Chapter 20 - 20.Unrequited Love.... (2/2)

When he entered the kitchen before her, he found the shortcake over the tray and took it outside to eat even though he was supposed to accompany her....

1. He knew she would follow him out.

2. He wanted some alone time with her...he was pouting a bit.

When he had decided yesterday to stay at her condo, he was determined to spend some quality time with her or even go on a date, in the name of shopping or something along those lines until they had to come visit their grandpa but everything was ruined....he was happy for his family but if asked to choose he would prefer to be with Meilin, alone.

Whenever she was with them, he had to share her, in the company he couldn't always be himself beside her because of all those prying eyes.....there was just no'alone time' with her ba....'so angry!!!'

He was filial but when it came to her, he became selfish, extremely selfish but never showed it on his face because it would destroy the image he had on Meilin's heart.[Baby...believe me, SHE WOULDN'T MIND A BIT!!]

So, here he was venting his petty anger on the poor shortcake, he was a gourmet and had a huge sweet tooth but he loved eating the most when she was by her side...the last few years she was not beside him, god knows how he ate only for survival not for savouring the food.

The smile she saw on his face was because he was thinking about how she won't leave him anymore and relishing the time to come, it was not because he was relishing the sweet la. Still, the cool breeze helped him cool his mind bit, he liked this place because it held too many of there childhood memories, it was when she used to laugh and giggle not just smile..it was back when they had no secrets they couldn't share, his memories of the years before he came here was locked deep inside and he didn't want to ever open that lock so, there was no 'present secrets' between them back then...it was also the time when she was only his...

He sighed inside his heart as he opened his eyes and then... he visibly stiffened and had to exercise extreme self-contol on himself.

He saw her sitting beside him with crossed legs and her chin languidly resting over her raised hand.

She had closed her eyes enjoying the cool breeze with a soft smile playing on her face, the scene itself was quite serene and beautiful and he would have done the same with her by her side but his eyes fell somewhere they shouldn't have!!

In their country it was not proper etiquette for ladies to sit cross legged but with her time spent abroad she probably forgot it. Well, she was never the type to forget but she was also never the one to be bound by them.

Don't get her wrong, she would never do such thing infront of others but when with him, she always felt relaxed and forgot everything else and he was quite happy about it, well, but not today!!

She was in a qipao and the cut ran deep, at least for him, who saw nothing but her face and small palms on regular days, it was quite serious.

Through the cut, her slim legs with their milky complexion were peeking out.

Though the qipao covered it to a certain exetent that 'see but can't see' effect was devastating for his eyes and to make it worse, since she was not used to these dresses and was unware of it, she kept shifting them ever so slightly, her slim legs without any extra fat on them kept trembling as if inviting him.

He wanted to keep his eyes away but his body was betraying him as it just wasn't listening to him!!!

He stuffed his mouth with cake in order to distract him but the sweet taste made his mind go into ambiguos territory.

To get rid of his torture he spoke, ”Linlin, would you like some?” It was not elegant to speak with a stuffed mouth but what is elegance? Can you eat it??

She gently fluttered open her peach blossom eyes and ”hmm”ed as she looked at him.

For some reason he had a grumpy look but with his stuffed cheeks and foolish look, he really looked like a hamster, her eyes couldn't help but melt as her heart turned into a puddle...

She very naturally, took the crumbs from under his lips and licked it clean with her thumb, it was so natural for her that she didn't notice the darkening of his eyes.