Freyaâs mind went blank for a few seconds before she stammered, âA good personality and temper, loyal to relationships, patient toward children, able to tolerate me, and will treat me well when Iâm young or even when Iâm old in the future. Of course, he has to look decent. He doesnât have to be super handsome, but he canât look crooked too. His financial situation shouldnât be too bad. I donât dislike guys who donât have a wealthy family background, but there will be more common topics between us if weâre of equal status.â
Ryan gave a profound response. âMmn.â
Freya was embarrassed. âAre my standards too high?â
âThey are not high,â Ryan said as he smiled. â Aside from looks which are inherited from parents and uncontrollable, there is no need for a man to marry a wife if he canât be gentle, caring, and loyal to his significant other. He can just get a sitter.â
âYou think Iâm right too, right?â Freya was delighted. âI donât want to be choosy cither, but I have no choice. Itâs precisely because I wasnât choosy in the past that I got hurt over and over again. Iâ¦
Sometimes, Iâm really afraid of getting hurt again.â
âYou wonât.â
Ryan gazed at Freya with his dark, deep-set eyes. âWith me around, no one will ever hurt you again.â
In the small restaurant, people were walking in and out, and it was very noisy.
However, Freya felt as if her surroundings had suddenly fallen silent.
She saw Ryanâs serious expression, and it made her face flush uncontrollably. She even felt like there was a lack of oxygen around her.
âEat your mac and cheese. Weâll be late for the movie if you donât start eating,â Ryan reminded her with a smile.
âAlright.â
Freya quickly lowered her head and ate her mac and cheese.
Ryan laughed when he saw her red ears.
â¦..
After finishing the meal, Ryan and Freya went to a nearby cinema.
When they entered, Ryan bought a box of popcorn, two cups of freshly-squeezed juice, and a hot dog.
While they watched the movie, Freya grabbed the popcorn and kept crunching on them. She even finished the hot dog.
Having eaten too much, her mouth was dry, and she needed to drink some juice.
Halfway into the movie, Freya thought something was not right. The cup of juice that she was drinking was almost finished, but why was the cup she was holding still quite full�
A few seconds later, she tugged Ryanâs sleeve awkwardly.
âWhatâs wrong?â
The volume in the cinema was loud. Hence, Ryan bent over, put his lips next to her ear, and asked.
His warm breath caressed Freyaâs earlobes like an electric current flowing through. She felt like half of her heart went numb. Luckily, the cinema was quite dark, so her blushing face could not be seen.
However, she forgot about her bright gaze.
When Ryan caught her gaze at a close distance, he immediately understood.
Seeing that Freya was not talking, he intentionally went closer to her ear and continued asking, âI asked whatâs wrong?â
His thin lips accidentally grazed her earlobe, and Freyaâs body trembled. As if she had been shocked by a stronger electric current, she immediately sat up and glared at him. âWhat are you doing?â
On the screen, the movieâs plot had reached an intense, exciting part, so it d*d her voice out.
âHuh?â Ryan went closer to Freyaâs ear again with a confused expression. He asked, âWhat are you saying?â
Freya did not dare to let him get closer. She hastily dodged to another side to avoid him, but she accidentally hit a man on the other side.
That guy turned his head and glanced at her unhappily.
Freya quickly apologized. She did not know whether that man had heard her clearly or not, but he continued watching the movie anyway.
She shrank her head away and saw Ryan raising his eyebrows at her.
She gritted her teeth and turned Ryanâs head over frustratedly. She went close to his ear and said angrily, âI drank your juice by accident.â
The womanâs breath was sweet and soft.
Ryan felt like he understood what Freya had felt just now.