Chapter 77. Rational Judgement

Serena tried to pull her hand back, but he caught it in his own.

Her cheeks instantly flamed, turning a shade of red rivaling a ripe apple.

"Y-You... what are you doing?"

His handsome face inched closer, their noses nearly touching.

He let out a soft sigh. "Serena... do you know what I've been thinking since just now?"

"W-What?"

Serena turned her face slightly, trying to put some space between them-space she desperately needed just to breathe properly.

"Watching you in the kitchen, busy with a simple bowl of pasta... I suddenly felt something I've never felt before-happiness. The kind of quiet, ordinary happiness I used to think only existed in novels."

"I realized... if I could spend my life with you as j