If people weren"t already surprised that someone like Changyu had a child with Jianjun w.a.n.g, they were very much surprised now that she announced that they were married. Even more, she was sitting beside him while smiling brightly and it looked like he was still very embarra.s.sed by the sudden public display of affection she had just put up there a couple of minutes back.
This was so unlike the Changyu they knew. Her usual self was a cold person who did not have time for anybody. She did not talk much, neither did she smile or laugh. But looking at her now, it was very obvious that she was in love with the man. Which made a lot of men who had been crus.h.i.+ng on her to be disappointed and heart broken.
Because it would have been nice enough to know that Changyu was not interested in marriage, and that was the reason she had turned down most of their advances. But to think that it was actually because she was in love with someone less compared to them, they could not just understand it.
One person who looked a but heartbroken as he watched her, was Li Minde.
"I am sorry" Changyu apologized with a pleasant smile on her face. "I must have been really insensitive. Didn"t know you were hurt. And jealous.." She added.
"I am not jealous." Jianjun denied flatly.
"So what was that about?" She raised a brow at him.
"People are looking at us. Stop messing around" He said with an embarra.s.sed look.
"It"s cute that you still get easily shy. It would have been difficult for you to ever have a girlfriend when you were younger. You"re lucky I saved you"
"Why are you suddenly raising that issue now?"
"Because you"re being jealous and shy. Do you want to dance with me?" She suddenly asked out of the blue.
There was a song going on already and people were already beginning to pair up.
"Sounds like a bad idea to me"
"I probably should just go find someone else then. You wouldn"t get mad would you?"
"I dare you!" Jianjun challenged possessively.
"Then get your a.s.s up and let"s move. I can"t remember the last time I danced in a party"
Excitedly, she pulled him along with her. And he obliged since he did not want her to dance with another man.
"She behaves just like you. Very straightforward" Muchen said in a low voice to his new wife as they both danced together with both his hands around her waist.
A quick laugh escaped from her mouth. "Tell me about it" She looked up at his face with both her hands on his shoulders.
"Oh look there" Sara probed him to look at the direction she was looking at.
"I think he likes Heya" She noted as she watched Heya dance together with Zhu Liang who seemed to tower over her.
"He shouldn"t even dare it" Muchen quickly shot back which caused Sara to raise a brow at him.
"You are so protective. She"s a big girl and can take care of herself now." She explained to him. But he still didn"t see her as a big girl. She was his younger sister and a man"s hand was around her waist!
Or probably he was feeling so uncomfortable because it was the first time seeing Heya so close with a man.
Ever since she was younger, she was always locked in her room, wallowing in self-pity and inferiority complex. It was the first time he was seeing her dance with a man.
"She"ll be fine" Sara a.s.sured him before stretching to kiss his cheek.
The quick kiss seemed to suddenly make him forget everything else and just stared at her with a big smile on his face that revealed his perfect dimples.
"That"s the first time you"re making the move to kiss me in front of so many people. I think we should talk about Li Heya a lot"
Sara laughed and shook her head. "You"re shamless."
"If I wasn"t, you wouldn"t be here now." He admitted honestly.
"Look. Aunt Cixi seem to be having fun" He turned Sara"s attention towards Cixi who was sitting besides a man.
"That should me Mr Luo. Wow!" Sara exclaimed happily.
Cixi watched as Joreen continued to chap happily with Jaime"s daughter Luo Reen on the next table.
She was happy that her daughter was happy. In fact, she was extremely happy today for everything.
"They both seem to get along pretty well" Jaime said when he noticed how focused Cixi was on staring at the girls.
"Yea. Joreen easily gets along with people" Cixi commented.
"That"s not the case for Reen. She"s an introvert and it"s almost impossible to bring her out of the house. I was surprised she willingly offered to come here with me"
"Is that right?" Cixi looked at the girls one more time.
"She seems to like you" He said with a smile.
Ever since he came to the church where Sara and Muchen wedded, he had smiled a couple of times to her. And she had to admit, for a man, he had a really beautiful smile.
As she looked at him, she could not stop having the feeling that he was younger than her. But a silly thought popped into her head that they both looked perfect together, especially as they both wore similar colour of clothes.
It seemed like everyone wanted to flaunt their perfect bodies becuase she wore a peach color bodyhug long dress with long sleeve. Her hair was in a neat bun and she had a mild make-up on her face.
She wasn"t really that much into jewelries, so she wore an almost invisible necklace and silver earring.
He on the other hand, wore a cream and peach colored suit that matched hers perfectly.
He was on a simple looking Rolex watch, and on his legs were a pair of Oxford shoes.
She noticed he seemed to be looking her also.
She was about to say something about Reen when she heard Reen"s voice.
"I want to watch you dance dad" She said to Jaime from the other table.
"Me, dance?" He asked her with a c.o.c.ked brow.
Reen nodded. "I have never seen you dance before. You should dance today. For me." She added with a smile.
"Mum, you should dance too. It"s the first time we"re both going to a party together. Plus this is big sister"s wedding."
"You are being naughty" Cixi said with a nervous laugh that was quite similar to Jaime"s.
"So...?" Jaime asked her when their eyes met.
"So...?" She asked him back, wondering what he meant.
"Want to dance with me?" He asked politely.
Cixi looked at him and then at the two girls who were smiling mischievously. She opened her mouth to say something to him but nothing came out. All she could do was to shrug her shoulders to show she had no choice.
Cixi felt kind of weird with his hands around her waist since it had been a really long time since she was this close to a man but, she had to let it slide.
"Hey?" She heard the familiar voice call from her side and she turned to see Changyu and Jianjun.
"He your boyfriend?" Changyu asked rather straightforwardly in English.
Cixi was very surprised. Not with the question, but because Changyu had spoke to her.
Ever since the day she apologized to them, Changyu hardly said anything to her. But today, she had willingly spoke to her first.
"N....o" Cixi managed to say with an awkward smile.
"He looks not bad" Changyu added with a wink.
"Just ignore her" Jianjun quickly dragged her along with him to another corner. He did not know why she was suddenly acting so drunk when she did not drink much.
"Because I am happy." Changyu admitted with a happy smile.
"I thought I was going to die lonely, but here I am. My daughter is married, I am married, and your sister just hooked up with a smoking hot dude."
"So...I am.. not hot?" He asked her with a frown.
Changyu pushed a little apart to look at him properly.
He wore a black and white suit today. And she had actually forced him to wear the Armani"s watch he was wearing in his wrist. His hair was handsomely slicked backwards and, he seemed to look better than he ever looked.
"You"re cold. Very cold. Kiss me and you"ll be hot" She said before puckering her lips to tease him.
Jianjun quickly looked at both sides before pinching her arm gently. "You"re shameless. Always looking for an excuse to flirt."
She laughed before whispering. "It"s the reason you like me. Trust me"
As Cixi and Jaime continued to move their bodies to the soft music, she remembered something so she asked,
"That day you dropped me at the hotel, what did you mean when you asked if I believed in perfect coincidences?"
"Hmmm" He remained quiet and continued to move in the same slow pace as her.
"I lied to you when I said I saw you pa.s.sed out on the streets. I don"t know why it came out that way when I could have easily said I was the man sitting beside you on the park that day."
"That was you?" Cixi asked him in surprise. She remembered she had been sitting with a man that day, but she could not place his face as Jaime"s.
"Coincidentally, I had gone there to brood also. That day was supposed to be my wife"s birthday." He paused and sighed deeply.
"You have a wife?" Cixi asked and almost bit her tongue after the words came out.
Of course, if he didn"t have a wife, then where did Reen come from? It was not as if a woman gave birth to her and left her with him right? There was also the possibility that he was divorced.
"She died. A car crash" He said sadly.
Cixi"s eyes widened in shock. "Oh my G.o.d! I"m so..so..sorry"
"It"s fine. That was five years ago. Reen was 4years old then."
"I had only wanted to reminisce about the past a bit before going back home, that was when you came. I noticed how dejected you looked and how you cried so much while apologizing to a certain "Sara". Thought it was pretty much coincidental since my wife"s name was Sarah. And I also wished I could earnestly apologize to her since I was not there on the day she died. It felt as though you were helping me tell her "Sorry"."
"For a moment, I thought you were talking about my wife. But then I remembered my wife had no friends here. Just like Reen, she was an introvert."
"That...is quite sad" Cixi finally said something.
"I should still thank you for helping me out that day."
"It"s okay. I"m glad you"re better now. And I"m glad you seem to be going well with Sara. She"s pretty" He added as he watched Sara laugh with Muchen. "And lucky..." He added.
"I think he is the lucky one" She added with a laugh as she also watched the new couple.
Once it subsided, they both stared at each other awkwardly.
"Do you think they are going to kiss?" Reen asked Joreen from where they both watched the two of them.
"I..don"t think so." Joreen answered as she intently looked at her mother"s blus.h.i.+ng face.
"I think so." Reen added again.
"Do you realise both our daughters names are kind of similar? Reen, Joreen" It was the only thing Cixi could think of to break the awkwardness.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Jaime suddenly asked Cixi out of the blue which surprised her, since she was just talking about their daughters" names.
"N...o.. I don"t. What about you? That lady the other day..?"
"She is just a colleague. Works in the same law firm"
"Oh.. You"re a lawyer. Cool!"
"But she obviously likes you" She added matter of factly.
"Really?"
"Oh don"t play dumb. You know she does"
"Was that why you were being naughty with her that day?" He teased her. "Someone might think you were jealous."
"Haha!" Cixi laughed awkwardly again!. "I was only slightly p.i.s.sed."
He said nothing else and just continued to look at her. They both stared into each other"s eyes quietly.
"You are a very pretty woman" He said before grazing her cheek with his right thumb.
"And I like your sa.s.sy att.i.tude" He added.
"Stop trying to seduce me." Cixi tried to play it off as a joke but deep down, she was nervous.
"What if I want to? You wouldn"t like it?" He asked as his head continued to go lower.
Just when he thought it was the perfect time to seal her lips with his, she turned her head away and laughed uneasily.
He chuckled and adjusted his height to continue dancing with her. "Was not wrong about you. Nice!" He said to her in a low voice.
"Told ya. I know my mum. 50bucks" Joreen stretched out a hand to her gambling partner and Reen relunctancly placed some wads of cash on it.