OLIVE YOU

Unable to believe what he had asked me then, I had my eyes open wide. I was staring at him to understand if he really asked me that question only to know my feelings and if the answer would actually lead me somewhere, or he only wanted to know the way I felt for him because either I made it too obvious or he read my mind.

It was difficult for me to take a shot at it, but because I was finally put in the spot, I didn’t want it to be wasted. A little amount of doubt was troubling me in my mind because it was very important for him to accept my answer. If he didn’t, that could mean I would have to move out of his house as knowing about my feelings for him would have made him uncomfortable if I continued to stay with him after knowing that he didn’t feel the same.

I wanted to play safe and turn the question around at him, but that would have been a very direct way to avoid answering his question and, knowing his smartness, he w