Muchen"s eyes narrowed when he looked at Sara. He couldn"t believe this!
She actually ignored him after they got out of the apartment. But the moment she saw the car had he had come with, her mood totally changed to one of excitement. She rambled on to him about how she had wanted to "feel" the car ever since she saw Minde"s and how he had refused to show up after promising her (which he didn"t) that she would take it on a little cruise.
When he saw how excited she was, he had allowed her drive instead. While he sat beside her on the pa.s.senger"s seat. But it seemed the car was entirely important to her that she had totally forgotten about his existence.
"Where did you say we were going again?" She asked with a broad smile after driving around for over 30 minutes.
He ignored her and faced the window by his side.
"Uh.. Mr Li? Why aren"t you saying anything?" She asked. Looking between him and the road.
"Since the car is so important to you. Why don"t you just go on. You can leave this lonely soul alone" He sighed.
Sara almost laughed. She hit the brake and parked the car by the side of the isolated bridge.
"Mr Li" She poked his arm amusedly but he still didn"t look at her. "Mis...ter.. Li" She resorted in pulling his arm gently. Muchen couldn"t stop himself from chuckling before he turned to look at her. "What is it?"
"I"m done! It felt so niceeeee" She said excitely.
Muchen scoffed. "Did you like it that much? You can just have the car then"
"Ehn? Really?" Sara"s eyes brightened "You will really give me this car?" She ran her eyes over the interior of the car again.
"You don"t want it?" He asked as his hand moved to her hair.
Sara expected it. So she wasn"t surprised when he gently yanked the hairband from her hair and winked at her.
"How tempting. But.... I don"t want it" She said as she finally let go of his arm that she had been holding.
"Why don"t you?" He really wasn"t surprised that she actually rejected his offer.
Sara scratched her head. "Hmm.. Let"s say, It is going to be embarra.s.sing." She further explained "Imagine me driving this car while my family is still squatting or while we still wear knockoffs. Doesn"t make sense to me"
"I can buy you a house and designer wears if you want" He retorted.
Sara raised a brow at him in amus.e.m.e.nt before shaking her head. "There is more to life than driving nice cars and wearing expensive clothings. Besides, I won"t be happy with myself. Even the world is going to look down on me."
The warm smile didn"t leave his face when he spoke again "You know, sometimes, I do think that if you were from a really wealthy family, you would sure be scary"
Sara Chortled. "I do think that way too. I"m sure I"ll be so haughty and arrogant"
He did believe that part. If she was like this even when her family had an average background. What if they were actually a socialite? He was very sure even he wouldn"t have been able to approach her.
"Yes, I just remember" He stretched to get a bag from the backeat and handed it over to her. "When I saw it, I thought of you"
Sara could see it was a teddy bear. She smiled at the knowledge that he thought of her when he saw it. But the smile disappear when she saw it was actually an hippopotamus !
"You...you thought of me.. when you.. saw this?" She shot him an angry look even as she bit down on her lower lip.
Muchen laughed out. He liked seeing this look. Maybe it was why he liked teasing her. "Of course, when I saw it, I thought it was cute. And when I think of cute, I think of you"
Sara scoffed in disbelieve as she blew up at him. "That is supposed to make me feel better? You are indirectly saying I look like an hippopotamus!"
Muchen still had an amused look on as he spoke back "I never said you looked like an hippo but if you think you do, who am I to dispute that?"
"Li Muchen !"
He looked at her in surprise. It was actually the first time she called him by his name instead of her usual "Mr Li"
"Call me that again" He said excitedly. "I like the sound of that"
Sara suddenly recalled she had just called him by his name and gasped. "Did...did I really...?"
He nodded. "You"re so cute when you"re angry" He moved closer and pecked her on her cheek.
Sara was taken aback and just blinked back at him before she turned to look at her own side of the window. "Did...did he just kiss my cheek?" She asked herself. She had totally not expected that. "Don"t smile you idiot." She cautioned herself before turning to look at him again. She cleared her throat and was about to speak before she saw him open the door and asked her to come down also.
After she did, he moved over to where she was standing. He quietly looked at her for a moment before he said.
"I realised something today" He helped pull up her s.h.i.+rt collar to s.h.i.+eld her from the cold.
"What is it?" She asked curiously.
His eyes twinkled as he looked down at her. It was her. This tiny creature that made his heart flutter. The billowing breeze made her hair flutter about while he carefully smoothened them over and over again.
"I love you" The words suddenly came out unexpectedly. He was prepared for whatever responsibility that those words came with.
Sara forgot to breathe that instant. She felt the tiny jolt in her stomach again. For a minute, she just looked at his face without saying or doing anything. "He...he... loves me." Instinctively, she tried to move away but he moved his hands from her s.h.i.+rt collar to her arms and held her firmly. "Even if you run again, I won"t let you go. So let"s save that energy" He advised softly.
Sara"s mouth was suddenly so dry. No matter how had she tried to say something, it wasn"t coming out. Finally, she was able to say "Why?" No matter how she thought about it, she still found it difficult to believe that he chose her.
Why? Maybe he had actually expected that question.
"Because you are Sara w.a.n.g. And because, I can"t just help it" Sara swore she would have started smiling like an idiot if he had said one more word. She had to keep her cool no matter what.
"You are going to regret it" She warned.
"Let me be the judge of that Miss w.a.n.g." He eloquently responded.
He saw the smile form on her face. But Sara was too shy? to let him see it. She moved closer and buried her face on his chest.
Muchen saw it as an opportunity to wrap his arms around her in a hug. He couldn"t help smiling like an idiot. She had totally brightened his bad day.
"You"re so cute when you are shy. I like it!" He said to her.