Out of His League — Episode 9

few weeks from videos, forums, and fishing guides. All of it was for one fish, Ethan I'd found this spot after asking around for days and hiking through the hills on my own. When Ethan first commented, I deliberately left him hanging. The next day, I posted fishing photo before finally replying. It is up in the hills, kind of hard to find.

His reply came almost instantly. Could you take me there next time? Please and thanks. I left him on read and finished my dinner. When I figured he'd gotten impatient, I finally replied, sure. We stood several yards apart and cast our lines. Ethan didn't talk and I wasn't going to chase his attention. Whenever one of us caught something, the other would

over. Every time I reeled one in, I could tell Ethan wanted badly to come take a But he seemed a little shy about it, so he stayed where he was, pretending not to care while sneaking glances my way. From Serena's social media, I already knew what Ethan was like. Cold and indifferent

to anything he didn't care about. Born with money, looks, status, and brains, he'd never had to please anyone. He was used to people chasing him, especially women. If I acted too eager, I'd be no different from them. After taking Ethan there once, I stopped contacting him. But I'd learned his

so every week, I made sure to accidentally run into him at least once. The boring part was waiting for the fish to bite.