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“Like what?” He continued to ask.
Veronica felt her cheeks getting hotter and hotter, the embarrassment becoming more intense.
“Is there something you can’t say?” He asked.
She pursed her lips and took a deep breath, “When I was dating Daniel, we went out to eat, watched movies, did homework at the library, bought books at the bookstore…you should know all of this. Do I really have to tell you every detail?”
He stared at her, and he did remember all of those things she mentioned.
It was like watching a movie that someone else was acting in. He knew, but it didn’t really affect him.
“What about after Daniel?” He asked.
“No one,” she said, “After breaking up with Daniel, I never dated anyone else.”
“Why not?” His gaze seemed to pierce through her.
“Because I didn’t meet anyone I liked,” she said, feeling like she had lost that feeling since they broke up.
In the past, when seeing those handsome idol male stars, many young girls would have some admiration and fantasies. Even the younger version of themselves would hope for a sweet romance and couldn’t help but envy others’ happiness.
However, after breaking up with him, those feelings seemed to disappear.
Now, she works at a talent agency and has met many celebrities, some of whom are popular among fans and have good looks. But she doesn’t feel anything towards them.
Even when watching romantic dramas, she doesn’t have any daydreams or feelings of fantasy.
She often feels that although her body is still young, her heart seems to have aged and lost all fantasies about love, as if she were already in her seventies or eighties.
“So, do you want to try and see if you like me now?” His voice rang in her ears again.
Veronica looked at this beautiful face in front of her, which was familiar yet strange to her. After years of separation, his face seemed to have become even more beautiful, losing some of its delicacy and gaining a bit of masculine sharpness.
“Yes, I like you,” she said honestly, not wanting to hide anything from him.
Since they finally had the chance to be together again, she didn’t want to miss this opportunity due to misunderstandings caused by hiding things.
“Like me?” He narrowed his eyes slightly.
“I like you, but I’m not sure if it’s still the kind of liking I had for my little brother. After all, I always treated you like a little brother before…and then…” Her voice trailed off and she didn’t say anything more.
After they separated, she never dated anyone else, and even her classmates sometimes asked her why she didn’t have a boyfriend and if she couldn’t forget her first love.
First love?
If her first love was Daniel, then she knew very well that she had let go of those feelings. She rarely thought about the time.
when she was with Daniel.
What she couldn’t forget were the moments she spent with
Mason.
She also wondered if her feelings for him were just sisterly or something more.
If she hadn’t dated Daniel back then, and if she and Mason had continued their brother-sister relationship, would she have agreed to date him if he had asked her out after they entered college and matured emotionally? She didn’t know the answer since it was all hypothetical.
Fortunately, Mason didn’t ask anything and just let go of her hand, continuing to eat the dumplings that he hadn’t finished.
Veronica withdrew her hand and after a moment of contemplation, she said, “Do you want me to tidy up the other room and make it your room? So when you come over, you can rest in the room.”
“No need. If I want to rest in the room, I can go to your room.
After all, we used to share a room, didn’t we?” he said.
She was speechless. That was a long time ago, before the Reed family recognized him!
Later, after the Reed family recognized him, they bought a big house for the Barlow family, and they each had their own. rooms. However, for a long time, even though he had his own room, he would still come to her room, crawl into her bed, and hold her hand to fall asleep.
When she finished eating the dumplings and cleaned up, she saw that he had no intention of leaving.
“Aren’t you going back?” she couldn’t help but ask.
“No rush. If you’re tired, you can go back to your room and sleep,” he said.
She was speechless again. How could she possibly sleep peacefully in her room with him here? “Then, do you want to watch TV together for a while?”
“Sure,” he replied.
Veronica turned on the TV and snuggled with Mason on the couch in the living room. Instead of watching live TV, they chose to watch a TV program on demand.
“Do you have any program you want to watch?” she asked.
“No,” he replied. “What do you usually watch?”
“I usually watch TV dramas because I work at a talent agency. So, I usually watch TV dramas featuring the stars from our company,” she said. This way, she could answer any related questions politely and not embarrass herself.
“Then let’s watch what you usually watch,” he said.
“But those TV dramas are mostly romantic. Don’t you mind?”
she asked, feeling that he wasn’t the type to watch romantic dramas.
“When you used to watch those dramas, didn’t I watch them with you?” he said.
She was stunned for a moment, then laughed at herself. Yes, how could she forget? He used to snuggle with her and watch whatever she wanted to watch.
“Okay then,” Veronica said, trying to choose a TV drama with less romance.
This TV drama was one of the ones she had been following recently.
When she clicked on the TV drama, it started playing from the episode she was going to watch next.
Veronica picked up the remote and was about to rewind the TV drama to the first episode, but Mason held her hand and said, “No, let’s just continue watching.”
“But won’t you not understand it this way?” she asked.
He looked at her puzzled and said, “Why do I need to understand it?”
She was speechless, remembering the question she had asked him before, “What TV programs do you like to watch?”
“I’m not interested in these.” That was his response to her at the time.
“Don’t you like watching?” she asked.
“Hmm, I don’t like it.”
“Then why do you always have to be by my side when I’m watching?”
“Because I like being by your side.”
His answer was so natural, and that was the reason why he did it.
So is he still like that now? Not needing to understand, just because he likes being by her side?
Veronica thought to herself, then couldn’t help but self-mock.
What is she thinking? His feelings for her have already hypnotized her. How could there be any liking to be by her side?
So she didn’t say anything, put down the remote, took some snacks, poured two cups of warm water, placed them on the coffee table, and watched TV dramas with Mason.
Time passed quietly like this, but Veronica’s attention was completely focused on the person next to her. Almost all of her attention was on him.
Suddenly, his voice rang out, “Aren’t you watching TV?”
“Huh?” She suddenly came back to her senses, only to realize that her gaze was on his handsome face.
In other words, from just now until now, her gaze had not been on the TV drama, but on Mason!
“I…I’m watching now.” She said in a panic. As soon as the words came out, she wanted to find a hole to bury herself in.
Wasn’t she saying that she had really been watching him all along?
But as soon as her gaze returned to the TV screen, she suddenly felt a sense of petrification.
At the moment, the screen was showing an intimate scene between the male and female leads. They were kissing, and the female lead had her hands around the male lead’s neck.
They walked from the living room to the bedroom, kissing all the way, and the scene made people blush and their hearts race.
Come on! This TV drama doesn’t have much romance, right?
How come it’s so steamy all of a sudden!
If she were alone, she could slowly enjoy watching it, but with him next to her, it was just awkward.
So Veronica could only pray in her heart that this intimate scene would pass quickly. But unfortunately, after the female lead kissed the male lead all the way to the bedroom, the camera didn’t cut to the next morning. Instead, the two of them started rolling around in bed.
Veronica didn’t know what to say anymore. Who knows how long this will take? Right now, she just felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.
“Um…how about we change the channel?” She said awkwardly, reaching for the TV remote.
But before her hand could touch the remote, he stopped her. “There’s no need to change the channel.
It’s just some intimate scenes. Are you feeling embarrassed?” He asked.
“Um…a little bit,” she said, feeling embarrassed.
“But even if the performance is intimate, it’s fake, isn’t it? So what’s there to be embarrassed about?” He asked.
That’s true, but it’s still embarrassing!
Veronica looked at Mason. It seemed like he had always been like this, his way of receiving emotions was different from ordinary people.
“What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?” He asked.
“I just feel like you might lack a certain sense of empathy,” she murmured. “Because even though we know it’s fake and acting, when we watch TV dramas, our emotions will follow the protagonist’s emotions and the development of the story. When we see this kind of plot, most people will naturally feel embarrassed.”
“I really don’t think that just a simple physical touch like this would be embarrassing,” he said.
She was speechless. Did he need even more explicit scenes to feel embarrassed?
