Chapter 383 - Her smile (1/2)

”So, how did you get the tickets?” Amy asked, trying to break the silence as they settled into the silver-grey Mercedes Benz. As soon as the words had left her mouth, she realized what a silly question that was.

This was Edward Wu. There was nothing he could not do. She bit her lower lip to hide her embarrassment. But his reply was nothing like she had expected.

”Mei Mei Chung used to bring them to me every year. I have no idea who sends them,” he answered with genuine interest, and then realizing how that might have come off, he chuckled lightly.

”A lot of people send things to the Company, and to me. It's industry goodwill. The Company does the same for some of our most loyal clients too,” he added in explanation.

Amy nodded her understanding. She had had few people do anything for her. In fact, she could count them on two fingers.

Her parents and Chynna. She could not imagine what it was like to have people randomly give one stuff.

”Must be nice,” she muttered absentmindedly.

”Sorry?” Edward asked.

”Oh! I said it must be nice having people give you free stuff all the time,” she responded, clearer this time. She looked up at him and smiled shyly.

Edward's heart melted and then did a crazy summersault at the sight of Amy's smile. He nodded, his throat too clogged with emotion to speak.

He was afraid he would embarrass himself if he tried to respond right away. She was a hardworking girl and she it deserved the whole world, including a slice of the moon, maybe. And yet, it seemed like she was not even getting the least.

He felt compelled to fix that. To bring her all the good things she deserved and more. His heart righted itself, then flipped over again. He looked away.

The car drove on in silence for a few more minutes before he spoke again.

”So, tell me, Red, what rock bands are you a fan of?”

”Black Panther!” she replied enthusiastically as if she had been waiting to be asked the whole time.

”I used to sneak around the house with my best friend so we could listen to them on her iPod. We would lie to my parents that we were doing homework or something school related but what we were really doing was whiling away time, catching up on music.”

She laughed at the memory, and then continued. ”I like Dou Wei too. But that's probably because he used to work with Black Panther. And then, there's Hedgehog too, but my absolute all-time favorite just might be Queen Sea Big Shark.