Chapter 283 - What they deserved. (1/2)
After Minde closed the door behind him, he still stood outside the study's door in confusion. He could not understand his cousin no matter how much he tried.
He had just showed him a picture of his girlfriend with another man and he was not bothered about that but was bothered about something else?
”Do you trust her that much?” He had asked Muchen in surprise.
He tried to put himself in his shoes and knew he would freak out if the girl he loved was secretly seeing another man at night.
”If I do not trust her, do I even have any right to say I love her?” Muchen asked back.
”But what if you're thinking too highly of her?”
”Just shut up. I know Sara more than anyone else. So you all should listen to me instead or just focus on your own business. And make sure you do not take pictures like these again. Taking my girlfriend's picture secretly is something I would not take likely from anyone.” Muchen warned before asking him to leave.
”So I'm the bad person now?” Minde wondered on annoyance. He had even felt bad for his cousin but now he was the bad person?
”What a strange human being.” Minde muttered before going on his own way to his room.
Immediately he entered, he was welcomed by a very uncomfortable sight.
Since he had been talking with Muchen, his head was a bit clear now so now, he could see how unkept his room looked.
His things were scattered everywhere and Muchen had asked him and Heya to both take care of their own rooms and not expect the maids to do it for them everyday.
But he had pitied them and asked the maids to clean it on Saturdays. Just once a week.
”Am I that unserious?” He asked himself before sitting on the bed with a melancholic look.
His hands were on his head that was hanging low. And as he quietly sat there, he began to think about his life.
He could never forget all Eva had told him last night. She had crushed him. Completely crushed him!
After they left the club and moved over to the car park with Minde supporting the drunk Emma who was clinging to him, Eva finally said something to him.
”Thanks for earlier. But don't butt into my business next time. Look what happened to you” She pointed at him cheek before gently pulling Emma away from him.
Minde frowned at her words. He had just saved her—well, even though he technically did not. But did she have to dismiss him just like that?
”You haven't still told me who he is” Emma reminded drunkenly with an excited glint in her eyes.
”My subordinate at work. Wu Eric. Han Emma” Eva introduced both of them quickly.
Unlike Emma who seemed a bit drunk, Eva looked pretty much clearheaded even though he had thought she was drunk earlier.
”Stop with the pretence. You know that's not my name” He interrupted.
He thought she was really good at pretending. If his cousin had not told him she knew about his real identity, he would have actually believed she did not know at all.
”Oh...do I?” She asked back before adding..
”We really need to leave now. Emma, Cling unto me so you wouldn't fall”
After talking to Minde, she turned her attention to Emma and held her friend around the waist tightly so she wouldn't fall.
'She's not even ashamed to publicly display her affection. Here I thought she was always prissy' His inner self whispered.
”Eva.” He suddenly called her when she was about to turn.
”Eva?” She raised a brow at him.
”Yea. Why can't I call you that?” He asked back.
”Because we are not friends and so you cannot address me so informally and casually”
”Why can't we be friends?”
”Why do you think we should be friends? Because you are a Li?” She threw another question at him.
”That's a plus.” He added proudly.
”No. That's actually all there is to you”
He looked at her in confusion and was about to say something but paused because Emma seem to be uncomfortable and quickly pulled away from her friend's hold to go lie on the car's hood.
As Eva was about turning to go help her friend inside the car, he interrupted again.
”What do you mean by that?”
Eva turned, sighed and folded her hands in front of her chest.
”What exactly is it that you want?” She asked straightforwardly.
”Because I can't really say you like me. You do not look like someone who would stick to one woman. You're looking for fun right?”
She was not blind or stupid. She had seen how he always behaved around her when they were in work to know he wanted her attention. She had seen a whole lot of men act that way around her but this one was really bold even though he was younger than her.
Minde smirked at her question.
She was actually right. Why did he have to stick to one woman when there were a whole lot of women he would later meet?
”I want your time. Let's have a drink sometimes or hang out together. Let's just get to know each other. And I do not mind if you are interested in women. It's going to be adventurous for me. First time being with a woman who likes women” He said with a flirty kind of smile.
”Who likes women? Me?” Eva pointed at herself in confusion.
”Isn't she your girlfriend?” Minde thought she wanted to deny it. But it was too late. He already knew her secret.
Eva turned to look at her friend again who was turning uncomfortably on the car's hood.
”Oh...” She tried not to laugh before leaving Minde to go attend to her friend.
How on earth did he suddenly jump into the conclusion that she liked women?
She wanted to ask, but she did not.
”I'll help you” Minde offered and helped her assist Emma in entering inside the car.
Eva did not reject. And once they were done after much struggle, Eva quickly closed the backseat door and took out her phone to call a designated driver.
”Why calling a driver? I could drive you home.”
He asked immediately she got off the phone.
”I could drive us both home if I wanted. But I drank. And so did you”
'Oh.. The prissiness is still there' Minde said to himself after she was done explaining.
”So.... Drink? Me and you?” He asked again.
”No” She turned him down with an uninterested look.
”What? No? Why?” He threw a string of questions at her. He had thought she was going to accept so why did she suddenly say no?
”Is it because of her?” He looked at the car to show he was referring to Emma.
”It's because I don't like you.” She stated.
”What? You don't like me? That's impossible. Why?” He asked inquisitively.
”You really want to know why?” She asked to be sure.
”Yes. Go on” He urged while also folding his arms in front of his chest.
”Because you are irresponsible. You act carelessly and always take things for granted. Even before you appeared as Wu Eric, I've heard rumours about how you behave and spend recklessly. You do nothing other than just being a 'Li'. You were sent to the company to learn about some basic things of management. Yet, you never take your job seriously. If you are not sleeping, you are either grumbling or you're in somewhere no one knows about. You have no idea what it means to be responsible. So why should I like someone like that?”