However, I still need to reply to him to show courtesy and respect.
"General Holmes, actually..." Fiona Schmidt clutched the phone tightly, carefully choosing her words in her mind, "actually, after we met last time, I thought you weren't interested in me, especially since you didn't contact me afterwards..."
"I'm sorry, the military has been busy recently, and there's a big exercise coming up in the spring..." Lewis Holmes interjected, his tone slightly anxious, fearing she might misunderstand, "Of course, as I said, there shouldn't be any excuses for anything. The reason I wanted to explain is to make sure you understand!"
"Haha, you, you don't need to explain to me..." Fiona took two steps forward, her demeanor still relatively relaxed, "What I mean is, I thought you weren't interested in me, and I just see you as a friend. Especially since my brother greatly admires you, which shows your character and abilities. Based on that, I never thought about anything romantic, so..."
