[ He taps his lower lip with the pencil, judging his work. The next word he works on is "Precious" and his gaze stays on it as he answers. ]

I asked a man if he would consider me, I told him I thought he was handsome and clever, but he was very reserved. I was polite and took him for tea so we could get to know each other, but ...

I don't know if I was too honest about everything. I'm not very good at acting coy, so I tried to be earnest instead.