The Secret Successor

CHAPTER 162

“Excuse me?” Jessica quickly sent daggers onto Gerald. “You think I’m a property for you to add as part of your deal?”

“Don’t get me wrong, Miss. There are two things in the world that one shouldn’t be afraid to show,” Gerald said. “Muscles and emotions. And I’m expressing my emotions because I like you.”

“You don’t even know me, and you are older than my father,” Jessica seethed. “How can you shamelessly say that you like me?”

“When I was young, I looked up at the sky and asked the moon thousands of times to come into my hands, but it didn’t,” Gerald explained. “The first girl I had a crush on in high school refused my love proposal, saying I was too poor. She threw the 100 dollar ring I gave her like it was nothing. After that incident, I went into a shell and missed the days of my youth, spending all my time and effort on coding.” He looked at Jessica and said without blinking, “Will you believe me if I tell you I’m a virgin?”

Jessica blinked twice. “Huh?” Was it even possible to t