When they came out of the nightclub, it was already early in the morning, and several colleagues were dizzy from drinking. Kevin looked at them lamely and handed his car key to the R&D team leader, “It’s not easy to take a taxi now, so you are responsible for driving them home safely.”
“You lend your car to us. What about you?”
“I’ll just take a taxi back.”
With a glance at the few colleagues who were falling over behind him, the R&D team leader nodded, “That’s fine. Thank you Mr. Jones-Sharp.”
“You’re welcome. Sorry to trouble you.”
After the colleagues had all gone, Bella said, “What do we do?”
“With me here, are you still afraid you won’t be able to go home?”
He said and took out his cell phone to call the agent driver.
“Hey wait a minute.”
Bella stopped him, “Let’s walk back, shall we?”
“Do you walk back?” Kevin raised his eyebrows, “Do you know how long it takes to walk back from here?”
“It doesn’t matter. I don’t care how long it takes to walk.”
The longer the time, the better. It had been a long time since she had taken a walk with Kevin.
“That’s a deal first. Don’t yell that you’re tired and want me to carry you when walking halfway.”
“OK, no problem.”
They reached an understanding and walked along a wide and quiet road, and Bella gazed at the sky and commented, “There are so many stars tonight.”
“There are many stars every day.”
“No. Can you see stars even when it rains?”
“Yes, I just close my eyes and imagine a sky full of stars. Isn’t that the same as seeing it?”
Bella grinned, “An unrealistic idealist.”
She had a look down at Kevin’s hand and then at her own, and thought to herself, ‘Why is this guy so numb now? Our hands are so close together but he doesn’t even know to hold mine.’
“I’ve seen Lily tonight.”
Kevin was slightly startled, “Where did you see her?”
“Just at the nightclub. She said something to me.”
“Could it be that you went out halfway to see her?”
“Yeah.”
“What did she say to you?”
Bella looked up at him and suddenly teased him mischievously, “She told me everything that happened between you and herself.”
As expected, Kevin was very embarrassed.
“There’s nothing between me and him.”
“Really? I already know that, and you’re still trying to lie to me.”
“What exactly did she say to you?”
“If you want to know what she said to me, you have to answer a few questions first.”
Kevin stared at her sly gaze, knowing it was a trap, but still agreed, “Okay, you ask.”
“How did you and she meet?”
“Just in that nightclub, she was selling beer inside and was molested by some perverts, and I relieved her.”
“Well, you really pity her. You are simply a big hero in a young girl’s heart. Do you like to use your heroic strengths in places like bars and nightclubs that much?”
When she thought of the last time he also helped her out in a bar, Bella was unhappy, and she wondered how many women he saved in the past two years.
If every one of them were like Lily, she would actually be annoyed.
“If I happen to meet one, I can’t just ignore her.”
“Do you date with her after that?”
“No, she just accidentally found out that I went to a counseling office and then ran to ask Dr. Wolf what was wrong with me, just like you did, but Dr. Wolf didn’t tell her. Then she was smart enough to peek into my medical records while Dr. Wolf was counseling his patients.”
“And then what happened?”
“And then we became partners.”
“What partners?”
“I pay for her college tuition and she cooperates with my treatment.”
“How did she cooperate?”
Bella hit the ceiling. Even if Kevin didn’t say, she could guess.
Kevin coughed, felt the anger of the woman standing next to him, and ended the topic, “Why do you ask so much? It’s all in the past.”
“Can’t I know anything about the past?”
“I thought you said Lily told you all about it.”
Kevin asked rhetorically, and Bella was speechless.
She was so indignant that she suddenly smiled cunningly and said, “Do you want to know what happened between me and Quintin?”
“Whatever. If you want to say it, I don’t mind hearing it.”
Bella rolled her eyes at him, sarcastically mumbling, ‘Stop pretending. You obviously want to hear it.’
“I met him at an interview, and he was my interviewer, but I mistook him for a hobo who had come to apply for a job just like me, and had the audacity to say that I would take him out to dinner if I was successful in the interview. At last, I succeeded.”
“And then what happened?”
“Then I bought him a meal, but Quintin was a very gentleman. After finishing, he paid the money, just as if it was his treat.” She said.
Bella recalled this past episode and unconsciously smiled, but Kevin was slightly upset.
“Quintin is indeed a good man. You have been with him for such a long time. Have you never been moved by him?”
Kevin feigned not caring, but he actually cared and asked.
“It would be a lie to say that I’ve never been moved. When faced with a man who takes care of a woman all the time, she will be moved.”
“And have you ever been intimate?”
How anxiously Kevin wanted to ask this question.
“If I say yes, will you be angry?”
He smiled magnanimously, “Of course I won’t be angry. We didn’t think we’d get together when we broke up. It’s normal to have a new life.”
“Right, so you and Lily got together.”
Bella snorted, mistaking Kevin’s disguised generosity for an excuse for his own infidelity.
“How far did you get with him?”
Kevin was frightened to ask, eager to know but also afraid to know.
Bella had the intention to retaliate, keeping him guessing on purpose, “This … or can I not say it?”
When Kevin turned upset, “It’s fine, go ahead.” He added in his heart, ‘I can handle it.’
“Just the step you think of.”
“Which step is that?”
Kevin wasn’t upset but heartbroken.
“It is …” Bella paused for a moment when Kevin turned nervous while he was heartbroken, waiting for her next confession, “Why do you ask so much? It’s all in the past.”
Kevin was helpless and he almost fainted, but at such a critical moment, she stopped talking, deliberately making him anxious.
“Why do you repeat my words?” He questioned rather unhappily.
“I didn’t. Is it a rule that only you can say the same thing? Then you’d better pray that the whole world becomes dumb so that no one will repeat your words.”
They argued all the way, and it was already early in the morning when they arrived home.
When Kevin walked straight to the guest room, Bella called out to him, “Hello? How long are you going to be separated from me?”
He turned around, “The day I get well.”
Bella went into the bedroom, slammed the door, and mouthed angrily, “I’ll let you be completely healed tonight!”
She took a shower, then came out of the bathroom naked, went to the closet, and picked out one of Kevin’s shirts. This one was okay. She heard that when men see women wearing their own clothes, they usually had strong sexual desire.
She came to the door of Kevin’s guest room, raised her hand, and knocked on the door. When the door opened, Kevin looked her up and down, and his Adam’s apple rolled unnaturally.
“What for?”
He deliberately asked coldly, but he couldn’t shift his focus on the sexy woman. Bella stood barefoot in front of him, lazily leaned against the door, and emitted a mesmerizing rose fragrance. Kevin swallowed saliva again, “I ask you why you knock on the door.”
Bella smiled beautifully, “I stand in front of you like this. What do you think?”
She held around Kevin’s neck and gently said, “I’m trying to seduce you.
Their hearts beat a little fast. Kevin suddenly pulled her into the room and closed the door.
Bella felt the change of his body, thought of his expression of being a gentleman just now, couldn’t help but feel angry and amused, and then secretly stretched out to pinch his waist through his clothes.
Kevin subconsciously frowned, but he didn’t stop what he was doing, and in a second, he stripped both of them.