Semua Bab Boyfriend for Sale: Bab 191 - Bab 200

When Alex heard Shantal asking him to be her friend again for the umpteenth time, he started to lose his courage of turning her down. So unable to decline, he tried to avert the other party's gaze instead. Shantal, on the other hand find his reaction cute. So instead of letting the matter go, she deliberately tried to make eye contact with Alex."By the way you are really cute." She commented out of the blue. But then when she noticed the change in Alex expression, so she quickly took back her words."Sorry."She muttered under her breath when she thought that the other party was unhappy about her acting way too forward. Little did she know that the reason behind Alex's reaction was because he was caught off guard after hearing her compliment.But of course, Alex was good at hiding his emotion so he was able to remain nonchalant outside and was even wise enough to refute Shantal's words"Then tell me if you are sorry."But just

"What else you could expect? It is not like you can simply abandon someone and just because you suddenly have a change of heart, you expect that everything will return to normal as nothing happened." Alex uttered those words with a blank expression so it was hard to infer what exactly was his emotion at that given moment. It was also a question of whether he was telling those things to Shantal or if he was talking to himself. Meanwhile, Shantal did not argue nor deny anything from what Alex just said. Instead, she lowered her hand and kept her eyes glued with her clasped hand. Then after letting out a deep breath, she tucked her knees across her chest. "Thinking back, this is what my heart always kept telling me every single time," She paused before looking at Alex. At this point, Shantal flashed Alex a timid smile because she did not want to make the ambiance gloomier than it already was. However, the smile that she was

 Albeit forced, Shantal still insisted on wearing her same old smile. She made sure to sport a smiling face despite her heart feeling heavy with desolation. Conversely, Alex was not in better shape compared to the other party. He could feel Shantal's anguish from where he was and so he was also on the verge of crying. In fact, tears were already welling up in his eyes and they seemed to be close to falling down on his cheeks. But as a guy, his masculinity would not allow him to be seen crying, especially not in the presence of a lady; so he tried his best to fight hard those tears. At this point, Alex already has to deliberately tilt his head on one side just so he could prevent his eyes from shedding a tear. At the same time, it could be said that the current situation definitely played to Alex's advantage. Due to the fact that Shantal also happened to be preoccupied with her own sorrowful thoughts and she was in the middle of lamenting over her own action, she failed

"You got an offer to be a professor."When Sam heard Harold mentioned the job offer that she previously got from a university, a surprise expression registered on her face. She has not told anyone about it yet so she did not expect the other party to know it already."Sorry, I did not mean to see the message."Harold added afterward upon seeing his colleague's reaction. he did not mean to be intrusive. It just so happen that he was able to accidentally read the message because the notification suddenly popped on the screen one time when he was using Sam's phone."I am not interested."Sam replied honestly.The offer sure sound enticing for anyone who was facing the risk of losing a job. But for Sam who found her joy in the people she worked with, it did not sound appealing at all."Why not? Such opportunity does not come often."Harold insinuated but Sam refrained from answering right away and without her knowing, her eyes deli

"Are you trying to live off of your brother?"Alex was shocked when he heard Shantal's comment. But the truth was, Shantal was just as shocked as he was when she heard her own voice.She did not mean to be rude and it was just something that came to her. In fact, she did not intend to say it out loud and it was a thought that was supposed to stay only inside her head. However, as if gaining its own conscience, her mouth suddenly uttered the thing that her mind was thinking.At that moment, Shantal could only wish for the ground to open up and swallow her whole; or at least for a mysterious hole to appear out of the blue so she could jump straight to it and vanish on the sight once and for all. She felt like she brought nothing but embarrassment upon herself"Sorry."She mumbled. But at this point, she no longer had to courage to look at Alex and say it to his face."I am not careful with my words sometimes."She admitted with her head