55: Good Habit

Vivienne did not refute his words as she had been pondering over his attention and enthusiasm toward her. She was really unused to such attention and it made her not eager but rather fearful of it. She did not want to be too hopeful as you'd never know when these hopes would come crashing down and she might not even be able to bear the weight of these crushed hopes.

Noah placed his hand over hers on the table and said, "You are too insecure about yourself, Vivienne. Shouldn't you become confident in yourself?"

"I have confidence in myself," answered Vivienne to him. "But when it comes to you, I begin to question a lot of things. You should understand that I have very special feelings for you. These feelings don't allow me to be confident in front of you. You weren't interested in me years ago, then I can't understand why you'd be interested in me now."

"I was blind once," he replied without any hesitation. "No, I wasn't blind. If I was, I wouldn't befriend you. It's more like since yo