Chapter 15

Mia gets impatient by his delay to answer. “Ethan, don’t be so shy!” she pressed on. “Olivia is my friend. She will not take it wrong if you compliment her openly.”

Ethan glared at Mia. He turned to Olivia. Looking straight into her eyes, he says, “You are looking like a model just came out of a magazine cover."

Olivia's eyes widened in surprise. She hadn't anticipated such a remark from him. She was impressed by his boldness and disappointed at the same time. Ethan said all this because Mia asked him to, not because he wanted to. Olivia looked at Ethan intensely.

Sensing that Olivia wasn't comfortable with his compliment, Ethan tried to say, "I mean, you look gorgeous in that dress, Olivia," he said with a nervous chuckle.

Mia shook Olivia's leg with hers under the table, and Olivia turned her gaze towards Mia and, looking straight into her eyes, said, "Your husband knows how to compliment a woman. You're really lucky to have him, Mia. He asks permission from you to praise a woman. I