Yes, she does.

Lucas smirked as they drove towards Long Island.

Well, technically, they weren't heading to any of the cities.

"Are you sure this is the correct address? This isn't...anywhere."

The taxi driver asked for the third time.

He glanced at the rear view mirror, where two young adults were sitting next to each other.

He assumed they were dating, since the boy had his hand on the girl's thigh the entire drive.

"Y, yes. Just... keep going, thank you."

Annabeth muttered between small gasps.

There were two things Lucas declared were normal before they got on the taxi.

1) It was normal for him to be able to ride on any vehicle for free.

2) It was normal for him to touch Annabeth Chase in any way he wanted.

Now, Annabeth knew that the earrings' power had fabricated both statements, but that didn't help her resist them in the slightest.

On the contrary, the dissonance between her perception(both statements were normal) and the truth(It was not normal) only tortured her mentally, while she had **** but to let Lucas do whatever he wanted.

Luckily for her, all he did now was minor harassment.

However, Annabeth knew that Lucas was only toying with her.

If she were the yarn ball, Lucas was the cat.

'He is going to push the ball around for amusement until his patience runs thin... and then...'

Annabeth shuddered. She didn't want to think about it.

Finally, the taxi stopped in the middle of nowhere.

"Well, we're here. Have fun, you two."

"Thanks."
"Th, thank you..."

The taxi driver drove off without asking for any payment.

Lucas looked around.

Sure enough, he couldn't see a camp anywhere.

All he could see was a curving road and the forest surrounding it.

"You aren't lying to me, are you?"

Lucas said in a low voice and squeezed Annabeth's ass.

Annabeth squeaked and jumped on the spot, but she shook her head.

"N-no, I'm not. It's just the Mist, remember?"

"Hmm."

Lucas squinted his eyes.

Up to this point, the earrings didn't show any downsides.

By Rule #1, he had secured the earrings' effect was worldwide—or at least, had a very wide radius so that a random taxi he called followed the new normality.

And by Rule #2, he also secured that the subject, being aware of the power of the earrings, didn't hinder the effect of their ability at all.

Lucas had quickly gathered that Annabeth had realized something was wrong from her reactions during the ride.

'She must be thinking that she can outsmart me somehow...'

To be fair, it was somewhat likely.

Annabeth was one of the smartest classmates in the school, and Lucas was aware of it as well.

Which was why he was going to make sure that Annabeth wouldn't put a wrench in his plan to build a paradise of his own.

After a few minutes of pondering, Lucas finally came up with a perfect sentence.

"Annabeth Chase. From now on, it's normal for you to be my girlfriend. You are completely devoted to me."