I Love You, Miss Genius

"Beautifully done, Bonnie."

Her lips curled into a smile as she gazed at him with approval. "You did well yourself. You reacted quickly and went along with my bit flawlessly."

Then, something occurred to him, and he spoke timidly. "Are you mad that I'm meeting Eloise privately, Bonnie? Let me start by saying that we might be childhood friends, but I have no feelings for her. Please believe me."

Turning her head sideways, she glanced at him. "Would you have been able to remain calm if this happened to you?"

The next moment, his eyes sparkled, and his face lit up. "You make me so happy, Bonnie. That means you're only getting this upset and jealous about Eloise because you deeply love me."

She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you trying to tell me that you met up with her because you were trying to get me jealous?"

"That's not it. Here, let me explain."

He proceeded to tell her the entire story. "I didn't want to meet with her, but she told me I left some of the stuff from my time overseas when I returned to Arvandor. She took them back for me. "Those things hold a lot of sentimental value to me, so I agreed to meet with her first."

Then, he leaned closer to her and deliberately breathed at her ear. "Now, I've explained everything to you. Are you still mad at me?"

Her lips curled into a grin. "Do you think I'm that petty? Relax. I was just messing with you."

lifted off his shoulder. He smacked

cheating on you. The moment I saw you in the restaurant, I thought of

he felt a

think it's an imagination? It's my way of telling you that I love

rolled her eyes at him, exasperated. "You've got such a smart mouth. When

heart and soul. Are you going to forbid me from voicing my true

talking to

sideways, and he

Eloise stared at them.

of them treated me like air. They just said whatever they want, even

didn't even realize she was digging

just I hadn't confessed my love to him while studying

could only get close to him as a friend and stay by his side that way. I

successfully

that. However,

knew just how much it killed me to shove it down deep.

I thought he'd finally reciprocate my love. What did I get in the end? He cast our friendship