"Yes."
Carroll let go of my chin, and his answer seemed casual.
"More beautiful than Euna?" I asked.
"Yes." This response was perfunctory.
I didn't give up. "Prettier than Odette?"
"Yes."
With a faint smile, Carroll was patient for my questions.
I thought for a moment and then asked, "Well, more beautiful than your ex-girlfriends, those celebrities?"
"Much more. You are the most beautiful animal I have ever seen."
"Really?"
I turned my head, looked at my reflection in the car window, and moved my face to enjoy my peerless beauty from all angles.
The car drove past a shopping mall, and there were claw machines behind those French windows of it.
A row of crimson machines stood there neatly, and there were all kinds of plush toys. Against the dreamy ligh
