She gently moved his arm aside, got out of bed, and asked,

"What do you want for breakfast?"

Seeing that she didn't want to argue about yesterday anymore, Tyler decided to

let it go.

"Anything's fine, just something light. But... tonight, can we have that soup you make? I've been craving it."

Athena noticed how uncharacteristically gentle he sounded and nodded her agreement.

Tyler lingered in bed a little longer. When he finally washed up and stepped out, he found her bustling around the kitchen.

It wasn't the first time Athena cooked, but every time Tyler saw her like this, something inside him softened—he just couldn't help it.

Still, he couldn't shake his curiosity about her master bedroom.

Standing in the kitchen doorway, arms folded, he asked,

"Athena, when are you going to let me into your master bedroom?"

Athena paused mid-stir, a crease forming on her brow.

so interested in my

just... want to see

unwilling to continue the

almost anything else, but when it came

the promise

here—not to do anything that

that he genuinely wanted to be with Athena, but the words just stuck in

of women in his life, but he'd never actually wanted a real relationship

care about his pride. So what if he became a lovesick puppy? Worst case, he could let lan and

finally blurted out, awkward and

you said you liked me, and lately. I've realized you have

he could finish, the

froze, as if someone had pressed pause on his entire body, his face

this before. Women

trying to be serious about

too. She set down her spoon and went to answer

opened the door, Doris stood

she was gone, but never got an answer. As soon as

"Athena!"

if Athena wasn't

friends. How could she

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