The Adopted Heir

Chapter 81

For a while, no one made a sound. Alex had to summon the courage to look up and know what was up– why everyone was just so unusually quiet. He saw the shocked expressions on their faces, he almost started regretting why he said what he said because it looked like he had done something wrong.

"Um… I will just leave." Alex said sheepishly. He turned his back to walk out of the door and then Sophia's voice made him halt instantly.

"Are you just going to run? Don't you want to hear my response? Or did you not mean what you said?" Sophia threw a series of questions his way. She knew that he was a little bit uncomfortable from the extra eyes on them, but she was determined to make him come out of his shell. According to her, if he can't at least profess his feelings in front of their friends, how was he going to be able to do that in front of other people?

"I meant every word I said. I'm sorry that it took the presence of an admirer for me to come to my senses. You guys kept asking me what