He Says Follow Your Heart

9

I planned to stay away from Alastair, but now it seemed I had to talk to him.

Alastair came out of the laboratory and saw me waiting for him with a cup of coffee at the door. He walked quickly over but his cheerful tone suddenly changed, "You are... Fiona?"

Alastair knew the difference between me and her. I became nervous.

"What brings you here?"

"Alastair, shall we talk?"

There were many people passing through the laboratory door, and the two of us just stood still looking at each other. After a while, he finally spoke. "Let's go."

We walked for ten minutes and he kept a distance from me. Finally, I asked, "Do you like her, Alastair?"

Alastair didn't answer.

"It's okay. I understand." I casually waved my hand, pretending that I didn't care. "I have indeed overthought it."

"Do you like Michael?"

His sudden question caught me off guard, and I wanted to change the subject. But then I saw his gentle and serious eyes.

I didn't want to lie to Alastair.