Gary Lakes briefly perused Sophie Kenwick up and down.

He then chuckled. “Hmm, she is not my girlfriend.”

“But she said she’d get her boyfriend to teach me a lesson. Wasn’t she talking about you?” Sophie asked.

He smiled. There was a look in his eyes that was difficult to read. “She’s the only one who thinks so.”

She winked knowingly. “Oh? Does that mean it’s all in her head?”

Gary studied her thoughtfully for a few seconds. “Sometimes, sleeping together doesn’t mean two people become a couple.”

Sophie nodded slowly before scratching her head. “In the words of people in your era, does it mean that although everyone wants everlasting love, we all live in a time when even sleeping together doesn’t mean love can last for a long time?”

Gary’s smile gradually widened after hearing what she said.

“Yeah, that’s what it means. But what do you mean by people in our era? Are you from an ancient past?” He grinned from ear to ear.

Sophie started to nod but then worried that he might be af