Chapter 189 As Gullible as She Appears

• When lunch was ready at noon, Claire sat at the table, her face lit with pleasure from the delicious feast. While she wasn’t a beauty, neither was she unsightly. Moreover, she was rather pleasing to the eye as time went by, especially her aura of intellectual intelligence, giving off the sense of a vast ocean. Although she usually looked nerdy and innocent, she turned truly eloquent when the subject of literature popped up, the subject a breeze for her even as every other word out of her mouth were poems and sonnets.
• Regretfully, I had no interest in all those things. Honestly speaking, I was more interested in her life as a woman living alone. “Claire, I know you’ll feel lonely at night when you’re alone at home, but will you crave physical release?”
• Claire’s face flushed. “Why are you suddenly asking about such a thing? This isn’t an appropriate question.”