Chapter 95

Raya

I got more agitated as the day for the first hearing got closer, and I had nothing to do with myself but draw.

Fashion designs I had thought of before, and dreams I had kept bottled up. I drew them in an attempt to feel light, but none of them helped.

"What are you doing?" I turned around by the pool, where I sat staring at nothing, and I turned back to the water when I saw it to be Mr. Sterling.

I wondered if he didn't have anything to do, as he was always around.

"Don't you have things to do?" I asked before I could shut my mouth, and he smiled.

"There's something called working from home, you know."

I glanced at him again before voicing my next statement: "Is it because of me?"

"Of course, I..." He seemed to realize almost immediately the confession he had made again, and I sighed.

I guess he really did like me, and I'll be lying if I say I didn't feel anything for him.

"Why though? Why do you like me?"

He shifted on his seat awkwardly and said, "I... I don't know. I guess it