Fate Online: Shadow

Michael quickly noticed every kind of person from all walks of life by just observing their actions and behaviors.

One of them are people who seem to have very low self-esteem, like that guy over at the side of the pond who's accompanied by his girl, but the former's eyes keep fidgeting around with his eyes like he was afraid that someone would suddenly come to over to them and shamelessly flirt with his girl in front of him, which...is really weird in a sense.

'Did he never had a girl before? If a woman loves you, then she loves you and no guys would be able to sway her heart unless she's a flirt and only playing with you, like...a gold digger would certainly do' Michael thought as stared at the guy while shaking his head.

He just sat there and watched his surroundings as the seconds tick by, and from another corner of the park, a beautiful blonde woman got down from a car and started making her way towards the direction of where Michael is currently at.

The woman is just wearing a simple white shirt tuck inside her high waisted jeans and a pair of simple white shoes. Her current outfit clearly shows off womanly curves that would make any men drool at her.

And right now, there are at least multiple men that had turned their heads towards her and checked her out.

"Damn"

A jogger couldn't help but exclaim seeing those plump buttocks.

Amanda turned towards the man and glared at him.

But the man just smiled apologetically and continued on his way.

Amanda just continued on her way and ignored the looks directed towards her.

And not even a few minutes later, she finally saw Michael sitting on a bench playing with a Corgi while talking and laughing with a beautiful and s.e.xy woman who's wearing a sports bra and leggings, who is also the owner of the dog on Michael's lap.

And some for an unknown reason, Amanda couldn't help but feel annoyed at the sight of Michael talking to another woman, and for her, that feeling she's currently having is making her even more confused and doesn't know why she's having it even though she had continuously said to herself that she does not like Michael at all, as they are just acquaintances.

'What the heck am I even thinking? It's not like we're even a thing'

Amanda just shook her head to get rid of her negative thoughts, and quickly made her way over to Michael with a stern look on her face.

On the other side, Michael seemed to notice something as he quickly turned around towards Amanda's direction, where his eyes quickly lit up in excitement seeing her, especially seeing how beautiful she truly is even when she's only wearing a simple outfit, as he couldn't even help but gulped down.

Michael turned towards the person that he was talking to, who seems to have also noticed Amanda, and the woman is already wearing a dark look on her face.

"Sorry, it seems my companion is already here. Well, it was nice meeting you though"

Michael didn't even bother to wait for her reply as he quickly walked towards Amanda, as both of them quickly met halfway through.

And the woman that Michael was talking to earlier just frowned and snorted, as she continued on her way and didn't even bother giving Michael another glance.

"I'm assuming that you had a great time waiting?" Amanda said while crossing her arms with a smile on her face.

"Err..not really" Michael suddenly didn't know what to say when she suddenly blurted out that question from out of nowhere just as he arrived in front of her.

Amanda just looked at him, and said, "Let's go, we'll have a lot to talk about"

'She looks really good today. Don't tell me she's finally having some interest in me? About time she did' Michael thought, and couldn't help himself but check her out.

'Damn, she looks good on those!'

"Are your eyes enjoying it?"

Michael raised his head and smiled embarrassingly as he quickly started walking beside her.

"Hmmph!" Amanda snorted.

'This pervert! He's like the others! He's probably thinking to himself on how to get me to have s.e.x with him! If he's like that Jin, then I would beat the sh*t out of him!'

'Jin is still in jail while his father hasn't done anything yet, it seems they are afraid of causing any troubles in this place. It seems I don't need to be afraid of them for the time being as long as I don't bump into any one of them, but I wonder what really happened? It's not like I haven't witnessed sons of powerful individuals who didn't cause any troubles in Central, but damn! I heard that Jin is now going to be stuck for a month inside a jail cell'

In fact, in the timeline where Michael was still a legendary assassin. Amanda is actually a very stubborn person with an unyielding personality, and when Michael learned that Amanda wasn't actually just a helpless lady but was actually a headstrong individual, he was shocked.

It was because the only reason that Amanda was afraid of Jin back then is that she was afraid of implicating her best friend Jenny, and of course she knows that Jenny would get through lengths for her even if she doesn't say anything, that's the reason why she didn't want to implicate her.

At that time, Amanda thought she would be safe under the protective umbrella of Jenny's father.

Sadly, she found out that Jenny's father might be powerful in the eyes of the common people but those people who truly have power and authority, he would just look like an ant.

After all, Jen's father is just one of the many Lesser Executives or Branch Executives of War Angel, and only someone like the Boss or a Core Executive of War Angel could protect her from Jin back then.

Sadly, she only learned about those things on that faithful night.

But because of the changes in the course of history so far, Amanda now doesn't need to always live in fear from Jin and his family trying to get her, and with Michael working in the shadows to protect her?

They would need to ask him first if they ever want to lay their hands on her.

Especially...now that a behemoth force had joined the fray...without Michael and Amanda even knowing a single thing about it.

*****

As Michael and Amanda walked through the paved path of the park, the people that they would past by couldn't help but glance at them and comment on how perfect both of them are as a couple, and the two people can't really refute those people as it would be rude for them to do that as they aren't even saying anything rude.

It's not like that they need to explain their current status are to other people that they don't even know and care about.

So they just ignored it, Michael looked happy but Amanda had a dark look on her face.