Winnie froze in place.
After a long silence, she finally came back to herself. Her voice was soft but firm.
"Theo, you know I have already been through a failed relationship. You are a good man, but I am scared to love again."
Theo looked like he had just found hope.
He stood up. A faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Hence, you are scared of love, not that you do not like me," he said.
Winnie had no words.
This man.
Half annoyed and half helpless, she glared at him.
She pushed the ring back into his hand.
"Fine. I do not like you, okay."
Not like him.
What now?
He would just chase her then.
In the days that followed, Theo tried everything he could to heal the scars left by her past.
The day Winnie decided to return home to build her career, Theo confessed again.
"I am being
