Olivia paused, contemplating.
Actually, she's been meaning to ask this question since the moment Oliver did this. The only reason why Oliver did such a thing was because...
"Because you're a moron?" Olivia guessed.
"See!" Oliver exclaimed. "You're calling me a moron!"
"I called you a moron just now, not before." She pointed out. "But kidding aside, I don't know the answer, Oliver. Why 𝘥𝘪𝘥 you do it?"
"I have numerous reasons why I did that," Oliver admitted. "I already told you some of them."
"So others would pick on me?"
Oliver frowned but didn't deny it.
"I want to boost your standing in Huxley," He insisted. "With me, you're already seen as 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 here."
"Somebody to pick on, gotcha," Olivia nodded, doing the 'thumbs up' gesture.
He made a frown of stunned incomprehension. "Was your first day 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 bad?"
