Arwen's words like that froze Ryan for a moment. He couldn't react. It wasn't the warning in her words and tone that stunned her. It was the repulsiveness in her attitude that shocked him. It was as if even his presence was making her feel uncomfortable.
Has she been like this always?
He couldn't bring himself to retort it because he never cared to notice it back in the past. He has stayed with her in an enclosed place, such as his bedroom, a few times. Every time, he had made sure to let her know how much he despised her presence there. However, only today he realized that maybe all these times she felt the same but never made him feel it.
Realization hit him harder than he expected. But right now, that alone didn't pain him. It was the thought of someone else that made him insecure —the thought that there might be someone with whom she was this repulsive.
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