Me After Meeting You

This was perhaps the first time that Ian had ever asked about someone else’s emotions since she had met him.

Honestly, Amber was a little surprised. She wanted to support this sort of behavior from him, so she reached out and touched her facemask with her glove as she sighed and said, “You can tell even though I’m dressed up like this?”

Ian snorted lightly, and Amber decided to put down the bowl. The nurse came over to clean everything up, and once he was done, Amber propped her head on her hand and observed him carefully.

Her eyes were slightly curved up as her bright pupils stared straight into him, as if they were piercing through him and gazing upon his heart.

Ian had once read in a sappy romance book that if she loves you, then her eyes would be filled with stars. He used to scoff at such sayings, but now, it really did seem like her eves were filled with stars.

He didn’t know why he felt this way; perhaps it was because of her gentleness and voice, her eyes that always held a smile no matter what she encountered, and her resolute will that never seemed to be afraid of anything.

Amber found that the Mr. Axton in front of her had suddenly taken on a serious expression, but his ears were flaming red. In the past, she probably would have assumed that she had somehow accidentally made him mad. But given Ian’s novel behavior, she was guessing … that he was probably embarrassed right now?

Upon realizing this, Amber … also became embarrassed. She wasn’t deliberately staring at him. ‘My goodness, this guy wasn’t having any wild thoughts, was he?’

Amber quickly shifted her gaze away and changed conversation topics. “I’m not unhappy. It’s just that something happened to me recently, which made me suddenly understand something.”

She spoke in a very vague fashion. Ian glanced at her briefly. “You’re hiding something.”

Amber laughed.RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

“I’m a bit unsure of what to tell you.” After thinking about it a little, she asked, “Why did you want me to sign that contract in the beginning?”

After a period of silence, Ian noncomittaly replied, “Romance, marriage, isn’t it necessary?” He looked at her. “You’ve got guts.”

Actually, not only did she have guts, but she was also very calm and not at all annoying. He put on the pretense that they had had a one-night stand, but not only had she not made a fuss or cried about it, but she had even calmly investigated the situation on her own afterwards. And in the end, she didn’t mind letting him know that she knew everything.

At that time, he had felt that, if romance and marriage were indeed necessary, then he’d choose her to be his partner.

He didn’t speak very much, and because of his body’s condition, his words were spoken somewhat softly, but Amber understood him nonetheless.

It was just that the wise and strong Mr. Axton had gotten so sick of his grandparents insisting that he had to get into a relationship and get married that he had thought that he might as well choose a girl who he found pleasing.

Amber laughed when she heard this even though his answer didn’t surprise her at all. When Ian saw her stop talking, he frowned, looking at her.

‘Was he waiting for her to continue? This guy must be bored to death, languishing in here all day.’

Unfortunately, she couldn’t tell him that Calvin had proposed to her, so Amber instead found another reason to explain away her unhappiness.

“I was scolded by my department head again.” She thought that she had stumbled upon a good excuse. “So much so that now, I understand that I can’t just butt my head into random affairs anymore.”

Ian kept looking at her. After a while, he unexpectedly said, “Did that guy propose to you? And you don’t want to get married?”

Amber’s eyes widened involuntarily. She wanted to deny it, but the time had already passed. “It seems like that’s the case.”

Amber was once again rendered speechless. “If you’re this perceptive, then you’ll lose the rest of your friends.”

Ian started smiling, very faintly, but he was truly smiling now.

Amber asked, “How did you know?” But in her heart, she wondered if her hesitation was that obvious.

Ian must truly have been bored because he patiently explained, “It’s not your expression, but rather your words. If you had been scolded by your director, then why would you start off by asking me about our agreement? You clearly haven’t studied psychology properly.”

Amber’s face was red from embarrassment. She had actually been told by her own patient that she didn’t have a good grasp of psychology. ‘How mortifying.’

She clutched her face in mock shock. “No wonder I always end up kicking myself in the foot when I’m with you. It must be because you know more about psychology than I do.”

“Isn’t that to be expected? After all, you’re stupid.”

“Are you consoling me? What sort of response am I supposed to give if you talk to me like that?”

Mr. Axton didn’t care at all how she would respond, and just coolly grunted in response. However, his eyes subconsciously revealed a bit of mirth.

The two kept talking like this. When she confirmed that Ian seemed to be feeling better, Amber finally got up and left.

When she left, her head started hurting about the prospect of having to meet Calvin’s mother. At that time, she thought that Calvin had proposed out of the blue because he had been provoked by Ian. It was not until afterwards that she had found out that it actually had nothing to do with him.