41. Kiss

POPPY:

Suddenly, Mr. Holding's laughter filled the four walls. It was a hearty laugh as if he was indeed amazed at my previous statement.

My brows formed in a straight line as I continued listening to his laughter. But in all fairness, his laughter was like a lullaby in my ears. Sebastian Holding was the type of man who thought that the world was against him and that even smiling was a waste of his time.

I sighed internally.

If he only laughed like this, then I would be falling for him…

Wait what? What kind of thoughts were that? Why would I fall for him because he laughed? It’s not like this was the first time I've seen a man laugh.

Ridiculous. Being always with him made me think of silly thoughts.

“F-Falling for you?” he asked, again and snorted.

What's so bad about saying he must not fall for me? He always said not to fall for him so why did it sound funny when it came to him?

I felt slightly offended at his reaction.

Lips pressed in a thin line, I asked, "What's funny, Sebastia