Chapter 10 First Date (1/2)

About a week after they made love confession to each other, Leena and Miguel started dating. That day, Leena woke up early to change clothes. She had not been so serious and so energetic for a long time. She seldom dressed up at school because she was devoted to her work when the night fell. She always remained as a person with a taste for simplicity in her classmates' eyes. There wasn't anything special about her appearance.

Only Rena knew exactly what kind of person she was—tender and fresh and a rather versatile character. She could play two different roles on the same day. A simple student at day and a hotel director at night.

That day, she dressed up according to Miguel’s request—long hair, long skirt, and light makeup. In fact, normal men liked girls with clean and tidy makeup. If they dressed excessively for themselves, men would be discouraged, let alone respect them.

Leena stood in front of the mirror and she was satisfied with how she looked. She went out with such joy in her eyes. Rena made a wish for her, ”It will be a magical and romantic date!”

”Are you kidding me? Why don't you go out with your boyfriend too?”

Rena continued to pester Leena with more questions. ”Is he really your first love? It seems that you both have taken your relationship seriously! I'm so jealous!”

Leena didn't feel the need to hide her feeling in front of her friend. She replied with sincerity, ”I love him so much, I've been waiting for him for so many years, and I don't think I'm going to fall in love with someone else.”

Rena gave her a thumbs up with a smile on her face and said, ”I wish you have a happy ending!”

After talking with her for a while, Leena went out happily. She herself hoped that she and Miguel could have a happy ending. After all, that was what she always wanted ever since she was a child.

Just like how she was never late for work even once, she wouldn't let anyone wait too long alone, especially someone like Miguel. Maybe she was a one-of-a-kind girlfriend. She even arrived half an hour earlier than her boyfriend. So she walked around and found that time went so slow. However, when their appointed time came, Miguel was still nowhere to be seen.

She remained patient and waited for 30 more minutes. She felt strange because it wasn't the girl who was late for their first date but the boy. She prepared some words and intended to tease Miguel later. But after 30 more minutes of waiting was up, she felt a little anxious and tried to call him. She called him several times, but not a single one of them was answered. Well, not until the supposed last call. His secretary answered the phone and asked, ”Excuse me, are you Miss Yang? Our vice CEO is currently on a meeting, and he asked me to tell you to go home for now. He will contact you immediately after the meeting. I'm sorry!”

Hearing that his secretary kept apologizing to her, she naturally felt disappointed. It turned out that their first date wouldn't happen anyway. She got up early to dress up and spent a long time polishing her nails. She even picked up the dress early and stayed up late while her hair was being fixed. She tried her best to keep a good appearance, but he didn't even appear.

”When did he start the meeting?” Leena asked unwillingly.

”Around 9:30,” the secretary answered.

They set up the date at 9 o’clock in the morning. There was about half an hour window when he could’ve told her himself, but instead he sent out his secretary to take care of it. What did he think of their first date? Perhaps in the past few years, he had become more self-absorbed that he turned into someone who wouldn't think of others.

But she thought she should be tolerant if she loved him. She was not cruel. How could she make trouble out of nothing when her boyfriend was busy with important things? Shortly after exchanging a few words with the secretary, she hung up the phone.

She wanted to go back, but she felt ashamed when she thought of the excited look in Rena’s eyes. Besides, she couldn’t bear to disappoint her, so she just wandered around outside all alone, trying to pass the time. To her surprise, Miguel ended the meeting early. Two hours later, it happened to be just the perfect time for lunch. He called Leena himself in order to apologize and invite her for lunch.

Leena replied, ”It doesn't matter. Your work is the first priority. We have been together for a few days already, and we don't need to care so much about this date.”

Despite that, he apologized further, ”I'm very sorry to keep you waiting. But it happened so suddenly. I simply couldn't ignore the urgency of the meeting. I want to give you a gift as compensation. What do you want?”

”No, thanks. I don't need anything,” Leena replied.

”How about a piece of jewelry? Would that make you happy?”

”No, thank you! Anyway, didn’t you say we would have lunch together? Why haven’t you come out yet? That can also be a date.” She quickly changed the topic. In fact, she could feel his sincerity through his way of offering an apology, so she forgave him. She didn't feel the need to receive jewelry or any material things as compensation.

Miguel was left with no choice. ”Okay. What do you want to eat?” he said.