Scarlet suddenly woke up in the middle of the night.

The room was silent.

For a moment she simply stared at the ceiling.

Then—

A fresh memory flashed through her mind.

Her eyes widened.

Her hand slowly moved to her lips.

They still stung.

"Agh!"

She sat up abruptly.

"That damn bastard… he bit so hard!"

Her face slowly turned red as the memory replayed again.

The wall.

His voice near her ear.

The kiss.

Scarlet buried her face in her hands.

"Ahhhh…!"

Then curiosity slowly replaced her embarrassment.

She started wondering.

What did he look like?

He was tall.

Much taller than her.

Her brain began creating an imaginary image.

If he's handsome then…

Her face turned even redder as her imagination went wild.

Then suddenly—

Another face appeared in her mind.

Ciel Volkiere.

Scarlet immediately jolted upright.

She shook her head violently.

"No, no, no!"

"I cannot think about him!"

"Never!"

She crossed her arms stubbornly.

But after a moment she muttered quietly,

"…But he does look more handsome now."

She remembered him in his school uniform earlier.

Then another memory surfaced—

From her previous life.

The mature version of Ciel.

Scarlet sighed dramatically.

"That man was too handsome to handle."

"If only that bastard had a better personality… I might have dug out those old crush feelings from my younger self."

She flopped back onto the bed.

Then her expression slowly turned confused.

"Why do I only remember small pieces of my past life…?"

She pressed her fingers against her temple.

"Ugh… my head hurts."

Is this because I tried to remember my past life?

Did Samael do something?

Another memory surfaced.

His voice.

"You can only take revenge after you turn twenty-one."

Scarlet frowned.

"Huh? Revenge?"

"Revenge for what?"

"Against who?"

The moment she tried to think deeper—

A sharp headache struck.

"Ahh!"

She grabbed her head.

"This is all that idiot Ciel's fault!"

Her voice sounded close to tears.

"My head hurts…"

She rolled around dramatically under the blanket.

Morning

RING!

Her phone rang loudly.

A hand slowly came out from the blanket and blindly searched for the phone.

Click.

The call was cut.

A few seconds later—

RING!

The phone rang again.

Scarlet groaned and finally answered.

"Hello—"

A loud shout exploded through the phone.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, BRAT?!"

"You're already ten minutes late!"

Scarlet jumped out of bed instantly.

"Ohhhhh nooooo!"

Her loud scream almost destroyed Lorenzo's ears.

"So you were sleeping at this time?" Lorenzo said coldly.

Scarlet spoke rapidly.

"Grandpa! Give me one hour, I'll come immediately!"

"Half an hour," Lorenzo replied.

Scarlet didn't hesitate.

"Got it!"

She immediately hung up before he could add more conditions.

Then she quickly called someone else.

"David!"

"Why didn't you wake me up?! Now I'm doomed!"

David sounded confused on the phone.

"Miss, I told you yesterday. I'm out of town."

Scarlet froze.

Then she remembered.

Her lazy self from yesterday saying casually—

It's okay, I can manage.

She slowly lowered the phone.

"…Ah."

She hung up.

Then panic returned.

"How am I supposed to reach there now?!"

Just then—

Honk!

A car horn sounded outside.

Scarlet rushed to the window.

A black car was parked directly below.

Her eyes sparkled.

"So Grandpa sent a car for me!"

"Thank you!"

She hurriedly got ready and ran downstairs.

Outside the House

Scarlet walked to the car and knocked lightly on the door.

The front passenger door opened instead of the back.

She frowned in confusion.

Then she looked inside.

And froze.

"You!"

"Why are you here?!"

Inside the driver's seat—

Ciel Volkiere looked at her with a smug expression.

"What do you think?" he said casually.

"I'm here to pick you up."

Scarlet immediately stepped back.

"No."

"I won't go."

Her brain instantly remembered last night's embarrassing thoughts.

I cannot face him!

Ciel watched her reaction with amusement.

He leaned slightly closer and teased,

"Why is your face so red?"

"Do you have a fever?"

Scarlet immediately jumped into the seat.

"Who's red?!"

"Just drive the car!"

"I'm already late!"

Ciel chuckled softly and started the engine.

But the amused look in his eyes didn't disappear.