"Okay, so you didn't answered the former part of my question. Why me?" Her contemplative gaze ran over his face and paused on his eyes.
Those mysterious black eyes of his was devoid of light. It was strange to observe it close as even though his angular face was wearing the innocent expressions, his eyes didn't.
She was dumbfound for the first time to see such hollow eyes. They weren't scary nor mesmerizing to her. It was just expressionless, as if a lot was sealed inside those black doors, and if unleashed somehow, something very unexpected would happen.
Experiencing the same stare, Eric felt nostalgic when they were in the cab. He was happy inside upon seeing her looking at him, but her stare began to bother when she didn't battled her eyes of his gaze. It was as if she was prying into his soul, which he didn't liked.
He immediately averted his face to break their eye contact and answered her question with a cough.
