Roxanne couldn't follow Harrison's train of thought.
One minute she had been discussing Chloe's struggles in life, and the next he was asking her if she had ever kissed anyone before.
Was he even listening to her talk about Chloe, or had he been thinking about that question the whole time?
She turned to face him, only to find Harrison lying on his side, looking back at her. His legs, stretched out on the floor, suddenly seemed unusually long.
She had never seen such long legs before.
Oliver was a good six feet tall, yet his legs were nowhere near as long as Harrison's.
Even her ex-boyfriend Dominic Thompson, who was close to six foot three, didn't seem to have legs as long as Harrison's.
Was it possible that Harrison had a more perfect body proportion?
Noticing that she was silent, Harrison looked into her eyes and repeated his question.
"Did you or did you not kiss your ex-boyfriend?"
"How did you know I had an ex-boyfriend?" Roxanne retorted.
Harrison corrected her, "I'm asking if you've kissed your ex-boyfriend, not if you had one."
"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Roxanne was perplexed.
Why did Harrison's tone sound weird when he asked this question?
"Are you jealous?"
"You're overthinking." Harrison replied, "I just noticed that you seemed quite skilled when we kissed last time."
He spoke in a calm tone, almost as if he were trying to hide something, "You don't have to answer. I was just asking out of curiosity."
He then turned away from her, "Let's go to sleep."
Easier said than done.
Roxanne, on the other hand, fell asleep almost instantly after they stopped talking.
Harrison, an insomniac, turned back to look at Roxanne, about to ask her something else, only to find her sound asleep.
The question he wanted to ask remained unasked.
The next day was Sunday.
Neither Harrison nor Roxanne had to go to work.
Since the park near the university was particularly crowded on Sundays, Roxanne decided to set up her stall for the entire day.
The curly-haired girl from the day before ran up to Harrison, whining, "Why did you delete my contact? I'm so hurt."
At that moment, Harrison was reading a message from Alexander about the distribution of employee benefits for the holiday season, amounting to over five million dollars.
The girl's whiny voice made him frown.
She continued to whine, "You're so heartless. I just added you on WhatsApp, and you deleted me immediately."
Harrison didn't respond.
He sent a message to Alexander, “Disburse the funds. Employee benefits must be distributed in full.”
The girl whined again, "I'm talking to you. Why are you ignoring me? Did you delete me because you don't like me?"
Harrison finally looked up at her, coldly saying, "You're right; I don't like you."
The girl was taken aback, "I...I..."
Harrison cut her off, "I'm married. I don't add women on WhatsApp. Feel free to look around if you want to buy something. If not, please leave."
Once he was done speaking, he simply ignored her.
Roxanne walked over.
The girl complained to Roxanne, "Your boss is so cold and boring."
Just as Roxanne was about to respond, Harrison looked at her and asked coldly, "Am I your boss?"
How petty; he was still upset about the fact that she hadn't made it clear that he was her husband.
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