"So that's what I am?"
I looked at him over the empty cup, turning it slowly between my hands.
"That's why you're here?" I asked, searching his face for some hidden joke. "Running after me, chasing me like a mad dog, blackmailing me into dating you..." I let out a disbelieving laugh. "...all because I don't bore you?"
Knox didn't even hesitate.
He nodded once. "Pretty much."
I stared at him.
No attempt to soften the truth. No pretending it was something more poetic than it was.
Most people would've lied. They would've dressed it up with nicer words, said something about fate, chemistry, destiny or whatever people liked hearing. Knox simply handed me the truth and let me deal with it.
It was annoyingly... Knox.
"Alright."
I leaned back in my chair and folded my arms.
"I understan
