Flash Marriage: Pampered by Mr.Bigshot-Chapter 701 - 700: I Admit, I Like Him

Do you know what it means when they say, ’the more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes’? That’s exactly what you’re doing."

Nia Mitchell bit her lip and then nodded.

"Fine, so you’re saying you don’t like him, right? Then I’ll give Charles Northwood a call."

Saying that, Nia took out her phone, found Charles Northwood’s number, and prepared to dial.

Seeing her serious expression, Fiona Sutton quickly reached out to stop her.

"Can you not do this? Can’t you at least leave me some dignity?"

She hadn’t wanted to fall for Charles Northwood either!

"Fine. I admit it. I do have feelings for Charles Northwood. So what?"

Fiona put down her utensils, her face a mask of misery.

She had been trying so hard to suppress her feelings.

She didn’t know what to do, how to face Charles Northwood, or how to face their friendship.

"I don’t want to lose a good friend, but I feel like I have no way out, Nia. You will never understand this pain."

Fiona, who was usually so carefree, was acting like this now.

Nia couldn’t bear to see Fiona like this and began to regret pushing her so hard for answers.

"You confessed to him, didn’t you?"

If Fiona’s feelings had just been one-sided, Charles wouldn’t have started acting so distant toward her.

"Yes, I confessed to him while in the USA."

So that’s why she came back early, all alone.

"So, he...rejected you?"

Fiona nodded, but clearly had a hard time accepting it.

"If Charles Northwood had just told me he didn’t like me, or that I wasn’t his type, I could have accepted that," Fiona said, covering her face as she tried to hold back tears. "But damn it, he said I don’t actually like him, that my feelings are just a misconception! What the hell kind of reason is that?!"

It was the first time in her life she’d ever heard such a reason for rejection. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

How ridiculous.

She couldn’t accept it.

But she had no choice; that was the answer Charles had given her.

"Huh?" Nia frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.

"So, he meant that you don’t actually like him, but feel something else? Friendship?"

Between a man and a woman, it’s usually either love or friendship, right?

If it were some other negative emotion, they wouldn’t have been able to stay friends for seven years, would they?

Fiona shook her head; she didn’t know either.

She struggled to suppress her emotions, then lowered her hands from her face and looked Nia straight in the eye.

"I don’t know."

She had been so confused.

Some things, no matter who you are, you only have the courage to attempt once.

She... wouldn’t pester Charles. That would be too petty.

"Charles Northwood has a girlfriend now. Even if I’m not resigned to it, I can’t go and destroy someone else’s relationship."

Fiona smiled, as though she had let go of everything.

"Nia, sometimes I also wonder if it’s really like Charles said, that I don’t actually like him."

But... the more she thought about it, the more it seemed... she really did like him.

Nia bit her lip, shocked to hear such impactful news.

She could hardly imagine Fiona having feelings for Charles Northwood.

"When did you...start liking him?"

Nia hesitated to ask, her heart aching as if something was constricting it.

Fiona was her best female friend, and knowing all this, Nia’s heart truly ached for her.

"I don’t remember. Maybe in high school..."

Nia’s heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle.

Doesn’t that mean it’s been at least four years then?