Miles's slender fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly, as if weighing his next words carefully.

Finally, he resigned himself to honesty.

"I don't want to deceive you. Today, Abigail shared quite a lot with me, and to be frank, understanding this concept of love you girls talk about isn't something I can grasp overnight. I need some time, and I might not be able to say the things you wish to hear, but! I do know one thing for sure-you're different to me."

Different from any other girl I've known.

Felicity rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, prompting, "Elaborate."

"..." Miles had been on the verge of saying 'I want to marry you,' but then he remembered Abigail's advice about not always bringing marriage into it! After a moment's thought, he said, "I want to date you." "Pfft-"

Felicity hadn't meant to laugh, but she couldn't help it.

"Wait, what? Date me?"

"Yes."

She eyed him up and down, teasingly saying, "All that time with Abigail and this is the best you could come up with?"

"I didn't brainstorm with her."

That was the truth.

on the receiving end

you, with Mr. Lopez as such a romantic figure in your life, didn't inherit any of his

my boss asking me to sign a contract!" Sometimes Felicity wondered how she could be

I get it wrong again? I'll

you really take words

awkwardly, still adjusting to

being lectured and managed by him, and now, he

want to be with me out of responsibility, or because you genuinely like me as a

to just drink any beer

the possibility she mentioned

"Then

"Think about what?"

not to accept your pursuit, of course! Did you think wet just say yes to dating

gaze involuntarily drifted to Miles's deep and refined features. After a while, Felicity sighed softly, covering her face

such a sucker for a pretty face, it's

a bit less attractive, she

...

had been serious about

her college friend's older brother, whose family owned a large Everfresh Mart back home, making

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