"Amelia, you’ve risked everything to take this biggest step forward. It pains me," Liam Woody gently held the person in arms and sighed, "But after all, it’s my cowardice that caused this."

Liam Woody didn’t know Mair Williams well enough, but last night, he vaguely felt that if he didn’t make a decision now, he might never have the chance again. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Her pretending to be drunk and kissing him fiercely made him feel her inner emotions at that time; she had been pursuing him for so long, she genuinely liked him.

Mair Williams’s expression changed slightly, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily curved up; she noticed the change in how Liam Woody addressed her.

He called her, Amelia.

"Don’t get too happy too soon, but I still have to criticize you," Liam Woody pinched Mair Williams’s smiling face, and said sternly, "It’s fine to use strategies, but if it’s a losing game, it’s foolish. You’re usually so smart, but when it’s time to use your intelligence, do you only know how to resort to Beauties Trick?"

"Beauties Trick also relies on intelligence to come up with, okay?" Mair Williams was displeased, "Are you looking down on my intelligence?"

"Beauties Trick relies on the face, not on intelligence," Liam Woody earnestly explained, "Last night, if it was another man, you would have been at a loss, get it?"

"Another man?" Mair Williams glared, "Who else in the world would need me to go to such lengths to chase? Other men? With other men, isn’t it that they’ll follow just by me beckoning with a finger? It’s only you, this blockhead, that’s so hard to deal with, okay?"

After finishing her retort to Liam Woody, Mair Williams then curiously followed with another question, "If you knew I was pretending to be drunk last night, why did you still... you know?"

"Because I knew you were pretending to be drunk, that’s why I took you," Liam Woody raised his hand and patted Mair Williams’s head, "If you were really drunk last night, no matter how capable you were, I would’ve tied you up to keep you in line. Taking advantage of you while you’re drunk, that’s taking advantage of the situation, it’s because I knew you were pretending, knew that you were sober, knew that you were fully aware of what you were doing, that’s why I took you."

"If it didn’t happen, you’d be a gentleman," Mair Williams complimented Liam Woody.

"If I weren’t a gentleman, would you still be able to sit here and laugh with me? You’d have been in some corner, crying pitifully," Liam Woody laughed, "If I weren’t a gentleman, I would have half-heartedly agreed to be with you when you were pursuing me. You’re a star, beautiful, and rich, dating you is a win-win. If I were a bit more cunning, I could gain both wealth and beauty, scam you out of everything and then easily kick you to the curb."

"..." Mair Williams hummed, raising her eyebrows, "That just shows that Mair Williams has good taste! It’s because you are a gentleman that I fell for you. If you weren’t, I might not have given you a second glance! People all have a bit of a masochistic streak, the harder something is to get, the more they want it. Maybe if you had gotten together with me early on, I’d have tired of you in just two days, and you wouldn’t have had the chance to scam wealth or beauty before I bid you goodbye."

Liam Woody felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest; this really wasn’t a pleasant topic of conversation.

"Maybe it’s precisely because you always ignored me, I kept thinking, thinking all day long, and the more I thought, the more I liked you," Mair Williams nodded, "Maybe that’s the theory."

Liam Woody got up, took Mair Williams’s hand, and left the bedroom, "Let’s go eat."