Chapter 406 - Men (1/2)
The proposal was sudden and quite frankly not even much of one because Edward wasn't asking.
He never asked. He saw what he wanted and he took it without a second guess. For obvious reasons, the idea of Edward demanding her as a partner made her insides turn to mush.
There were so many butterflies in her stomach Amy thought they'd come out her mouth.
She finally allowed herself to look at him and when she read what his eyes said, her answer was inevitable.
”Yes.”
Because he hadn't been expecting a positive reply, Edward was poised to go into the epistle he'd prepared in his head to convince his personal secretary that they could have a relationship outside the office.
He was going to tell her how good he'd be for both her and her brother; how he would protect them.
He really wanted to make this work and now that she had said yes, Edward was convinced she wanted that as well.
”So, you'd be my girlfriend?”
”Generally when someone says yes to a proposal, that's what it means. Except sarcasm is at play.”
”Is sarcasm at play?” It had better not be.
”If it were, what would you do?” Amy was baiting Edward and he was completely clueless.
”I'd give you the long speech I'd prepared just to win you over.”
”You don't need a speech to win me over Edward,” even as she spoke, Amy lowered her face so that her lips hovered over Edward's, ”I was yours before you knocked down my door.” And then she sealed the confession with a kiss.
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If not for the knock that came on the door, the two would have kept up with their lip act till the next day. Gu Zhou was awake.
”Sister, are you awake? I'm going to be late for school.”
His voice sounded groggy which told Amy that he had just woke up. She sprung away from Edward as though he'd pricked her lip with a needle.
”I'm coming.” She yelled back while giving Edward a look of panic which he didn't reflect in any way.
”Okay”
Amy waited till she heard the door to the bathroom which stood between their rooms open and close before she made any movements.
”Gu Zhou's awake,” she announced to Edward as she scrambled off the bed to search for her clothes he'd discarded last night.
”I figured,” Edward replied dryly. Resting above his hair on the headboard was his arms crossed in a way that accentuated his muscles. His mouth was set in a grim line and he looked a little bit annoyed.
Amy paused her frantic search for something that was proving to be missing and looked at the man splayed in all his n.a.k.e.d glory on her bed.
”Gu Zhou's my brother.” She would have yelled that big detail if not that the walls separating her room from the bathroom were paper thin and would certainly give her brother an inkling to a second party in her room.