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

wasn't feeling guilty; he was just hard

been drugged, and admittedly,

were fuzzy at

Esther's

they've never met while drunk? He didn't even know what Esther looked like - whether her nose

"Absolutely!"

eyebrow, "Are you sure I wasn't just asking for water,

recalled waking up the next day, parched beyond

if every drop of moisture had been wrung out of

glanced at him, "Water or Esther, you

had a few drinks too, trying to keep

to get the upper hand that night,

did you even

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

her move chairs. I saw it all with my own eyes! Even after graduation, the story of you two was legendary. How could I not know who

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