Waking up with my nemesis baby novel Chapter 271

Chapter 271

Adrian skillfully rolled up his sleeves, took the bowl and

chopsticks from her, and carefully rinsed them with hot water

from a kettle.

She was so used to seeing him handle test tubes and reagents

for experiments that now, watching him with a bowl felt like he

was in a lab, his movements a pleasure to watch.

Rebecca stared blankly for a moment, then couldn’t help but

ask softly, “Adrian, when did you start liking me?”

Adrian gathered the sterilized bowls and chopsticks, placed

them in front of Rebecca, and corrected her:

“You should be asking when I started to like you.”

“Is there a difference?”

“Of course there is.”

Adrian gazed into her eyes, full of affection. “Being taken with

someone is a moment’s notice, but liking someone…”

He raised an eyebrow, his gaze behind his glasses calm and

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focused.

“Liking is a continuous state. It has a beginning, but no end.”

Rebecca was dizzy from his strange words, a little speechless.

“Don’t play with words, I’m asking for a specific time.”

He shook his head slightly, the corner of his mouth curving into

a faint, almost helpless smile:

“That phrase ‘being taken with‘ is too unfair.”

“Unfair?”

“Mhm.”

He picked up the teapot and slowly filled the cup in front of her, the sound of the water trickling. “It’s too casual, like judging the

quality of an object, deciding in a single glance whether you

want it or not.”

Adrian spoke very slowly, pausing only when the teacup was

full.

He looked up, his eyes fixed on her.

“But you’re not an object, Rebecca. My feelings for you weren’t

a split–second judgment.”

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It was a long, continuous, and ever–strengthening commitment.

“So, you should ask when I started to notice you uncontrollably,

when I couldn’t help but try to understand the meaning behind

your every expression, when I started to turn liking you into an

ongoing project I have no intention of ever finishing.

Understand?”

Rebecca was stunned by his words.

Her eyes were dazed, as if she hadn’t understood.

Were those words of love?

Probably… How else could she explain her racing heart?

She instinctively lifted the cup he had just filled, bringing it to

her lips, hoping the warm liquid would calm the strange panic in

her heart.

As the tea touched her lips, her tongue burned, and she couldn’t

help but hiss softly, almost dropping the cup.

“Did you burn yourself?”

Adrian frowned, got up to get a cold drink from the fridge, and

twisted it open for Rebecca to take a couple of sips.

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Rebecca was rarely cared for so attentively, and she waved her

hand to show him he didn’t need to be so worried.

“I can… I can get it myself.”

She took the water, nodded at Adrian, feeling completely

awkward.

Adrian didn’t say anything and went back to his seat.

His phone on the table vibrated. Adrian glanced at it but didn’t

open the notification, quickly flipping the phone face down.

After they finished eating, Adrian checked the time.

“My lecture is at seven tonight. We still have three hours to… go

on a date.”

Rebecca’s ears grew hot.

“What do you want to do?”

“I don’t know. I have no experience. What do people usually do

on dates?”

Adrian’s lips curved into a smile, perhaps pleased to hear Rebecca say she had “no experience.”

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They got in the car and both took out their phones to search for what young people do on dates these days.

“Go to the movies?

That seems to be the number one date activity.”

Rebecca nodded, buckling her seatbelt. “Okay, I’m not picky. I’ll

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