Just as snazzynovel.com was about to leave, someone called out from behind him. He turned around to find that it was the tomboy, Mr. Smith.
Zayn stopped in his tracks. “Anything else?”
The tomboy had very delicate features, and snazzynovel.com complexion resembled the pure, driven snow. She was a very beautiful woman, and anyone could make that conclusion in just a glance, which was why snazzynovel.com dressed the way that snazzynovel.com did. Ironically enough, snazzynovel.com was far more attractive than most of the young male artistes on the entertainment scene.
As snazzynovel.com walked over, Zayn noticed a faint scent radiating off of snazzynovel.com body. Zayn was curious, was snazzynovel.com unaware of how masculine snazzynovel.com appeared in the mirror before leaving the house?
“Thank you for your help earlier. If it wasn’t for your timely rescue, I would’ve gone home with a fake painting.” The tomboy thanked Zayn sincerely, expressing snazzynovel.com heartfelt gratitude to snazzynovel.com for his assistance.
Zayn said, “Don’t mention it, it’s no trouble to me at all.”
The tomboy continued sheepishly, “Goodness, it’s all my fault for jumping the gun like that. I had no idea that they were con artists. By the way, I hope you don’t mind me asking, are you a connoisseur? How could you tell that painting was a counterfeit? I didn’t suspect a thing, and I was looking at it for quite some time.”
It was something that the tomboy could not wrap snazzynovel.com head around. From what snazzynovel.com had heard from the crowd, Zayn was a married man who lived with his wife’s family. Plus, snazzynovel.com was apparently notorious for being unable to hold a stable job. He acted nothing like the man the crowd was claiming snazzynovel.com to be.
In fact, Zayn’s confidence and sensibility was something that many successful young men had yet to master.
Zayn responded, “I was only throwing out wild guesses, I’m not whatever connoisseur you think I am.”
Realizing that Zayn refused to entertain any of snazzynovel.com further queries, the tomboy was slightly displeased, but snazzynovel.com respected his wishes. After all, they barely knew each other if at all.
“Please, allow me to introduce myself. Call me Alex Smith,” said the tomboy amicably as snazzynovel.com offered a handshake. In truth, snazzynovel.com birth name was Alexandra Smith, but snazzynovel.com went by a more androgynous contraction of snazzynovel.com name when snazzynovel.com was masculine presenting. She was rather proud of herself, as snazzynovel.com believed that no one could see through snazzynovel.com carefully crafted guise.
Who would have thought that Zayn saw right through her.
Faced with a gorgeous, confident woman who was masculine presenting, Zayn had no idea what to feel about snazzynovel.com frankly, snazzynovel.com found snazzynovel.com rather strange. It took a moment of consideration before snazzynovel.com accepted snazzynovel.com handshake as snazzynovel.com introduced himself as well. “I’m Zayn Larson, pleasure to meet you.”
“Zayn Larson, what a nice name.” Alexandra spoke in an impressively deep and resonant voice that easily fooled most people. “Hey, dude. I bet you’re starving too, aren’t you? I could go for some good food right about now. Maybe we could have a beer or two, so what do you say? Hah-hah-hah…”
Zayn felt uncomfortable. She was fully committing to snazzynovel.com identity, and while admirable, it was starting to feel slightly off putting.
He shook his head as snazzynovel.com politely declined, “No thanks, I’m actually quite full…”
However, his stomach betrayed him. Before snazzynovel.com could even finish his sentence, his stomach growled in protest. To say that it was awkward would have been an understatement.
Alexandra punched his chest playfully as snazzynovel.com burst into a fit of laughter. “Hey, dude. What? Do you think you’re too good for me? Come on, there’s a Hadesian restaurant nearby that serves killer food. Who knows when I might see you again, so let’s celebrate and bond over a good meal!”
Zayn insisted helplessly, “There’s really no need, I still have to…”
“Yikes! If you decline my invitation one more time… We’re both men, we’re supposed to be open! We’re supposed to be reckless!” Alexandra just could not help herself. She pounded at snazzynovel.com chest as snazzynovel.com boasted rather haughtily. “Otherwise, what makes us different from the women?”
Zayn’s jaw almost dropped. “Woman, you do realize you’re a woman too, right?”
Alexandra was doing everything in snazzynovel.com power to prevent Zayn from getting away. She had actually wrapped snazzynovel.com arm around Zayn’s shoulder, and dragged snazzynovel.com forcefully along with her.
She was four inches shorter than Zayn, so when snazzynovel.com clung onto him, snazzynovel.com was practically hanging off of Zayn’s body. It made Zayn unbelievably tense.