Chapter 269 - Ready for the blacks (1/2)
”Stop crying. I do not know who threatened you or what they threatened you with. But I already agreed to sell the painting to them while you and Heya were out. So can you stop crying now? I did not know you were this soft” Muchen added with a sad smile.
”Why would I be ha—” She paused and her eyes widened when her brain registered what he had just said.
”Paint...ing?” She stammered and looked up at him in surprise.
”How....how did... you know?”
”I was right after all. It was related to the painting.”
He released her cupped chin and smoothened her hair like she was a child while her big eyes continued to stare at him in surprise.
”Do you know why it was easy for me to fall in love with you?” He suddenly asked her out of the blue.
Still in shock, she shook her head.
He guided her to sit back on the couch and began to say..
”You were so open. I felt that..you were the only one I could clearly read at first glance. All of your emotions were always really and obvious and so it was always easy for me to guess what was in your mind.”
”It was also the same reason I refused to give up on you even when you tried to push me away every singe day. I knew your heart. I could read it. I could read you.”
She froze under his piercing gaze as she quietly listened to him speak.
”Someone has been pestering me to sell the painting to them. All of a sudden, you were looking so sad and even asked me if I have ever thought about selling it. I figured it was related somehow.”
Sara gasped and used both hands to cover her mouth as she began to cry even harder now.
”I'm sorry.. I am so sorry.. I should have told you about it as soon as possible but I did not know how to go about it. I am such a bad person.” She said in between tears with her face buried in her palms.
She was too embarrassed to look at him and she thought he was probably disappointed in her.
”I told you before that I like bad girls a lot” He whispered into her ear with a teasing smile plastered on his face but she was not in the mood for all of that.
”Babe.. Look at me.” He raised her head so she would look into his eyes with her tear filled eyes.
”When I said I loved you.. I meant it. I am really glad you had the mind to tell me about it. I would have been hurt if you had hidden everything from me.”
Sara sniffled a couple of times before saying in an unsteady voice.. ”But I did not tell you about it...”
”You would have. I know you. And I trust you. What is a painting compared to your happiness?”
Sara felt even more disappointed in herself when she heard his last words. ”It costs millions of dollars” She replied with a pout.
Muchen chuckled before adding. ”Should I organise and auction event for you? With the way you are so popular now, you'll be worth more than that painting if we put you up on stage. Trust me.”
She managed to laugh before wrapping her hands around his neck in a hug.
It was a bit uncomfortable since they were both sitting so he stood up so they could both hug properly.
Since she could no longer wrap her arms around his neck, she moved to his waist. ”I am sorry. It was stupid of me to hide it from you”
She could not still believe he had read her so easily.
It was less than twenty four hours since everything happened yet, he already knew.
”I know. I am sorry too for not protecting you properly. It was the reason I did not want to allow our relationship go public. We have not even gone public yet all these are happening. I am sorry I let you go through all these.”
She shook her head to show that he was not supposed to be apologizing for that.
”Muchen?” She called gently.
It suddenly registered to him that she had been calling him by his name ever since and not his title. He smiled before answering with an ”hmm?”
”Why aren't you asking me?”
”What?” He asked.
”What I was threatened with.”
He was quiet for a while before he added.
”I don't know. Do you want to tell me?”