Chapter 46 - It Takes Two People (1/2)

Inside a luxurious office, the curtains were closed, the lights were turned off and only a faint glow from the table lamp highlighted the man's miserable expression. Tian Yuo sat lazily on the couch as he watched the wine in the glass swirl. He recalled the incident from earlier today and gripped the wine glass with immense strength that it cracked slightly.

”If it was before and I made even a step towards her, she would smile like an innocent girl and let me do whatever to her. Even when I lied about the mountain having a certain herb that could help improve my immune system, she was gullible enough to actually hunt the herb for me. Whenever I say something, she would be the most attentive and actually remember everything that I said. But now...”

His eyes deepened as he put down the wine and massaged his temples, ”She pepper sprayed me? What went wrong? She loved me, so she should have been happy and hopped into my arms that I'm lifting a finger at her.”

He noticed the multiple flashes coming from his phone, but didn't bother unlocking his phone to read the text messages. ”Could it be that she is jealous because Karen is back? That would explain her actions with pulling Karen into the waters and refusing my request to remain married for my mom's health's sake... Plus, we slept together a year ago, what difference would it make if we do it again?”

Approximately thirty-five messages later, his phone began to ring. At that point, he had already stopped drinking his wine and was coming up with excuses for Susu's behavior. When the familiar ringtone caught his attention, his finger already accepted the call, ”Hello?”

Perhaps it was the red wine's effect, his voice sounded extra enticing and hoarse compared to his regular self, making Karen shiver slightly, ”H..hello.. Brother Yuo! Why didn't you respond to any of my texts? You got me so worried!”

He leaned back lazily and pinched his nose bridge slightly, ”Sorry, I was busy so I didn't check my cell phone. So, what's up?”

Karen sounded a bit disappointed by his excuse because he didn't even try to sweet talk her or try to say things that would sound soothing to her ears anymore. She continued the conversation with a forced positive tone, ”Brother Yuo~ Do you know what date is the upcoming Friday?”

”The upcoming Friday? Sorry, I'm too busy these days that I didn't keep track of what day today even is. Can you get to the point?” He impatiently furrowed his brows as if he was talking to an automated machine for an online service that takes forever to address his inquiries. He literally got tired of having to ask things step by step.

She pouted as she let her childish temper slip for the rest of the conversation, ”It's my birthday! Every year we have a family dinner together, and you were always invited! How could you forget about your own girlfriend's birthday? Don't tell me this is one of those boyfriend surprises with present on the day of girlfriend's birthday?”

By hinting that she wanted a surprise, she was hoping that he would understand all the hints that she had purposely set out for him already. Since the water incident, she's been placing wedding magazines on spots in his office that has been regularly exposed to him. She also tried texting him about friend's weddings and how cute the wedding designs are for this year to make sure he is exposed to wedding stuff.