Mr. CEO's Young Mistress
Chapter 23: Is There Someone You Like?

"I almost tore my room upside down this morning but still couldn't replace it, while he comes home, looks around casually, and replaces it?" Sharon thought to herself incredulously. Sharon frowned and looked at Leonard, her face full of suspicion.

"Why does something smell fishy about this?" she wondered.

Leonard ignored Sharon's questioning gaze and calmly changed the topic. "Aren't you going to open it?"

Sharon looked at the gift box on the table and shook her head. She looked at Leonard and said in a low voice, "Nope, since I'm going to return it anyway."

"She's going to return it?" Leonard thought.

Shock flashed in Leonard's eyes for a second as he gaped at Sharon.

Sharon didn't say much. She narrowed her eyes at Leonard and muttered, "Master Leonard, did you really replace the gift box in my room?"

"Mm-hmm." Leonard's eyes had widened slightly, but his tone when he replied was straightforward as usual.

Sharon was puzzled.

"Maybe I did miss a spot." Sharon suspected in her head.

As Sharon was thinking, she saw Leonard standing up from the sofa out of the corner of her eyes.

Sharon looked at him warily.

Leonard threw Sharon a glance before heading towards the stairs.

Sharon watched Leonard climbed the stairs to the second floor and disappeared into the study room. She then looked back to the box on the console table and pondered.

In the study room, Leonard sat in a large office chair behind his desk and opened one of the drawers, exposing an intricate gift box.

It was identical to the box downstairs.

Leonard stared at the box for a few seconds. Then, his cold eyes narrowed as he slammed the drawer shut.

Behind the fake rocks that were installed near Bluesky University's basketball court.

"I'm sorry, Simon, but I can't accept your present." Sharon handed a bag that held the gift box to Simon.

Simon had not expected Sharon to ask to meet up with him just to return his gift, the initial joy in his eyes dimming. Simon's heart tightened. His voice was gruff as he said, "I gave it to you as a present, so I can't take it back now."

Sharon looked at his gloomy expression apologetically "I'm sorry."

"I shouldn't have accepted it when he gave it to me. Then, we probably wouldn't have to go through all of this. It's all my fault." Sharon thought to herself and felt guilty.

Sharon inhaled lightly. She looked at him sincerely and said, "Simon, I know nothing I say will make you feel better, but I'm really sorry."

Simon clenched his fists and looked at Sharon. He said hoarsely, "If you really feel sorry, accept the present. I didn't mean anything by it. You can refuse my confession, but at least accept my present."

"How can I accept your present for no reason?"

"Sharon, if you take me as a friend, please don't make this look worse than it already is, okay?" Simon's face was bitter.

Sharon's hand that held onto the bag clenched, and she stopped insisting.

How could she, when he was begging her like this?

If she continued to insist, he would feel even worse.

"Can I ask you a question?" Simon stared at Sharon and asked.

"What is it?" Sharon looked at him.

Simon clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and asked, "Is there someone you like?"

Sharon was stunned and shook her head.

She wasn't lying that there wasn't anyone she liked right now.

While she did feel something for Simon, she wouldn't say that she liked him that way yet.

Moreover, they were still too young to talk about this.

That was why Sharon refused Simon.

"In other words, I still have a chance." The light in Simon's eyes reignited as he stared at Sharon passionately.

At the sight of this, Sharon's jaw ticked. She opened her mouth to say something.

But before she could, Simon reached out to caress her head before running away with a smile.

Sharon was dumbfounded and stood rooted to the floor.

Time flew by, and before everyone knew it, more than half of the semester had passed.

One afternoon, after school was over, Sharon returned to the villa to replace that Leonard was already home. Not only that, even Paul, Oliver, and Daniel Bonnet, who usually wouldn't appear unless absolutely necessary, were there.

Sharon looked at Daniel in surprise, then at Paul and Oliver. Finally, her gaze landed on Leonard. Her voice was sceptical as she asked, "Master Leonard, is there going to be a poker party tonight?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐