"You know you don't have to pretend in front of me." Wu Zhang whispered in Song Jia's ear as he settled down on his chair beside her.
"Pretend what?" She frowned, not really expecting him to see through the mask that she had put on to hide her emotions.
"Pretend to be normal and all focused when you are clearly not." His voice was only loud enough for the two to hear.
"But I am normal, nothing to pretend." She faked a laugh to prove her point.
"Are you?" He looked right into her eyes, making sure she felt the pressure of his gaze. And she sure did as she gave up soon after and lowered her gaze to look away from him. She didn't want to be the damsel in distress all the time and let him know how weak she was deep inside.
As she broke the eye contact, Wu Zhang placed the knuckle of his index finger beneath her chin and made her look at him. "Tell me you are fine and I will let it go."
