"I was on a red-eye flight, so I saw the message too late. After I saw it, I raced over here, so I didn't have the time to send a response. Did you wait long?"
Tears welled up in Lily's eyes. With her mouth full of rice, she slowly nodded her head.
"I held back from contacting you while I was abroad because I didn't want to bother you while you were thinking."
"...You know that was kind of a nasty thing to do, right?"
"It's you of all people. Don't you think I can be a bit nasty in front of you sometimes?"
Ethan leaned closer to Lily and flashed her a soft smile.
"But should I have contacted you anyway?"
With her cheeks full of food like a squirrel, Lily nodded again.
"I see. That was my bad. I'm sorry."
When Ethan meekly acknowledged his wrongdoing, Lily's eyes grew warm. Actually, he hadn't done anything wrong. She could have been the one to contact him first. If she hadn't hesitated to accept his heart to begin with, this wouldn't have happened.
