What?”

“Can I touch your hair just once?”

Leon was speechless once again by the unexpected request.

‘Why are you doing this to someone you’re seeing for the first time?’

Leon’s face didn’t look very good, and the girl panicked, giving reasons for the strange request.

“Sorry. Still, it was so pretty that I wanted to touch it! I think it will be soft and fluffy.”

“I am not a dog.”

“It’s not like that…”

“I’ve never seen a girl like you.”

The girl pouted her lips. Her big eyes started to get wet. Leon got nervous because he thought she was going to cry soon.

“No, I don’t mean that…”

I don’t mean that in a bad way.

He was just amazed to see a child who spoke straightforwardly after seeing girls who always covered up their inner feelings. To be honest, it was fun. It made him wonder what kind of strange words would come out next.

“Here.”

Leon bowed his head. Still taller than her, the girl tiptoed, and he bent his knees.

The girl’s hand touched his hair, smooth with pomade. He laughed at the thought that anyone would be astonished to see Major Winston’s son being petted like a dog by a commoner girl. However, when the girl smiled broadly like an excited puppy, the crooked corners of his mouth straightened.

“Wow, it’s soft. I thought it would be cold because it was a cold color, but it’s hot.”

“Because it’s summer.”

She was a really stupid kid.

“I think it will feel like this when you touch the sun.”

When the girl withdrew her hand, he straightened his bent body.

“Thank you.”

“I hope all your doubts are cleared.”

The girl nodded her head.

“I’m jealous. I want to be blonde too. My whole family is blonde, but I am the only one with brown hair.”

The child was talking about things he didn’t ask.

Usually, Leon would use a reasonable excuse to avoid the place when girls were telling their stories that he didn’t care about. He left the place with an excuse for his upcoming riding class, but oddly enough, his foot didn’t step away from the place.