On the way back, Tessa detailed the traffic dispute that landed her at the police station, venting about it to Faye, who quietly listened the whole time without offering any opinions.
Seemingly indifferent, which made Tessa slightly dissatisfied.
After all, she got into a fight, ended up in the station, and was threatened and intimidated. How could he not offer some comforting words?
Back home, after dinner, she chuckled to Faye, "Someone might be trying to steal your girl."
Faye: "…"
Tessa thought he assumed she was being narcissistic again, so she seriously looked at him and muttered softly, "I'm serious, that Elliot Holloway is quite strange. Being so inexplicably nice to me, I think he might be interested in me? Oh, it's exhausting being so refreshingly unique and irresistible!"
Faye glanced down at her, not looking the slightest bit embarrassed, rather confidently, with a helpless smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Tessa glared at him.
