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Mireya went to grab a seat. Not long after, Jack sent her a message: [Remember to send me a message when you get home. Don’t worry. I didn’t take your ex-husband’s words to heart. I’ll see with my own eyes whether you’re a good woman or not.]
[Thank you.]
After Mireya replied, Ryan came over with two bowls of mac and cheese. He glanced at her phone and then gave her a spoon. “Well, how did the blind date go? Didn’t you say dinner might only end at 8:00 p.m.? Was it unpleasant?”
“We met Rodney and Sarah Rodney said some harsh words in front of Jack that embarrassed me,” Mireya complained in annoyance. “Did he have to do that? We’re divorced. I’ve even given him a child. I just want to start a new life, yet he looked like he wouldn’t stop until he destroys my reputation.”
“He despises you because of Sarah’s incident.”
Ryan mixed the mac and cheese and said gently, “Don’t overthink. If Jack cares about something like that, it means that he’s not worth you getting to know him better.”
“Jack doesn’t mind it. He just sent me a message to explain,” Mireya said while lowering her head. “Actually, he’s not bad…”
He just did not make her heart flutter. Although they had common topics to talk about and the atmosphere was not awkward, he did not step up to defend her when she was quarreling with Rodney.
However, it was understandable. They had only met for the first time.
Nevertheless, if Ryan were there in that situation, he would never allow the bystanders to look at her differently.
While Mireya was overthinking, she did not notice that Ryan’s gaze had darkened.
“I see…”
Ryan scooped some mac and cheese with his spoon. “I have a friend who returned after studying abroad and is working at the University of Canberra as well. However, he’s slightly younger, so he’s a lecturer. I asked him to find out about Jack Morgan. There’s nothing to pick about Jack’s knowledge, but it seems like he has had two relationships after his divorce and he came back to Australia. Not only that, but one of his partners was a student at the University of Canberra. She was only 23 years old. In fact, many young girls in the university have a crush on him because of his gentle personality. The girlfriends he had dated before were all young and pretty. You’re considered beautiful too, so he should like you quite a lot.”
“…”
Mireya instantly felt uncomfortable.
She was not against professors dating students.
However, it meant that Jack might like younger and pretty women. Moreover, many young girls were trying to win his heart. The chances of him having an affair in the future would be high.
Mireya had gone through a divorce before, so even though it was only dating, she would take security into consideration.
After all, she had been cheated on once. She was afraid history would repeat itself.
“My mom might not have known about that. She must’ve heard of people talking about Jack. From various perspectives, he doesn’t seem too bad.”
Ryan added, “By the way, my friend said Jacki is quite a busy person. Although he has a child, no one has ever seen his child at school.”
“…”
Were those words not telling Mireya that Jack was not taking care of his child?
Mireya believed Ryan. When she was having dinner just now, she could sense from Jack’s words that he had no understanding of children at all.
That implied he did not care much about his biological child.
If they were to progress further into the relationship, Mireya should not expect that Jack would treat Dani half as good as Ryan did.
Before giving birth, she would not have considered it a must for her partner to be a warm guy who took care of his family and children. However, after having a child and seeing Ryan treating Dani so well, she wondered why could other men not be like Ryan? After all, Ryan was a man too.
Although Shaun used to be a sc*m, he treated his two children well. He sent them to all of their tuition classes. He even accompanied them to the playground and other places to have fun.
Mireya had a failed marriage before, so she did not want to be miserable again.
After thinking it over in her head, Jack was canceled.
“Forget it. I won’t meet Jack again in the future. I’ll make it clear to him when I get back,” Mireya said decisively.
A hint of glee flashed across Ryan’s eyes, and his expression became more sincere., “Won’t you try interacting with him? He has a bright future…”
“I have a bright future too, okay?” Mireya pouted. “I’m not short of money. He likes pretty girls, and I like handsome guys. But I don’t think he’s handsome enough.”
“Handsome? He’s just average. He can’t compare to me.” Ryan grinned widely.
Mireya glanced at Ryan’s good-looking face. When she recalled Jack’s face again, she really had no thoughts about him anymore.
Well, there was no harm if only there were no comparisons.
“Tell me what type of guys you like. I’ll help you to look for some.” Ryan cocked his head to one side and came closer to Mireya. “I’m different from my mother, Ill surely investigate that person thoroughly before sending him before your eyes.”
“I…” Mireya met his gaze. Both of them were so close to each other that they were only a fist’s length apart. She could even see her reflection in his dark eyes.
Mireya’s mind went blank for a few seconds before she stammered, “A good personality and temper, loyal to relationships, patient toward children, able to tolerate me, and will treat me well when I’m young or even when I’m old in the future. Of course, he has to look decent. He doesn’t have to be super handsome, but he can’t look crooked too. His financial situation shouldn’t be too bad. I don’t dislike guys who don’t have a wealthy family background, but there will be more common topics between us if we’re of equal status.”
Ryan gave a profound response. “Mmn.”
Mireya was embarrassed. “Are my standards too high?”
“They are not high,” Ryan said as he smiled. ” Aside from looks which are inherited from parents and uncontrollable, there is no need for a man to marry a wife if he can’t be gentle, caring, and loyal to his significant other. He can just get a sitter.”
“You think I’m right too, right?” Mireya was delighted. “I don’t want to be choosy cither, but I have no choice. It’s precisely because I wasn’t choosy in the past that I got hurt over and over again. I… Sometimes, I’m really afraid of getting hurt again.”
“You won’t.”
Ryan gazed at Mireya with his dark, deep-set eyes. “With me around, no one will ever hurt you again.”
In the small restaurant, people were walking in and out, and it was very noisy.
However, Mireya felt as if her surroundings had suddenly fallen silent.
She saw Ryan’s serious expression, and it made her face flush uncontrollably. She even felt like there was a lack of oxygen around her.
“Eat your mac and cheese. We’ll be late for the movie if you don’t start eating,” Ryan reminded her with a smile.
“Alright.”
Mireya quickly lowered her head and ate her mac and cheese.
Ryan laughed when he saw her red ears.
…..
After finishing the meal, Ryan and Mireya went to a nearby cinema.
When they entered, Ryan bought a box of popcorn, two cups of freshly-squeezed juice, and a hot dog.
While they watched the movie, Mireya grabbed the popcorn and kept crunching on them. She even finished the hot dog.
Having eaten too much, her mouth was dry, and she needed to drink some juice.
Halfway into the movie, Mireya thought something was not right. The cup of juice that she was drinking was almost finished, but why was the cup she was holding still quite full…?
A few seconds later, she tugged Ryan’s sleeve awkwardly.
“What’s wrong?”
The volume in the cinema was loud. Hence, Ryan bent over, put his lips next to her ear, and asked.
His warm breath caressed Mireya’s earlobes like an electric current flowing through. She felt like half of her heart went numb. Luckily, the cinema was quite dark, so her blushing face could not be seen.
However, she forgot about her bright gaze.
When Ryan caught her gaze at a close distance, he immediately understood.
Seeing that Mireya was not talking, he intentionally went closer to her ear and continued asking, “I asked what’s wrong?”
His thin lips accidentally grazed her earlobe, and Mireya’s body trembled. As if she had been shocked by a stronger electric current, she immediately sat up and glared at him. “What are you doing?”
On the screen, the movie’s plot had reached an intense, exciting part, so it d*d her voice out.
