Chapter 48: I'm a virgin.

"Ethan, do you…" Lily trailed off, mustering up all the confidence she could. She inhaled, "Do you feel the same way about me?" she asked, not breaking the eye contact they shared.

Although Ethan was someone she really liked, it was hard to read him, to see through him—the real emotions behind his dead blue eyes.

She was no therapist, but she felt like Ethan was going through something that made him hide his true feelings.

Or was she just thinking too much, like she always did?

Yes, she caught Ethan staring sometimes because she was also staring at him. And there was also this strange tension that overwhelmed her whenever she was around him.

But, one second, it felt like he was more than in love with her… Then the next felt like she didn't even exist in his world.

Like… just minutes ago, she was talking to him, yet his attention was entirely fixed on something else… What was it again?

'I like your hair.' Ethan's words rang in her ears.

'My hair?' Lily thought, then shook her he