Maya asks in a serious tone contrasting the playful tone before "Why are you helping me?"
Alex cracks up at her adorable way of acting serious and says sincerely "You protected me once. Now I return what I owe".
Maya creases her eyebrows "Why should I believe you?"
Alex chuckles softly and asks amused "Shouldn't you have asked it before gulping the soup from my hands?"
Maya blinks dumbfounded "..."
'I...didnt find any poison in it. But he doesn't know that I can sense poison. Still, why did I trust him? Even after he humiliated me in from of the people!'
But this man has his weird way to make people get mad and also calm. It's like he is a tyrant person when he does bad things for you and a kind man when he does good things for you. He is one weird person with surprising sides to him.
'Just because I saved his life, he is here to help me? He even brought hot soup for me! He doesn't look like the man who insulted me before!'