Their Awkward Moment

"Of...of course...haha..." Elizabeth forced herself to smile, pretending not to care.  At the moment, she didn't really know what else to say or do. She couldn't say she didn't want to be his friend, could she? If she plucked the courage to say, "I like you," would that only end in self-humiliation? What's more, since they lived together now, they would only be embarrassed for her overreach. And it's possible that they even can't be friends? She replied in defiance of the heart, but at least she could live with him in a relatively harmonious way. Uh... Even if it's unrequited love, it was good for her to be around him, wasn't it?    Hearing her positive answer, James Lu frowned even more tightly. Wasn't that the best he could have hoped for?  Why was the agitation in his heart so obvious and made him want to curse? Fighting against the annoyance in his heart, he said reluctantly in a bad tone, "Yes." For a moment, neither of them spoke a word. There was endless silence between them. Th