Ivonne's POV

"What?" I questioned in a laugh, offering him a dumb expression as I thought maybe I heard wrong, nonetheless his expression remained the same. "Did you seriously just ask me that?"

"Yes," he affirmed. "I did."

"Why?" I chuckled, my palm flying to my lips in a bid to stop my laugh.

"Because I care Ivonne," he blurted, shoving his palm into the right side pocket of his slacks.

"Wow," I snickered. "That's the goldden lie of the century."

"I'm not playing you Ivonne," he argued. "I honestly care for you which is why I came up to ask you this."

"Then don't," I clipped back at him,...