Chapter 195

"Nicholas, keep it down, we're on campus," Clara chuckled. Nicholas let go of her hand but still had a soft, goofy smile on his face. "Hop on!" Clara climbed onto his electric scooter, and they sped down the road with ease—could run circles around most cars. "Wait—this isn't a dream, right?" Nicholas asked, eyes fixed on her like she might disappear in the next blink. "The dream's mine, trust me," Clara smiled gently. That cliff fall during the Domain River incident, she thought she'd never make it out. In that split second before she went down, countless faces flashed through her mind. The last one was Nicholas. They pulled up to a restaurant. Nicholas stopped the scooter at the entrance. As they walked in, people gave them weird looks. "Delivery guy in a place like this?" "Maybe he's picking up?" "Nah, this is Vibrant Palette—we don't even do takeout." "And since when do couriers bring dates?" Clara and Nicholas ignored the side chatter and headed straight to a table he'd reserved in