"Miss Lowell, it's not a good habit to turn your back on people once the task is done."
Landon Lockwood pressed his lips together, his gaze slightly lowered, and his jawline tensed.
Cora Lowell turned around, her eyebrows curved, and the corners of her lips lifted.
She gently stood on tiptoe and planted a kiss on Landon Lockwood's chin.
"How about this?"
She blinked, her voice carrying a sweet hint of coquettishness.
"Does this count as recognition?"
Landon Lockwood suppressed a smile at the corners of his mouth, his Adam's apple slightly moving as he pretended indifference and furrowed his brows.
He crossed his arms, turned his head, and said as if reluctantly, "Reluctantly... it counts."
But before he finished speaking, she moved closer again.
His originally straightened spine slowly relaxed, and his gaze gradually softened.
Yet Cora Lowell did not stop, continuing to advance with a bright smile.
