Chapter 59: Not So Pure Intentions
But even though Mika has such a line with confidence it still felt quite awkward to say something as embarrassing as that to someone who was basically his maternal figure in his life, so he quickly added to reduce the awkwardness,
"But really, though. It makes sense as to why Charlotte looks the way she does. She got her looks from you. She should be thankful for that."
Hearing this, Yelena’s chest puffed slightly with pride as she nodded.
"Exactly! That girl better thank her mama every single day...Without me, she wouldn’t have even qualified to compete with the other girls for you."
Then, with a playful smirk tugging at her lips, she added,
"Speaking of other girls...you’ve really become quite the charmer, haven’t you? Not that you weren’t before."
"Even back then, you were constantly surrounded by girls, especially with Charlotte’ sisters. Always giggling, always trailing behind you like ducklings."
"...I don’t think you even had a single male friend, now that I think about it. Just girls. All the time. Everywhere."
She then glanced at him now with a teasingly mysterious look in her eye, like she was pondering something...something mildly scandalous.
"But even now..." She continued. "You’ve gotten worse. Or better, depending on how you look at it. You’ve really honed your craft. That ability of yours to charm people?...Unbelievable."
"You say the sweetest things without even blinking, like calling me beautiful just now, as if it’s as easy as breathing. A normal person would hesitate. They’d fumble or blush or second-guess...But you?"
"You just say it, all smooth and silky, like it’s nothing...Makes me wonder where you even learned it."