Lu Xiao looked at Vice Admiral Fred, who had finally spoken. She could sense the seriousness in his tone—or rather, the man confessing to her at this moment was exceptionally serious.
He even carried a certain resolve.
She knew a few words from her wouldn't be enough to sway him.
Moreover, Lu Xiao was well aware that Fred was different from all the other males who had confessed to her in the past. He had his own mind, his own principles and boundaries. He knew exactly what he wanted and what he was willing to reject. He was already one of the Empire's most elite males, a man in control of his own destiny. He wasn't someone she could simply dismiss with a few words of refusal.
Lu Xiao's feelings were complicated. It would be a lie to say Fred's confession didn't affect her, but her overwhelming emotion was helplessness. After all, she had never thought of him in a romantic way.
Although she had foreseen what would happen today, it did nothing to shake her conviction.
