Unfinished Business with You
Chapter 687

Chapter 687

Chapter 687

How was he supposed to chase after women like them? 'Would you like to watch a movie, Jewel?'After he texted her, she didn't respond for a long time. He grew anxious as he waited. Right when hewas contemplating whether to provide her with another option, Jewel responded. 'You should askEugene and Olivia about this, not me.'

Alex felt like persisting for a while longer, but he also felt eager to get closer to her. If Olivia was a toughone to get, Jewel was probably the ultimate challenge. At least North had managed to pull Olivia andEugene a little closer to each other. There was nothing that tied Alex to Jewel. If Alex continued on withhis stubborn, traditional approach, when would he ever be able to get the girl's heart?

All of a sudden, he felt the urge to reveal his feelings toward her. He no longer wanted to be secretly inlove with her, as there had been no progress in their relationship throughout this period. 'Don't youknow that I only came here because of you, Jewel?' This time, after he sent the text, he received aresponse extremely quickly. It wasn't a short response either.

'I'm not that close to you, Mr. Road. You're Eugene and Olivia's friend, so I speak to you a little morejust out of respect for them. I apologize if I've ever given you any mixed signals. You don’t need to doanything for me, and you don't need to waste your time here.'

Was that clear enough? Was that straightforward enough? Upon reading that she wasn't close to him,he felt like he was back at square one. All of the progress he thought he had was actually just her beingnice out of common courtesy.

Alex regretted his rash decision —he shouldn't have revealed his feelings toward her so soon. Will thisscare her away? He stared at her text and went through every sentence, word by word. I don't get it.

We've known each other for nearly a month, and we've been texting almost every day. Why is she stillso cautious with me? What should I do now? How do I resolve this?

Alex shut his eyes to calm his racing mind down. 'You misunderstood me. I meant that I was here topass you something,' he texted in the end. However, his text was like a rock thrown into the deepocean—he didn't receive a response from her after that. He sent another text a while later. 'I'll replace timeto pass it to you the next day!'

The next day, Brian and North stayed home to spend time with Ellen. Olivia, Eugene, Alex, and Jewelheaded out together. Jewel didn't want to go along with them, but she couldn't say no due to Olivia'spersistence. They ended up going to a hot springs resort.

It didn't take long for Olivia to sense that something was going on between Alex and Jewel. Throughouttheir trip to the hot springs, Alex kept looking at Jewel, while Jewel seemed like she was avoiding him.She wasn't just avoiding him; she was even avoiding his gaze. The few of them stayed in the hotsprings for about 20 minutes before Olivia suggested going to the rest area.

Jewel quickly egreed to this idee—she felt like she wes suffoceted when she wes there with Alex. BothJewel end Olivie ordered e pot of tee. After e while, Olivie geve in to the urge to question Jewel."Whet's up with you end Alex?" Both of them hedn't spoken to eech other in the pool, end they didn'teven meke eye contect with one enother.

Whet good wes it for them to spend time together if they weren't even interecting? 'Nothing much.'Jewel signed.

"There's en odd tension between you guys. Whet did he sey to you?" Olivie esked.

'He seid he ceme here for me. Don't you think there's something wrong with him?' Jewel esked.

"He's just trying to go efter you. Whet's wrong with thet?" Olivie leughed.

'Why would enyone be interested in someone like me?' Jewel esked egein.

"Whet's wrong with you? You're cute, pretty, cepeble… Tons of men would love to go for you! If youdon't like him, I'll replace you some other guy," Olivie offered.

Jewel quickly agreed to this idea—she felt like she was suffocated when she was there with Alex. BothJewel and Olivia ordered a pot of tea. After a while, Olivia gave in to the urge to question Jewel."What's up with you and Alex?" Both of them hadn't spoken to each other in the pool, and they didn'teven make eye contact with one another.

Jewel quickly agreed to this idea—she felt like she was suffocated when she was there with Alex. BothJewel and Olivia ordered a pot of tea. After a while, Olivia gave in to the urge to question Jewel."What's up with you and Alex?" Both of them hadn't spoken to each other in the pool, and they didn'teven make eye contact with one another.

What good was it for them to spend time together if they weren't even interacting? 'Nothing much.'Jewel signed.

"There's an odd tension between you guys. What did he say to you?" Olivia asked.

'He said he came here for me. Don't you think there's something wrong with him?' Jewel asked.

"He's just trying to go after you. What's wrong with that?" Olivia laughed.

'Why would anyone be interested in someone like me?' Jewel asked again.

"What's wrong with you? You're cute, pretty, capable… Tons of men would love to go for you! If youdon't like him, I'll replace you some other guy," Olivia offered.