Vania sighed and shook her head. It seemed like he did not recognize his feelings yet.
"What do you think your relationship with her is right now?" she asked.
"We're great friends, of course," Bryan answered without giving it much thought.
He was fond of spending time with Jennifer and liked how he felt around her. Was that not the sign of a great friendship?
"See, you just said that you're good friends with her, but friends don't walk around hand-in-hand."
Vania's words managed to get Bryan thinking, but he did not seem to understand what she meant.
Does he still not get it? Is he such an oblivious guy?
She sighed to herself. "You've never dated before, am I right?"
She did not want to tell him directly that he liked Jennifer. These sorts of things were best left to the person in question to discover for himself.
"Dating?" Bryan seemed a little bewildered by this concept.
Dating was not part of his vocabulary just yet. After all, his days were spent either in an army base or under lock and key at home.
The sultry women that showed up at the bars he frequented did not get any sort of special reaction out of him.
At this point in time, Bryan truly did not know what it was like to like someone and date her.
Right now, his face was contorted in confusion. He did not answer Vania immediately, but in the end, he replied with great difficulty, "Vania, what does dating have to do with this?"
He just wanted to know why Jennifer was ignoring him.
Oh, forget it. Vania sighed once more. She might as well get the ball rolling, so she said, "I think you like Jennifer."
"What the…" Bryan cursed at the mention of such an unfamiliar concept to him.
The expression he had right now was exactly the look on Hanson's face when he found out that he liked Vania.
He's hopeless. Vania realized she could not do anything about a guy who was this oblivious. She decided to leave it to his fellow man, Hanson. "Looks like you still don't get it. Go and discuss this with Hanson. Who knows? You might just find an answer. He's got some experience in this matter."
Bryan, who was still at a loss, ran straight over to Hanson's office as soon as he heard that.
Hanson was in his office going through some documents when Bryan came barging in without knocking first. "You're becoming more and more unruly," Hanson barked.
Hanson looked back down at his documents, but he sneakily undid one of his buttons and allowed the mark on his shoulder to peek through ever so slightly.
Bryan noticed what he did, of course, and he swallowed unconsciously at the sight. He's the devil.
He could not help asking, "Hanson, I'm not Vania. Why are you doing these devilish things?"
Having said that, he stared at the mark on Hanson's shoulder and asked curiously, "What's that? Why is it so red?"
Feeling rather smug about it, Hanson pulled his collar straight and hid the mark. "It's a sign of love. A bachelor like you won't get it."
Hey! Did he just mock me? This sneaky fellow is doing it on purpose.
"Did you want something from me?" Hanson shoved Bryan aside.
He did not like having another man peeking under his shirt.
"Oh." Bryan recalled what he came here for and said, "Vania asked me to come and ask you what liking someone means."
Hanson tore his eyes away from his documents and looked over at Bryan. "Do you have someone you like?"
Bryan refuted at once. "How's that possible? I don't want to get married, so why would I like someone?"
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