[Why is this so difficult?! Just answer the question!]
"I—yes, sir, I had a girlfriend before, but that was back in university," Ethan stammered. "Since I joined Cross Group, I haven't had the time to even attract a female mosquito, let alone a girlfriend."
[I work overtime like a demon every day,] Ethan thought miserably. [I have no time to date. I barely have time to sleep!]
Jacob leaned back in his chair, processing this. "What does it feel like to like someone?"
Ethan blinked. "Sir?"
"To like someone. Romantically. What does it feel like?"
[Oh God, this is about Mrs. Cross,] Ethan realized. [He's having a crisis.]
Ethan could only do his best to answer—at least he had some experience from his student days.
