Your thoughts were empty, as you sat there at the dining table facing the young CEO’s cold face. Your friend somehow convinced you to go on this date in their place, but Alhaitham didn’t know that. No, he couldn’t know, or else you would be dead meat.

The tension was thick. He just sat there staring you down without muttering one word. You couldn’t help but think he looked like an archaeopteryx. After a moment, he finally broke the silence.

“So… You’re the one my father arranged me with?”