Maisie did not want to have an affair with him like this, so she said straightforwardly, "Thank you for your help today. I can only brew a cup of coffee to express my thanks."
The implication was that Ezra would taste the cup of pour-over coffee today, solely because he did her a favor.
Ezra smiled sadly as he held the coffee in his hand.
Maisie was really "snobby".
But Ezra found it gloomily that he seemed to like her "snobbery" because he would not have this cup of coffee, nor the quiet time, sitting face to face with her at this moment, if Maisie was not snobbish.
So, Ezra did not say anything else but lowered his head to taste the coffee.
Maisie sipped at her coffee for a while and then said, "Isn't you busy lately?"
Maisie urged Ezra indirectly to go when she found that he had no intention of leaving Grafstin. She did not want to see him every day.
Ezra replied, languid, "I'm busy lately. Very busy."
He then added when Maisie was about to say something, "Busy bonding with my son."
Maisie then did not want to talk to him at all.
Apparently, he was teasing her by saying that.
Ezra coaxed her when he found she was on the edge of getting angry, "Hey, don't be mad. You wouldn't be like this before. It's just a joke. Don't take it seriously."
Maisie denied, "I'm not angry."
She just did not want to pay any attention to him.
She thought it over and then added, "And, I used to be like this. Actually, I'm narrow-minded and irritable. You just don't know it."
Ezra asked curiously with his eyebrows raised, "Oh? Is that so? For example, when…?"
"For example…" Maisie gulped her words back as she just opened her mouth.
For example, when he flirted with other women at parties, or when he had scandals with other women, she was heartbroken. The pain was like thousands of ants gnawing on her heart.
Sometimes she even fell into the circle of self-denial and self-doubt. She wondered if she was so bad that he wanted to have an affair with others when he was with her.
But she could only suffer from the pain in silence. There was no one to talk to because no one knew the two were in love at that time. She could not talk to Emelia and other friends.
Ezra, however, never explained to her any of the scandals. In Maisie's eyes, Ezra thought it unnecessary to give her explanations. Maybe he thought Maisie was merely a new toy to play with or a tool to relieve his loneliness during the emotional gap.
It was really too bitter to love him, so much so that she still had the desire to complain when she mentioned these things now.
But she realized that Ezra and she were neither lovers nor friends. It was best not to recall the past. So, she did not say things.
"For example? What?" Ezra asked again, slightly narrowing his eyes.
Obviously, Maisie was in the mood to say something. Ezra caught a flash of pain in her eyes.
Maisie lowered her eyes and said faintly, "Nothing."
Ezra closed his lips tightly and stared at her with a sinking feeling in his eyes. He wondered if it made her so painful to mention the past about him.
Perhaps they were unhappy when they broke up because of the child. But Ezra believed he was happy with Maisie. And Maisie was jolly when she was with him, wasn't she?
They had never quarreled with each other, nor even a small one.
When they were in love, things were normal and uneventful and their life was simple and cozy.
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