"Do you have an idea why I like you?" Nathaniel suddenly dropped that startling question just when Chloe was contemplating whether to crush the chicken bone in her hand. So far, nothing had happened. They just ate and stared out at the scenery ahead of them.
Chloe did not find it annoying but relaxing. But his question... It made those thoughts come back again.
Trying hard to not look like a tomato, she gently placed the thigh bone on the cleared plate on her lap. " Well..." She snuck a look at him, he didn't seem like he planned to look away even for a minute. "I don't."
A small chuckle came from him before he left his seated position and stretched along with the mat, his arm supporting his head. Still maintaining that cool look as he looked into her eyes with some kind of gentleness, he blurted, "Me neither."
"Huh?"