Eleven

Jared knew he was acting with Alexa, he did feel guilt over the fact that he was always touching her and maybe giving her mixed feelings about them but he had to swallow his guilt, telling himself that it was probably better that Alexa fell in love with him and thinks that he loves her too because it would make their marriage easier. 

“Sometimes, I wonder what goes through your mind.” Alexa mused out loud as she watched Jared stare at her unblinkingly, like although he was with her physically with his head on her laps as they enjoyed a pleasant day in the sun, his mind was a million miles away. 

“The thought of your beauty?” Jared suggested and Alexa snorted a laugh. 

“Please, you can definitely do better than that, me and beauty do not compliment each other in a sentence.” 

“No.” Jared continued. “I am definitely right, your beauty is something which is so usual but that does not m