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Chapter 801 I Only Have Feelings For You
Arissa raised her head to regard him with a smile. “It’s nothing.” Benjamin’s brow bunched
up. His eyes fixated upon the unnaturalness of her smile before glancing toward his
phone.
When he took it over, the screen of the phone lit up. That particular message was still
being actively displayed on it. Was it this that ruined her mood?
Momentarily shaken up inside, Benjamin regarded her intently with his dark eyes before
he deleted that message. “Have you read it?” he asked, point blank.
Arissa turned her body over to face the other way. “I didn’t mean to!” Casting his towel
aside, Benjamin leaned in and held her tightly inside her arms.
His almond-shaped eyes locked gazes with her. “It doesn’t mean anything!” Arissa lifted
her eyes and pursed her lips. “Have both of you been in constant contact all this time?”
Benjamin fiddled with her hair while lying on his side. “No. She’s the one who has been
trying to reach out to me these past few days. I’ve never responded to her,” he explained.
Arissa scrutinized him. Benjamin doesn’t appear to be lying. It’s not like he needs to
either. “In that case, how do you feel toward her?”
Benjamin stared at her with an unfathomable gaze. “She’s like an old friend!” That
somewhat improved Arissa’s mood. “Then, do you still fancy her?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBenjamin’s brows perked up, and there was a playful look in his eyes. “Why don’t you tell
me whether I should?”
When Arissa reacted by turning her back to him, Benjamin pulled himself close and kissed
her behind the ear. “You know that I only have feelings for you!”
Arissa’s heart started throbbing as her cheeks flushed hotly. She certainly felt him. In
response, she pulled the blanket over her face. The laughter from the man’s baritone
voice sent her body temperature soaring.
“Stop imagining things, Arissa, and don’t let other people affect your emotions that easily,
all right?”
Benjamin petted her head over the blanket. “Come on out. Don’t you find it stuffy in
there?”
Arissa smiled and pressed him further, “Do you really feel nothing for her?”
Benjamin exhaled in exasperation. “Back then, with everyone else’s constant nudging, I
was indeed a little tempted to date her. My thinking at the time was that I might as well
find someone who I personally liked for myself rather than leave things to my dad. She
was one of the few among my acquaintances who I got on quite well with, but Dad didn’t
seem to like her very much. In fact, he was vehemently opposed to us getting together.
Everyone must have misunderstood me because I took her side that time. Perhaps that’s
why my old man is still convinced that I am into her, even till now!”
Arissa pulled the blanket down slightly and looked at him expectantly. “Does that mean
that you were never attracted to her?”
Benjamin peered down at her. “Are you going to come out?”
That made Arissa a little self-conscious. “You still haven’t answered my question yet.”
Benjamin leaned in and closed the distance between them further.
“Do you still doubt me after everything I’ve told you, Arissa? Are you daft?”
That had Arissa seething. “You’re the one who’s being daft. Was it even necessary to insult
me?”
Benjamin’s thin lips lifted into a smirk as he pinched her cheek. “From where would I find
the time to get involved with someone else? I’m way too busy making money!”
Could he be speaking the truth?
As reluctant as Arissa was to simply take his words at face value, there was no
understating the joy she felt inside.
“Have you really never fancied anyone else previously?”
“Whoever said that? I most certainly did!” Benjamin reacted in dismay.
He coughed and cleared his throat self-consciously when he saw that despondent
expression returning to Arissa’s face.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThen, he shot her an amused look. “What’s bugging you now?”
“So, that means you really are interested in someone else!” Arissa side-eyed him.
If she isn’t Danna or Rosetta, who else could that woman be?
Benjamin tilted her chin up. “Didn’t I tell you not to overthink things? Why won’t you just
listen?”
Arissa merely stared at him. You should have explained things clearly if you wanted that.
Having figured out what was going through her mind from the look in her eyes, Benjamin
sighed. He then broke off eye contact as he felt somewhat ill at ease.
“It happened back when I was a kid. Does that count too?”
Arissa blinked.
When he was a kid?
She was amused by the blush she vaguely saw on the man’s handsome face but dared not
laugh aloud.
“How little were you?”
Benjamin’s eyes darted around. “I was just a few years old.”
“And how old was the girl you took a liking to?”
Benjamin appeared contemplative. “A year old, or maybe several months old?”
Arissa was utterly speechless.
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