Chapter 258 How Much for the Night

As Calista got up, Paul followed her up as well.

"I'll see you off."

"There's no need for that, Mr. Baker. You can carry on drinking with them. It's just downstairs, so you don't have to see me off."

Earlier, when Shawn asked Paul whether it was okay for her to drink, it was an attempt to categorize her as Paul's partner.

Though she knew she might be overthinking it, it was still better to avoid any potential misunderstandings.

Since it's impossible, she should make herself clear. It's better to not give mixed signals as in rejecting verbally but acting the opposite.

This created a false impression that she could be won over with just some more effort.

Sometimes, having feelings for another person was self-hypnotizing in a certain way.

Due to one's indecisiveness which in turn gave the other party the wrong signals, leading them deeper into self-hypnotization.

It was the same concept as fishing. If you fed the fish too much, they wouldn’t take the bait. But, you couldn’t not