As Maja observed Shirley's hesitation, she couldn't help but wonder if Shirley's lack of confidence was because of her age. Was

Shirley thinking that at thirty, she was too old for Abner, who was just twenty-four? Was the age gap making her reluctant to

confess her feelings?

It was pretty clear that Abner had been the first to fall for Shirley, but at that time, Shirley seemed to be engaged to another man.

So, she had been repressing her feelings, keeping them bottled up until now when she couldn't help but sneak a peek into his life,

yet she refused to cface-to-face with him.

"Hey, lan is planning to grab a bite with Abner soon," Maja casually mentioned to Shirley, "I was wondering if you'd be free to join

us, Ms. Dorothy. Since you know each other and I'm keen on making a new friend, why not calong?"

Shirley's response was a momentary freeze, followed by a hesitant pause, and finally a tight-lipped nod without a word.

Maja waited patiently.

After ten seconds, Shirley slowly nodded and said, "Sure, but I don't think he's too keen on seeing me. We ended on a bit of a sour

note."

It must have been the whole fiancé situation.

Maja couldn't help but smile.

"Great, I'll text you the details once the place is set. Is it okay to add you as a contact?"

Without hesitation, Shirley pulled out her phone and displayed her QR code. They added each other, and Maja breathed a sigh of

relief. This was a good start, especially since Shirley was willing, no one was forcing her. At thirty, Shirley knew what choices to

and it seemed she wasn't

university, Maja headed

Rocky, who was leaping impressively high, while Coco

than anyone else.

temporary stop to Maja's pet cuddling sessions, so she could

ever, circled around her but

her arrival, lan asked, "So, what did Shirley

reckon there's mutual interest. Maybe there's just smisunderstanding they haven't cleared

you? When

called him, but he hung up as soon as he

Maja sighed.

up, though his tone was heavy. "What

inwardly cursing. If he didn't owe a favor, he wouldn't be

you free tomorrow? Let's have lunch. I'll send you

seems that

wanted to hang up the phone on the spot,

sent you the location. It's up to you

Abner still came.

ca

just sent a message to Maja to apologize,

late. Maja told her not

he saw that Maja was still inside. His eyebrows furrowed. He gave the

asked the other party to help throw

to the driver and

He was willing to help with the previous research base because he was

use the medicine inside to deal with him one day, so the place would be ruined if it was

casually flipped through the menu twice, showing a lack of

something to eat.

lunch and bringing a

secretly thrilled at the thought of Shirley's arrival and how it would throw

not my friend, it's Maja's. She's quite the looker. Wantto introduce

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