The Very Nice Box

by Laura Blackett

He possessed a kind of charm that Ava had come to recognize in extroverts: he was so unselfconscious that she felt, after only a fraction of a unit, included in his inner circle, as though he’d known her for years.

I feel repelled by who he is and attracted to HOW he is . . . What is the difference between who he is and how he is?

It was completely unlike her to waste time conveying information.