BPOV
"Would you like to go on a date with me?" He asked as he looked into my eyes.
What?
Like, what?
Now how did he come up with... that?
"Are you kidding me? What the hell does that even mean?" I asked incredulously.
"It just means that I'm asking you if you'd like to go on a date with me," he said calmly.
"Are you kidding me?" I repeated, "Why would I like to go on a date with you! I'd never ever want that! And I was your late uncle's wife in case you forgot about that!"
"No, I didn't forget that," he said, "But I don't care about it anymore."
"Oh, it doesn't matter what you think!" I shook my head, "How dare you ask me that? Is this some prank or something?"
"No, it's not a prank," he said with a straight face, "I'm sincerely asking you this."
"What the hell does this even mean?" I said, "You don't even know me! Why would you propose something like this?"
"I like everything I know about you," he said, "And I want to know more about you."
"Well, I don't like anything I know about you," I said.
"I know that," he laughed, "And that's why I'm just saying that you should give me a chance to see how great I am."
I looked at him in disbelief.
He was the most ridiculous person in the whole world!
"The last bit was a joke!" he said, "But come one, Bella! I'm very serious about this. Please give me a chance!"
"I don't want to do anything with you," I said, "And by the way, why are you interested in dating me? Wasn't I a 'gold-digger' according to you?"
"I'm very ashamed of my judgement," he said, "I'm not proud of the lot of things I've said and done... But... You need to give me a chance to prove that I'm really serious about this!"
"I'm not interested in giving you any chance or anything... What the hell does this even mean!" I shook my head, "I don't even know how your mind works! How do you come up with random bullshit all the time! You..."
Wait a minute!
Yeah... Wait a minute!
I guess I knew what he was trying to do!
"I know what you're trying to do... You're trying to go on a date with me, and then you want to use this 'affair' against me to get me fired from the board," I said.
He glared at me for a second and then he said, "Wow! You're so smart! How did you read my mind? That's exactly what I was trying to do!"
Okay, he was being sarcastic, I guess?
But then why the fuck would he want to go on a date with me, for God's sake!