"I just want to see you!"
Alyssa was shocked with herself after she said that out loud.
She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands as her eyes were wide open in shock.
She was flustered and you can see her smooth white skin slowly turning red because of shame.
Fred was stunned when he heard her say that. He did not expect to hear something like that and felt like he did not hear it right so he ask her to repeat it,
"Uhh, I'm not sure I heard that right, can you repeat what you said again?"
He rubbed his ear with his fingers to clear it of anything to hear her properly.
When Alyssa heard that she first froze before she looked at Fred's face who seemed to genuinely did not hear what she just said.
Then she breathes a sigh of relief, glad that Fred did not hear her blunder but while she is thankful, she is also a bit disappointed in her heart for whatever reason.
"I, I said that, I-"
Just as Alyssa wanted to clear up the mistake, her phone suddenly rang.
She paused for a second then looked at the phone to see that it's her Mom calling. She turns to Fred with a sorry expression, saying,
"Sorry, can I answer this first? It's my Mom."
"Yeah, sure, go ahead. I'll go to the kitchen to make something to eat, I'll make your share as well."
Fred left the living room to let Alyssa have privacy so she can talk with her parents freely.
He went to the kitchen and looked around for a bit, he saw some bread and decided to make some sandwiches.
15 minutes later, Fred went back to the living room with a plate of egg sandwiches and two glasses of water.
At the same time, Alyssa just ended the call while sighing, looking very sad and depressed.
"You finished talking with your Mom?"
Fred asked as he walked towards her, placing the plates and water at the coffee table.
"Yes, we just finished talking."
Alyssa fixed her face to look normal as she saw Fred coming.
"That's good. I made some sandwiches, go ahead and eat some."
Said Fred as he took the lead and started eating a sandwich.
Alyssa thought about it for a bit before picking one and tasting it.
"Don't mind if I do then." She picks up a sandwich and takes a bite, "Ooh! Yum, this tastes great, Fred."
Fred chuckles, "Haha, don't exaggerate it, it's just a normal sandwich."
"But it tastes really good though."
"If you say so, thank you for the compliment then." Fred smiles at her as he hears her compliments his work.
They chatted as they ate and after a while 10 minutes passed.
The sandwiches on the plate have now all vanished.
"That was good food." Said Alyssa as she comfortably relaxed on the sofa.
"I'm glad that you liked it."
Fred picked up the plate and brought it to the sink at the kitchen before heading back to the living room.
Then looking at Alyssa, Fred remembers seeing her sighing earlier looking depressed so he can't help but ask about it.
"By the way, I saw you sighing earlier, is there any problem?"
He asked her, then he saw that she seems to be hesitating,
"Well, if you don't want to tell it, you don't have to." He smiled at her and was about to change the topic.
"No, it's just that, sigh…"
Alyssa sighs deeply, still hesitating whether it's okay to tell Fred about it, but then suddenly her eyes lighted up like she thought of something.
Seeing those eyes, Fred suddenly shivers and felt uncomfortable,
'It might not have been a good idea that I asked her about it.' he thought.
As an advocate of peace, well at least that's what he thinks of himself, he doesn't want any troublesome things to happen. Only wanting to have a silent life as much as possible.
While he is thinking about those kinds of stuff, Alyssa already started talking about her problem.
So basically, Alyssa was told by her parents to meet the son of their friend who is also in the same industry as them as maybe a potential marriage partner.
Alyssa, being the obedient daughter she is can hardly say no to what her parents tell her. Because of that after she hesitated for a bit she agreed to it.
Previously it was not like this because Prince, Fred's best friend, who also has an equal or higher status than them was pursuing Alyssa. But because it's been a long time and there's still no progress between them plus Alyssa repeatedly rejecting Prince, they decided to take the matter into their hands and make Alyssa date some successful young men.
"Tonight there will be a party at our house where mostly people with the same status as our family will be attending." Said Alyssa after she told Fred about the whole thing.
"Ooh, well, is there any way that I can help you?" Fred asked with a raised eyebrow.
Alyssa suddenly smiled cunningly, "Well, there is. Can you be my boyfriend?"
"What?" Fred was dumbfounded by what he heard,
Looking at the face Fred is making, Alyssa decided to change her words,
"I mean, can you pretend to be my boyfriend? I really don't want to go into a relationship, if Mom keeps pestering me about this thing I don't know when I'll give up and just marry whoever." She said looking nonchalant.
Fred was about to refuse when a sound echoed inside his head.
Along with the sound, a transparent screen suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
[New Mission!
Mission: Help Alyssa by pretending as her boyfriend and get the approval of her parents.
Reward: Random S rank skill, 100 points.]
Fred looked at the mission casually and saw that it's based on his situation right now. He did not mind accepting the mission as he had nothing to lose anyway.
Then Fred, turned his eyes at the reward, his eyes immediately narrowed when he saw the reward for this freakishly easy mission!
An S class skill!
After being here in this world for a long time now, Fred still hasn't had any Skill higher than B!
This is incredible!
The highest rank skill that Fred last saw was from the Doctor, Miss Jordan, who possesses an SSS rank skill based on what Doctor Martin said that day.
Fred immediately accepted the mission and looked into Alyssa's eyes and answered with a smile.
"Sure, I'll help you."