Caleb’s POV:
“Great! I’ll be the referee,” the purple-haired she-wolf announced. She seemed to be worried that Harlan would go back on his word.
Harlan frowned with displeasure. “Who said you could be the referee?” “What’s wrong?” His words seemed to piss off the she-wolf. “I’m a law enforcer. It only makes sense to make me the referee!”
Just now, I felt that this she-wolf Looked a little familiar, and I now realized that she was the police officer named Zoe.
“Okay, you can be the referee,” I said, pointing at Zoe.
“At least someone here knows what I‘m worth,” Zoe grumbled, shooting Harlan a murderous glare. “Harlan, I doubt you’ll win.”
Harlan Laughed angrily. “Just you wait.”
A slight smile tugged at the corners of Zoe’s mouth. She tucked a stray strand of purple hair behind her ear and said, “Oh? Is that so? Okay, I’LL wait and see. I just hope that you won’t lose too terribly.” Harlan rolled his eyes at her in exasperation
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Seeing this exchange, I felt that the two looked like a couple who liked to quarrel with each other.
In fact, Harlan and Zoe seemed to be a better match for each other than he and Debra.
“Enough with the bullshit. Let’s begin!”
Zoe raised her glass, announcing the start of the competition.
Harlan and I picked up our darts. Before we started, Harlan suddenly asked, “Caleb, what was your relationship with Debra before?”
I knew that Harlan was only trying to distract me, but my hand remained very stable. I threw the dart and hit the bull’s eye.
“Our relationship was very special,” I answered him vaguely. Before he threw his dart, I asked, “What about you? What’s your relationship with Debra? Are you and Debra just pretending to be a couple as a cover for whatever you’re doing in Roz Town?”
Harlan was stunned. A trace of panic flashed across his eyes.
This, coupled with Zoe’s booing, caused his first dart to miss its target.
“Harlan, we agreed that the Loser has to promise the winner one thing, no matter what.” I approached Harlan and added in his ear, “If you lose, you have to answer my question. That’s what I want from you.”
Harlan’s expression hardened.
He seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he stayed silent. Over the next few rounds, he became much more cautious.
I thought I would win for sure, but it turned out that I had underestimated Harlan. He hit the bull’s eye several times. Even Zoe, who seemed hell-bent on destroying Harlan, couldn’t help but mutter in surprise, “This idiot’s good.”
It didn’t take Long before Harlan’s score caught up to mine. I knew I couldn’t risk being careless. I concentrated on throwing the darts, drowning out any distractions.
