"Don't beat around the bush, okay?" Seeing her impatience, Shawn finally spoke, "I don't care much for the entertainment industry, but if you insist on asking who I admire the most, it would be Ivy Park."
He did not say he liked her; he used the word 'admire'. Liking and admiring were different. He could admire many women, but he would only like one woman, which was Gale!
"You actually like her. That's quite surprising. I thought men like you prefer delicate, fragile types like Lulu. Then why