"I-it's not that but.....I want to court you, Ave."
Ivan felt like the whole world stopped including the time. He could hear Avery's heavy sigh and suddenly she broke a laugh.
"Y-you know what, it's not the time to joke around." Ivan looked at Avery with his eyes staring intently at hers and she slowly shook her head with a serious face.
"I'm serious. I want to make you fall inlove with me."
Ivan held both of her hands on the top of the table. Avery wanted to scream so loud. Like, duh. Ivan the freakin Salazar is asking to court her. Who wouldn't want to scream?
"Why me?" Avery wanted to slap herself for asking such a stupid question. She was just praying that Ivan won't change his mind about courting her.
"Same question that keep on running inside my head. Why you? Why, Ave? I mean
