City of White (7)

Rhode had a lot of forethought about Celia's psychology. But honestly, no matter how much he pondered, he never expected her to hold such feelings for him. Strictly speaking, although it wasn't completely impossible for her to fall for him since she had followed him since the beginning and it wasn't surprising that she had grown fond of him over time, he hadn't considered this direction in the slightest. In fact, he never reciprocated such feelings for her all this while. The reason was simple.