"That sounds cool," she said. "We can do a housewarming get-together."
"Perfect. You'll be my honorary guest," Elias chuckled as he angled his body toward her more.
"How so?" Alyssa asked him as she tilted her head at him. She had a feeling where this was going, but she didn't want to assume anything.
"You'll be one of the few actually invited over," Elias replied with a warm look.
When she first came across him, she thought that he had a lot of friends, like he was popular.
He had that charm, and he was incredibly handsome. It seemed like a given. However, the more she got to know him, the more she realized that he kept to himself a lot. She wondered why that was.
"You like your quiet time," Alyssa said. Her words came out more as a question than an observation.
She could understand him, though. At times, she sought out silence because there was so much noise in the world.
