"There're a lot of women out there for you to have fun with, but Elaine is not one of them."
"You are a celibate, but Elaine was taught to marry someone when she's old enough and be a good wife and mother. You guys are so different that your..."
"Your relationship will only lead nowhere..." This remark remained hanging in Ariah's mouth.
What she said was hurtful but it made sense. Howard pursed his lips as he listened on and couldn't say anything.
Truthfully, he hadn't given it much thought.
Glancing at his dejected look, Ariah sighed, "I may sound harsh, but if you like her, please court her like an adult, okay? Don't force yourself on her. Oh my god, it's so disgusting..."
Force himself on her?
When did he ever do that?
Howard stared at Ariah, dumbfounded.
Since the last time when he was drunk at the party and got a bit handsy on Elaine, he found that she avoided him like he was a thief. From then on, he always kept a distance from her and never repeated the same mistake again.
In fact, they didn't talk much in the past few days.
Just as he wanted to ask what she meant earlier, Ariah's next statement stunned him, "Besides, Elaine has a fiance. Even if you like her, you can't steal her from someone."
Shocked, Howard murmured, "S- Steal? W- Wait, what did you just say? She has a fiance?"
"You don't know?" Ariah was equally stunned. "Don't you know that Elaine has a fiance?"
"Who told you that?" asked Howard, frowning.
"Elaine."
"Why did she tell you this?"
"When you brought her to a party the other day, Sharon asked her if you guys were dating because she sensed that there was something fishy between the two of you, but she denied it, saying that she has a fiance and only takes you as her boss and nothing else."
For every word Ariah said, she could see Howard's expression grow darker.
In fact, he was extremely annoyed after Ariah finished talking.
Nonetheless, Ariah found his expression amused. "Don't you know that Elaine has a fiance?"
Silently, Howard looked at Elaine.
At this moment, Sharon stopped her from cleaning up the table and pulled her to a chair to sit down. Then, they started chatting.
Frankly, Howard didn't have any strong feelings for Elaine. He just felt that since both of them were single, and he was rather interested in her, he could try dating her.
However, before he could confess his feelings to her, she already told the ladies that she didn't like him.
Why didn't she like him?
Was she out of her mind? She should count her blessing that someone like him took a fancy to her!
The enraged Howard thought, "I can have all the women in the world, yet I like her, the ignorant and clumsy maid! She should be happy that I like her, okay!"
How dare she despised him?
Feeling extremely hurt, Howard glared at Elaine, his eyes as sharp as a sword.
As if Elaine could feel the glare, she suddenly turned to look in his direction. From such a distance, Howard could see her pair of large eyes that were filled with fear and trepidation, yet they were also extremely bright.
Indeed, she had a pair of beautiful, flawless, and childlike eyes.
It was this pair of eyes that made Howard fall for her.
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