Miles paused, his face a picture of confusion.

"Me, calling out for Esther?"

"Yeah, I heard it with my own ears. You said her name over and over!"

He glanced down, calculating the time in his head before responding, "The night you spiked my drink, I hadn't even met Esther!"

Sure, he knew of an Esther who had been sending him love letters, who apparently had a crush on him for the longest time but...

Miles was a tech guy through and through, his mind perpetually tangled in the web of computer networks.

He never once entertained the thought of getting to know any girl, let alone calling out Esther's name in a drunken stupor. Even if he was wasted, the idea was ludicrous. "You're lying. I don't believe you."

Felicity turned away, utterly unconvinced.

It seemed to her that all men were born liars, Miles included!

car fell silent once

was just hard at work trying to recall that fateful

been drugged, and

details were fuzzy

Esther's name?

didn't even know what Esther looked like - whether her nose was big, her eyes were wide, or her lips were full, he couldn't say! "Are you sure it was

"Absolutely!"

sure I wasn't just asking

remember much, but he vividly recalled waking up the

drug left him desperately thirsty, feeling as if every drop of moisture

"Water or Esther, you think I

had a few drinks too, trying to keep

for him to get the upper

did you even

connection based on a few mumbled words, she must have known

she handed you during basketball games, and you even helped her move chairs. I saw it all with

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