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BEATRICE:

I stared a couple of times at the man in front of me in this fancy restaurant. He wore his business suit while gawking at me, who was all smiles the whole duration of this meetup. He never grew or raised his eyebrows.

The way he gawked at me was making me already uncomfortable. What the heck was wrong with him?

I just wanted to go right now and let Christina believe that we did not click. This man surely did not want a woman who already had a responsibility to her son or daughter. There was never such a thing as that. Men usually run away from responsibilities.

“Would you please stop looking at me like that?” I finally managed to say while playing with my hands at the top of the table.

He blinked a couple of times. “Did I offend you?”

The problem with this man was that he did not talk, and was only looking at me as if he was a fool.

“I don't like it. I did not come here so that you could openly stare at me. Why are you like this? Is this your first time seeing a single