Quote Originally Posted by Candle Jack View Post
It was all an Operation Jealousy after all.

His grotesque appearance in the second panel is because he's struggling to spit out the words. He really doesn't want to ask Annie to be his girlfriend.
I still think it was a plan to draw attention away from William x Janet with a "real" relationship, since the Wilnet (Janiam? Llansbury?) ship is, from the point of view of everyone else, officially Not Happening.

Although it looks like William's and Janet's cover may now be blown this time.