The thunderstorm stopped over time and the clouds dissipated and the moonlight lit up the city sky again.
Time moved slowly around them except for Charlotte's still unstable heartbeat.
In fact, Charlotte did not dare to forget what had happened hours ago, and she did not dare raise her head and look at Leonid, who might be sleeping comfortably unlike her.
After much thought and self-flagellation, Charlotte finally decided to slowly raise her head and glance at Leonid.
She raised her head slightly, then Charlotte turned her black eyes and settled on Leonid's form, which was shining with the reflection of the moon.
Everything was so peaceful and beautiful around him, that Charlotte quite believed that Leonid was already asleep, which put her in an upset mood.
Her plump lips twitched in a frown and she didn't like how cold Leonid was to what had happened between them a while ago.
Her cheeks puffed up without her realizing it and she immediately closed her eyes and leaned her head on the back of the couch.
Charlotte did her best to sleep despite the amount of emotions bubbling up inside her, admiration and resentment, how easily she had made herself upset by a man like Leonid.
She breathed a deep sigh, and comforted herself until she finally fell asleep without realizing it.
After a few moments of silence, Leonid opened his eyes and turned to Dmitri.
"How long will you keep pretending to be asleep?"
"Who said I was pretending? Stop doing me injustice too."
"You're annoying."
"Yes, I know. We're both annoying, but you're in love."
Dmitri mumbled under his breath as he took a more comfortable position on the couch.
He felt his bones stiffen to keep him steady at all times. In addition, Leonid's eyes bore into his head, yet he ignored it.
"I'm not in love. Are you so blind as to think that?"
"Unlucky for you, I'm still wearing my glasses. I bet I could see better than you on this dark, bright night."
"Seriously, you bet you're better than me? I see you like to embrace the darkness and feel narrow-minded, don't you~?"
The corners of Leonid's lips raised and he smiled, while his tone of voice reflected the scent of death.
Dmitri felt pressured by Leonid's words, sharp as a sword.
"Why are you exaggerating everything, I was just kidding you."
Dmitri sighed deeply and took off his glasses in preparation for some sleep, after finishing the best live drama episodes from real life.
"Your joke is too heavy."
Leonid scolded him in a calm tone, crossing his arms and raising his head to stare at the ceiling.
He remained calm until he closed his eyes and frowned immediately remembering Charlotte's expression.
He was on a bad path and getting worse because of this woman. Leonid gritted his teeth and felt annoyed.
Suddenly he got up from the couch and went to the closed window, opened it slowly and stuck his head out.
The midnight breeze caressed his silver hair and white skin gently and softly.
Leonid took out his lighter and cigarette from his jacket pocket.
He put the cigarette between his lips and lit it.
Leonid blew smoke out the window and leaned his elbow on the frame, looking at the moonlight.
His icy blue eyes were shining as he stared at the moon.
"Hey! Stand up straight… We're almost at my apartment!"
Kaiser growled in frustration as he picked up Natalia by the waist with his right arm.
Due to a sudden power outage in the apartment building, Kaiser had to carry Natalia up the stairs from the basement to the eighth floor alone.
He did not know whether this was luck or bad luck. Helping Natalia while she was drunk was like dealing with animals, who were still small and unable to walk. If she had not been one of his friends, he would have left her behind without the slightest compassion.
"Hold on."
Kaiser called out to Natalia to hold on as he opened the exit door, finally arriving at a dark hallway with a slight moonlight illumination.
"Damn, you are the worst drunkard I have ever known. Next time I will not let you take a single sip."
"Kaiser don't say that, you're hurting my heart now!"
Natalia complained hoarsely and pouted her lips.
She was a mess while walking with Kaiser with her feet bare.
She felt cold penetrating the soft skin of her feet, but she did not wear the high heels she was holding in her hands.
"I'm so wronged, this world is cruel. I barely drank a few drops, and you tell me I won't have a drink anymore… This is so mean, so mean."
Natalia screamed and whined like a spoiled child.
"By the way, Kaiser, my feet are cold."
"What do you want me to do? Put your heels on, like I will."
Kaiser rolled his eyes and walked faster while tightening his grip on Natalia's narrow waist.
"Why don't you treat me nicely! If Charlotte were here and he asked you to, I would do whatever she wanted! Kaiser, you are terrible!"
"You-"
Kaiser cursed and gently hit his forehead with his free hand.
He narrowed his eyes and pushed his red locks up, away from his forehead.
"I swear, one more word and I'll throw you aside, understand?"
After threatening Natalia, Kaiser felt the urge to push her aside and go it alone.
"You!...You can't throw me aside!"
Natalia raised her free hand and pointed at Kaiser, but after a moment she tilted her index finger toward her.
"How do you say that to me?"
Her green eyes were shining with tears, making Kaiser feel guilty.
"Forget it, it was just a slip of the tongue."
"Apologise to me!"
"I'm sorry, happy now?"
Natalia nodded and then walked calmly. She would still have been staggering if it had not been for Kaiser's help in holding her down and pulling her closer to him.
Kaiser walked slowly until he reached his apartment door, took out his key and tried to open the door.
After several attempts, the door did not open, Kaiser clicked his tongue and tried again.
"What's your problem!?"
Kaiser complained and inserted the key into the hole, but he refused to turn around and open the lock.
"What do we do now?"
"What happened to your door, did it abandon you?"
"Natalia, an inanimate object can't abandon its owner, okay? Now stay calm."
Kaiser spoke in a very calm tone to Natalia despite his anger at his failed attempt to force open the lock.
"God damn it!"
Kaiser's loud scream caused Natalia to wake up briefly and cover her ears.
Also caused the door to Charlotte's apartment to open.
Two people walked out of Charlotte's apartment door.
Charlotte, still with a sleepy face, rubbed her eyes.
"Why all the fuss?"
"Is everything okay?"
In addition to Leonid, who stood behind Charlotte while using his phone to light up the dark corridor.
Kaiser first narrowed his eyes as the phone's light shined on his amber eyes.
However, he closed it automatically after he felt the bright light penetrating his eyes. The same was true for Natalia, as she threw her heels and covered her eyes with her hands.
Her body staggered, swaying as Kaiser's arm wrapped around her waist. If Kaiser had not tightened his arm around her waist, she would have fallen.
"Turn off that light, please."
"Oh my apologies."
Leonid apologized coldly as usual and slowly turned off his phone light after hearing the familiar blonde woman's voice.
At that moment, Kaiser rubbed his eyes with his left hand and heard the chimes of his key chain, which made him fully wake up.
Kaiser automatically put the ringed key chain back in his jacket pocket, and faced Charlotte and Leonid.
He kept staring at Leonid's indifferent face, and at the half-asleep Charlotte who was unconsciously laying her head on Leonid's chest with her eyes closed.
"Charlotte!"
"Hah! Yes!"
Charlotte responded quickly after hearing Kaiser call her with a stern tone.
She hurriedly opened her eyes and saw Kaiser, who left Natalia at his door, and advanced towards her with quick steps.
Charlotte felt a shiver and quickly asked.
"Wait a minute. Did I… do something bad? Well it's not my fault your door hasn't opened yet, okay?
Charlotte took one step back and her back collided with Leonid's taut chest.
She barely raised her head to look at Leonid, who was calm and cold, when she heard Kaiser's voice nearby.
"What is this strange man doing in your apartment? How long have you been together?!"
"Who do you mean by the strange man?"
Charlotte furrowed her eyebrows and asked Kaiser, in return the corner of Leonid's lips twitched in a sarcastic manner as he stared at Kaiser's angry face standing in front of them.
At that moment, the electricity came back on and lit up the lobby as well as the entire apartment building, making it clear for everyone to see.
With this lighting, Kaiser could see the provocative look on Leonid's handsome face, and he gritted his teeth and lowered his head towards Charlotte.
"Explain quickly, how long have you been alone with him!"
The smell of wine crept into Charlotte's nostrils, making her frown. The sight of an angry, drunken Kaiser was the last thing she wanted to face.
"Hey Kaiser, why are you yelling at Charlotte now?!"
"It's between me and Charlotte. Don't interfere, Natalia!"
"Why is it between you and me?"
Charlotte groaned and rested her head on Leonid's chest, who did not move a single step.
She crossed her arms and added while staring into Kaiser's eyes.
"Did you forget that we fought, I won't talk to you anymore."
After those flattering words, Charlotte turned her face as a sign that she did not want to see Kaiser's face.
Her appearance was sweet and spoiled, but she was so provocative to Kaiser that he lost his temper.
"How dare you!"
"Huh?!"
Kaiser suddenly grabbed Charlotte's wrist harshly with a tight grip and pulled her towards him.
Charlotte's eyes widened as her chestnut locks fluttered and her cardigan slid slightly past her shoulder.
Charlotte had barely processed what had happened to her before Leonid wrapped his arm around her waist from the front and pulled her towards him.
Charlotte blinked and felt trapped between two men who looked like predators.
"What do you think you're doing?"
Kaiser asks as he narrows his eyes at Leonid.
"You should stop while I'm still acting nice with you."
Leonid raised his free hand and grasped the Kaiser's grip on Charlotte's thin wrist.
"Hurry before I break this hand."
Leonid's features were frighteningly serious and cold, and the threatening tone of his voice made the situation even more terrifying.
"Tsk."
Kaiser clicked his tongue and retracted his hand after finally releasing his grip.
In fact, Kaiser was not willing to back down and comply with Leonid's orders, especially since he had nothing to do with Charlotte, but the pain he felt coming from Leonid's grip made him back down.
"Why do you stick your nose between us, stranger?"
"You said stranger, huh?"
Leonid smiled sarcastically, his smile quickly faded and his cold expression returned.
"I can tell you're still drunk, sir."
Leonid pulled the stiff Charlotte close with his arm wrapped around her waist.
"Please step back so that I do not take actions that you cannot bear the consequences of."
Leonid's slender pianist's fingers carefully touched Charlotte's wrist and examined it gently with his eyes.
Kaiser's harsh grip may have caused some red bruises on her tender white skin, but she was still fine.
After Leonid checked on Charlotte's wrist, he gently rested her head on his chest with his other arm still wrapped around her waist and then turned to Kaiser, who was gradually losing his mind.
"I'm not going anywhere."
Kaiser announced his decision sternly and crossed his arms.
His Amber eyes were glowing with obvious annoyance.
"I forgot my apartment keys somewhere and we need to sleep now, so we want to spend the night at Charlotte's apartment, right, Natalia?"
"Aha…"
Natalia gave a thumbs up and was suddenly pulled by Kaiser to stand in the middle in front of Charlotte.
Natalia was drunk unlike Kaiser, who began to become somewhat sober as time went on.
"What Kaiser says is absolutely true, Charlotte."
Natalia repeated in a bored voice.
"Did you hear?"
Leonid watched the situation silently, then shrugged his shoulders while placing his palm on Charlotte's head and unconsciously caressing her silky hair.
"Will you talk to me? You know the decision is still in Lady Charlotte's hands."
Kaiser furrowed his eyebrows and felt an urge to push Leonid's hand away or break it right now and then, but he held his nerve and moved to look at Charlotte.
As for Charlotte, she was very calm when they looked at her.
Unusually, she was very dull tonight, and besides, she didn't complain of pain in her wrist.
Was it because she was sleepy or because she no longer cared? What mattered was that her behavior seemed strange.
Charlotte lowered her head and looked at her wrist for a while, then sighed deeply.
"I don't mind. But everyone should be quiet, because Daniel is still asleep."
After hearing her words, Leonid could barely hold back the sarcasm in his smile.
Even at this time instead of thinking about herself, Charlotte still tries to comfort others.
"finally."
Kaiser breathed a loud sigh of relief.
"You should have said that from the beginning."
Kaiser took off his jacket and headed inside the apartment, while Natalia moved and wrapped her arms in a hug around Charlotte, who immediately frowned.
"Charlotte, you're a good friend~"
"I'm not that good…"
Charlotte protested and tried to push Natalia's arms away.
At that moment, Leonid pulled his arm and allowed Charlotte to move, but before she stepped forward, Charlotte stared into Leonid's eyes for a moment and then entered after wrapping her little finger around Leonid's little finger.
Leonid didn't move at first, just staring at Charlotte's back, who was still trying to push Natalia because she hated touching and didn't want a hug.
When he felt Charlotte's finger pulling him with several clicks, Leonid moved to the apartment and entered. Leonid closed the door behind him and followed Charlotte, saying to her.
"Go to your room with your friend. We guys will sleep here."
"Hmm…?"
Charlotte paused for a moment and then let her little finger slide down and leave Leonid's finger alone, but before she went to her room Charlotte felt Leonid's chest pressing against her back and his hot breath touching the skin of her ear.
"Don't forget to wear warm clothes. This short skirt won't help you if you catch a cold tomorrow."
"O-Okay."
Charlotte froze until Leonid backed down, then started walking with Natalia, who was giving Kaiser kissing some goodbye kisses as he ignored her.
Charlotte wanted to wave and kiss like Natalia does, but it was too early for her and Leonid to do that, as they were not that close.
After closing the door to her room, Charlotte sighed as Natalia pulled back and stopped clinging to her.
Natalia's green eyes were somewhat cloudy and soft, plus she seemed somewhat conscious.
Charlotte noticed Natalia's sudden calmness and gave her a gentle tap on the arm.
"Natalia, are you okay, or did you just wake up?"
"I'm fine. By the way, do you like playing both sides?"
"What? What are you talking about?"
Charlotte asked, her eyebrows rising.
"You're still drunk, aren't you?"
"maybe. "
"Well whatever the case, I would like to answer your question with a no, I hardly play with one party so how can I play with two, it gives me a headache."
Charlotte shook her head indifferently and walked over to the sofa and lay down on it.
"Sweet dreams, Natalia."
Charlotte whispered in a low voice.
Natalia narrowed her eyes and said.
"You're right."
Natalia smiled and went to Charlotte's empty bed and quickly lay down and closed her eyelids and said with a faint smile.
"Sweet dreams Charlotte."