Damn… he’s got the most gorgeous set of dark brown eyes I’ve ever seen.
I tried to lift him up, but he brushed off my hand and crawled to a goon by the side who was groaning in pain.
He sat on the floor beside the goon and helped him up to his laps, then he removed his nose mask.
He backed me, so I walked slowly to his front to take a good look at my saviors face. I was shocked when I saw who was in front of me.
“Ms Xiang? What- how are you… here?” I stuttered in confusion and surprise.
I can’t believe I thought she was a dude and I let her take all those blows and hits on my behalf.
She… she… wow! I found myself speechless.
“Please help him… he’s my brother” she pleaded, referring to the goon she had his head placed on her laps.
Her brother? What the hell is her brother doing with these fools?
I quickly helped her raise him up and carried him outside the warehouse.
I asked her if she would be able to drive and she said yes, so i helped her put her brother inside her car and we drove off to the hospital.
The ride was awfully awkward and uncomfortable because of the silence and obvious questions.
What was she doing there? How was her brother among the goons that kidnapped me?
How did she know about their plan and why didn’t she warn me?
We got to the hospital and got treated- all 3 of us.
He brother was admitted because he had a concussion and dislocated shoulder- that was on me.
She came to where my bruises were being tended to, but she just stood by the curtain staring at me with sad eyes.
It was as though my pain was hers and she could feel what I was feeling.
I asked her to sit down for a while, she was also beaten severely by those hooligans and needed rest too even though she had no major or minor injuries- and she obliged.
After the nurse finished tending to me- she left, so we were alone and silent for a few minutes.
It was becoming awkward again, so I decide to thank her for saving me.
“Thank you…” – “I’m sorry about what happened” we both said simultaneously.
We burst into soft laughter at how we both decided to speak at the same time.
“You go first…” I offered, and she obliged.
“I’m so sorry about today sir, it’s all my fault” she claimed nervously.
“How is it your fault?” I asked casually, surprising her a bit.
“Those were Zhin Feng’s goons, and they hurt you because he wants me to resign from S. Group. And sir please, if you’ll do me this one favor- Please, don’t sue my brother to court or hold a grudge against him. He is a good person, but for some sick reason, he adores Zhin Feng and does whatever Zhin Feng wants him to do. Please, forgive him.” she explained and pleaded boldly.
I still couldn’t believe she risked her life like that just to save me. No one have ever thought of saving me like that, let alone risk their own life for mine.
She was something else and she never seizes for fascinate me.
“Then how do you plan to take responsibility of me? I won’t be able to go to work or do anything for a few days because, your fiancé and brother tried to ‘kill’ me. How will I be able to survive at home with a broken rib and jaw, including a torn muscle?” I asked jokingly.
I wanted to see her reaction.
“I’ll take full responsibility Sir, I promise. Just don’t hold any grudge against my brother, please” she pleaded seriously.
I was only joking and just wanted to see her reaction, but she seemed to be very serious.
“How? What if I wake up in the morning and want to get dressed for the day?” I asked.
“I’ll assist you to get dressed” she replied mindlessly to my surprise.
“And if I need to eat?”
“I’ll help feed you as well” she replied immediately.
“And if I need to take a bath?”
“I’ll help you do that too… wait…” she said, as she finally realized what she was agreeing to do.
She covered her face in embarrassment as she blushed in front of me. She looked very cute trying to act cool after confessing she’ll help me bathe.
“I didn’t mean…” she tried to explain, but I cut her off.
“You’ve already said it, and there’s no going back now. Unless of course, you want me to hold a grudge against your brother. Trust me, I know how to hold grudges for a very long time, you know?” I joked again but she didn’t seem to get my humor.
“But… but…” she stuttered in confusion and nervousness.
“Thank you for what you did back there. It was very brave and quite cool. You’re actually the coolest person I’ve ever met, apart from my cousin of course.” I thanked and complimented sincerely.
“Does this mean you’ll forget about me taking responsibility of bathing you since I already saved you?” She requested slyly.
“No… the responsibility is for having a brother and fiancé who tried to kill me. My appreciation and friendship is for saving my life… 2 different aspects.” I gloated.
I enjoy teasing her and watching her blush in embarrassment. And I was truly grateful to her- I wanted to show my appreciation.
But nothing could compare to saving my life, so I offered her a hand of friendship.
The only problem was that she took what I said about her taking responsibility, very literal.
About an hour later, her brother regained consciousness and she went to see him. We got discharged from the hospital before 11 pm and we all went home, but the next morning held a surprise I didn’t expect.
Heather
My relationship with Jeffery have been progressing smoothly, and I still can’t believe he decided to date me after all.
We’ve been talking on the phone for long hours since he was in Shanghai and I’m still in Minnesota.
When he said if he’ll have any relationship with me it would have a future, he really meant it.
His smoothness and coolness in this relationship makes it unbelievable to think that he haven’t dated before. I felt dirty and unworthy of him, and those were strange feelings for me.
With him I was me but the better version, and that made me happy- very happy.
“Can I make use of your laptop? Mine is back at my hotel” Jeffery requested candidly.
He sat on the couch in my living room, looking dazed and… nervous?
This is his first time in my place since he moved down to Minnesota, and he is feeling amiss and uncomfortable so much so he wants to work.
I went upstairs to get my laptop for him, but when I came down I didn’t hand it over to him immediately.
It turned out that the last time he was in Minnesota- during the board meeting of my removal from the position of CEO, he was actually meeting with a real estate agent.
He plans to move from Newyork to Minnesota and open a branch of Trace-Tech here, making the new branch his company’s headquarters.
“This is your first time coming to my place and you want to work?… I find your method of taking our time- a bit docile, so I’ll take the lead.” I stated and got on his laps, placing the laptop on the side stool.
“Heather… you…” he tried to speak in between my soft teasing kisses.
He dares to speak?
I wanted to shut him up with my kisses, but he’s fighting me so, I stopped and held his face with my hands.
“When will you stop calling me by my name and give me a pet name?” I asked nonchalantly.
“When? I… don’t…”
“Let’s call ourselves ‘babe’ from now on, ok? And we are dating now for crying out loud, I can stay the night at your place and so can you. We can have sex anytime we want and I want to have some now.” I confused shamelessly.
I’ve never actually been the type to hold back or hide how I was really feeling.
And Jeffery is a drop dead gorgeous bloke, so I needed to mark my territory before another hot head gets ahead of me.