Chapter 287

Autumn thought she'd misheard and looked completely bewildered. "What?" Dawson repeated it again. "Be my girlfriend." Autumn was stunned, finally understanding what he meant. Her first reaction was shock, and she wondered if Dawson meant she should repay him with her body. It sounded almost like repaying his kindness with her body. To put it crudely, it was shamelessly close to coercion. Then again, Autumn had money and a career, and she was young and had unlimited possibilities ahead of her. She'd just encountered a terrible person during this phase of her life, but her future stretched wide. Nothing and no one was worth sacrificing herself for again. Second, she couldn't help thinking that if she really got together with Dawson, the circle of friends around them, especially that big-mouth Rico, would cause such a commotion. Allen would definitely make a fuss, too. Not to mention the entire Caldwells and the Faulkners in Clerestia, whom she didn't even know. The Faulkners were