Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly)
Chapter 1586

When Bruno came over to speak to her, Mashauva was not as enthusiastic as before.

At first, he thought she was just in a bad mood. But then, he found out later he was the only one receiving such treatment, so he thought it was peculiar.

Then, he started observing her and even suggested taking her to ski sometime that week.

Hearing that, Mashauva was happy, but just when she was just about to agree to the idea, something came to mind, and she shook her head instead. She said, "I don't want to."

"Why not?" Bruno stared at her, trying to figure out what she was thinking. "I thought you always liked going."

Mashauva bit her lip and buried her head in between her knees. "I don't really want to go this year."

"Why not?" Bruno asked again, not intending to let her off that easily.

She felt a little helpless against his persistence and mumbled, "I just don't want to. Stop asking me, Bruno."

Bruno sighed. "Did something happen recently?"

He was concerned. He had been worried that someone would say similar things to Mashauva after hearing the absurd words from Freddy.

He didn't mind, but he didn't want Mashauva to know about it.

Fortunately, Mashauva had always been innocent and naive. However, she hadn't come over since Christmas break started. Even when she did, she didn't want to have much to do with him.

He could sense that Mashauva was deliberately keeping her distance from him. So Bruno began to suspect that someone had spouted nonsense to her.

"No, not at all," Mashauva denied. Just as she got up to leave, Bruno grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward him. With that, she fell into Bruno's embrace, enveloped in his scent. It was familiar, yet strange.

Although they barely had physical boundaries between them, and she had long been familiar with his scent, but now, it was a strange sensation; her heart was even pounding at that. She wanted to escape.

"Bruno, let go of me." Mashauva blushed, trying to break free.

Oblivious to Mashauva's strange reaction, Bruno loosened his grip and got her to sit on the sofa. "Then tell me what in the world happened. Did someone say something to you?"

His only concern at the moment was whether someone had spouted nonsense to her. "Could it be that blabbermouth Freddy had gone to her during the break?"

As the thought crossed his mind, he added, "Did Freddy visit you this break?"

"What does this have to do with Freddy?" Puzzled, Mashauva looked at her wrist. Her skin was pale and soft, so even if Bruno hadn't used much strength, a rosy mark appeared where he gripped earlier. "Nothing." Bruno said calmly, "I was just wondering."

"Oh, okay."

Mashauva fell into silence once more. Feeling somewhat frustrated, he narrowed his eyes and stared at the back of her head, deciding to be blunt. "You seem to be deliberately distancing yourself from me recently."

Mashauva hadn't expected him to be so straightforward. She raised her head quickly and answered, "No, why would I do that? You're imagining things, Bruno!"

"Am I?" Bruno started to doubt if he had really been overthinking.

Maybe. Ever since Freddy had said those bulls to him, he was easily flustered about all that had to do with Mashauva.

If it weren't for Freddy's words, he probably wouldn't think she was deliberately distancing herself from him.

"Yes, Bruno. Besides, you told me before that there should be a boundary between a man and a woman. Besides, I've grown up."

Bruno was stunned for a moment before he laughed.

"Yeah, you're all grown up now, no longer the little girl you used to be."

She was already a freshman, after all, and would be a sophomore after the upcoming semester. She had grown up before he knew it and had understood the unspoken

boundaries between men andeling

women. So it shouldn't be surprising if she did not want to have too much inappropriate interaction with him as her brother.

With that thought in mind, Bruno thought her actions were justifiable.

"Alright, it's all in my head then. Do you still want to go skiing?" "No, I don't."

"Okay."

Mashauva tumed dejected after he left. To be frank, she really wanted to go skiing with him. However, she thought that he wouldn't be able to treat her like he does now if he found himself a girlfriend in the future.

Mashauva could only reluctantly reject him with the thought of distancing herself from him earlier than to make things worse in the future.

After what Mashauva had said, Bruno maintained a distance from her, respectful towards her wishes.

As a result, their interaction became lesser.

Mashauva would try to avoid any activities where Bruno was involved. When the new year was approaching, Minerva noticed something was amiss and decided to talk to Mashauva about it.

"Mashauva, I was just wondering, have you had a fall out with Bruno recently?"

Surprised that Madam Minerva took notice, Mashauva was flustered for a moment and struggled to speak coherently. "Madam Minerva, I didn't mean to do it. I just..."

"Relax." Minerva grabbed her hand. "Take your time. I won't blame you no matter what happened." "Did Bruno bully you?"

"No." Mashauva shook her head.

"Then why won't you hang out with Bruno anymore? Or perhaps he doesn't want to hang out with you? Let me scold him."

"No, Madam Minerva, don't do that. It has nothing to do with him."

"Then what exactly happened? Are you not willing to tell me?"

Mashauva thought for a moment and decided not to cause trouble to Bruno. If she kept quiet, Madam Minerva would definitely blame him.

Mashauva leaned on Minerva, raised her head, and mumbled, "My mom said that Bruno will have a girlfriend in the future, but he treats me so well, so..."

Hearing that, Minerva immediately understood the situation. "So you want to keep a distance from him?"

In actuality, Minerva never wanted to

restrict the children of their

relationship: Although Maddox had the intention to pair Bruno with.

Mashauva when he first brought her here they were too little them anything was possible.

Even though they had gotten close over the years, Minerva thought it was up to them to decide how their relationship would develop. Hence, she had never intervened. However, now that Mashauva brought this up, Minerva wondered if she should give her a little push.