It was the same as thinking of love after marriage. What makes people so confident that would happen?
What if only hell waits for the loveless couple? Who would save them from that?
"The pleasure is all mine as well," Diamond responded with a smile.
Richard didn’t continue to look at Diamond but shifted his focus back to the painting and Diamond did the same.
"What do you think about it?" Richard asked as his gaze remained on the painting on the wall.
"It’s beautiful!" Diamond didn’t know many words to praise art, so she said what came to mind and what she really felt when she first saw it.
"It’s indeed pretty and refreshing," Richard said in acknowledgement as he turned to look at Diamond.
"Such beautiful scenery can only be captured here. With how the climate is right now, I doubt if we can actually witness such a beautiful scene!" Diamond sighed sadly as she recalled what made her upset earlier.
When Richard heard that, he couldn’t help but look at Diamond with surprise in his eyes.
"Was that what you were thinking earlier when I arrived?" he asked hesitantly, as he wasn’t sure that something like that would make a beautiful lady angry like that.
Upon hearing that question, Diamond chuckled embarrassingly as she found the reasons for being upset to be absurd.
"I am afraid it was like that. I just felt sad upon thinking like that."
Hearing her confirming, Richard found himself breaking into soft laughter.
"Hehe, you are one of a kind and I think that I am starting to like you more," he said with a chuckle as he looked at Diamond with an appreciative gaze.
"Oh!" raising her eyebrows in wonder she exclaimed before asking. "So, all this while you didn’t like me?" in a playful manner.
"How can you say something like that? Don’t slander me!" Richard denied the allegation exaggeratedly, making Diamond laugh this time around.
"How can you be so dramatic?" Diamond teared up after experiencing Richard’s antics.
Richard smiled with relief at seeing how happy Diamond was. She was less tense than she was before.
He could tell that she was indeed troubled about this climate change business and she was one of the few he knew who would be so sincere about something that most people take for granted.
"I am glad to see you happy!" he sincerely said as he looked at her.
Diamond didn’t say anything but looked at Richard with a sincere smile as well.
There was a brief silence as the two just looked at the painting without any words being shared.
"I can see that you love that painting. Fortunately for you, I know the artist and if you want it, you can go home with it!" after a while, Richard spoke up.
When Diamond heard that, her ears perked up as she turned to look at Richard with query.
"What are you up to again?" she asked suspiciously as she looked at him.
Richard was baffled upon being questioned like that.
"I don’t mean anything. I am just informing you," he answered helplessly.
"Oh! And you are not saying this to get some benefits from me?" Diamond corked her brows as she asked that with a mischievous smile on her face.
Seeing her like that, Richard sensed danger immediately and hurriedly waved his hands.
"Diamond, trust me. I am being honest and I don’t think about you in that way at all!" he hurriedly explained himself, afraid of making the person he had taken a liking to misunderstand him.
Upon hearing that, Diamond’s curiosity peaked.
"And who might you be interested in?" she slyly asked as she took a few steps closer to him.
Richard took a few steps back, evading Diamond’s directness. That was starting to scare him.
"You ... if you are curious, then become my friend!" he stuttered shyly as he said that.
Diamond placed her hand on her mouth as she stifled her laughter. How could a man be so cute like this?
"You .... Why are you laughing?"
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