Time ticked away, and Miles remained silent. But his silence spoke volumes. She just knew!

Felicity tugged at her lips, pushing back the surge of emotions threatening to spill over, and continued with a carefree smile, "Langston, even a laid-back person like me knows marriage isn't child's play. And you, of all people! I don't need you to take responsibility, much less marry me."

After all, if she were to drag him into her mess, that would be terribly unfair.

Miles stood opposite her, silent for a long while before finally asking, "What about you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you love me? The way a woman loves a man, not just as a friend."

Caught off guard by his question, Felicity blurted out without thinking, "Of course not!"

"My feelings for you are akin to the admiration and fondness one has for an older brother, nothing more!"

single statement, any other possibilities between

lowered his gaze, his thoughts

as hard to read as his

"Langston?"

about to move closer to ask, her eyes

the reason

with Calvin, a man with charming dimples, was the real

hadn't mentioned it, Felicity wouldn't

You're right, really like Calvin, and I definitely can't break up with him! So, forget about this idea and focus on Esther Settle down and live happily

her eyes and turned away, rubbing them vigorously, "Langston, this

she made her

the moisture that had gathered in her

hummed, but the

Miles had more to

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