So, he's basically open to anyone, huh? She wasn't anything special then.

Why the heck did he travel all the way to Capital City to tell her all that? He could've just settled for whoever his family set him up with back home.

"Oh," she said with a tartness that could curdle milk, "seeing someone once isn't enough to know them. Maybe you should keep looking?"

Phillip replied, "Doesn't seem like I've got much of a choice in the matter."

What did he mean no choice? If he wasn't into it, would his family really tie him up and deliver him to someone's bed?

He must've liked what he saw.

Tina felt a burning rage starting to spread, her voice dripping with sarcasm: "Got it. The choice your family made for you must be exquisite. No wonder you're smitten." Phillip straightened up a bit, stepping back from her, "What are you trying to say?"

"Nothing at all." Tina feigned nonchalance. "Just asking."

"Done asking?"

"Yeah."

"Sure?" Phillip's tone suggested there was more to it.

"Why, you wTina share the juicy details of your meet-up? Since when are you so keen on oversharing?" Tina was inexplicably irritated, "I'm not interested, don't want to hear it." "You might want to listen to this," Phillip said, "I had dinner with Curtis."

Tina stiffened, surprise flashing in her eyes: "What? Your brother?"

their conversation... all that

was baffled, "Your grandma said she had set you up on a date, showed

her. She's a pro at messing with

cunning elder, so she hadn't anticipated this

her role to the hilt. If Tina had spotted even a hint of deceit, she

was a faint

face away, "In

chin, turning her face back to meet his

she couldn't

question, Tina became defensive,

neo

You're the one who shows up at my doorstep in the middle of

and now you're off seeing someone else. Can't

answer then?"

his intense stare, Tina

figure her out. She flirted with him, tangled up with him, yet refused to

although she could admit to being jealous,

Phillip lifted her

was all

no strings attached, no responsibilities, breaking

novelge

entanglements. Sounded perfect, right?

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