Chapter 527
That glance made Olivia feel more guilty.
“Are you free tonight?” she asked.
Xavier nodded. “Yes.”
“Let me buy you dinner.”
Xavier thought he had misheard. He was startled and asked, “Pheebs, did you just say you want to buy me dinner? Did you suggest that? Are you serious?”
Olivia sounded helpless when she said, “Are you coming or what?”
“Yes, of course. I’m just a little flattered.”
“Is there anywhere you’d prefer to eat?”
Xavier thought for a moment and took her hand. “Yes, I will take you to a place you will like very much.”
“Really?”
“I promise. You can beat me up if you don’t like it.”
Olivia burst into a laugh, and she asked, “Why would I beat you up?”
Xavier opened the passenger’s seat for her in a gentlemanly manner and protected her head from getting knocked. Then, he helped her put on the seatbelt, closed the door, and got into the driver’s
seat.
Sometimes, Olivia got the feeling he was a playboy.
However, sometimes, she felt he was serious.
In any case, she felt relaxed when she was with him.
When he started the car, she asked, “Do you know why I want to invite you to dinner?”
“Why?”
“One reason is to thank you, and the other is because I want to clarify some things.”
Xavier smiled wryly. “Pheebs, you’re breaking my heart. I just saw hope when you invited me to dinner, but you crushed it right away.”
“Sorry. I didn’t want you to get the wrong idea.”
She looked at him and said, “I don’t want to lose a friend like you, either.”
Xavier his eyebrows and said, “You consider me a friend of yours?”
“Yes. I didn’t want to get too close to you, but you’re an interesting person, and I think an extra friend wouldn’t matter.”
“Pheebs.”
Xavier’s voice sounded helpless. “You are so merciless.”
“Huh?”
Olivia was in a puzzle. She did not know what she had said that was wrong.
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