The day after my spontaneous kiss with Ethan during the play, the inevitable happened—word had spread to the members of the hero's party.

Naturally, the news of how Ethan and I stepped in as the leads after Bo was injured and Penelope refused to perform had reached them. It also included how we boldly kissed in front of around 200 spectators.

Though none of them had witnessed the event firsthand due to being preoccupied with running the café, they didn't seem to doubt the rumors.

"Keh, keh... If it's Rosewood, I can definitely imagine it happening, heh heh..."

"If it's …