Although she is not having a fever anymore TianTian still felt weak. She tried to get up and prepare but she hesitated. In her mind, she had one fear actually, "He...won"t force me with my condition like this right? I won"t have any strength to refuse him right now...should I just stay and pretending to faint?"Aunt Tong who was there to help seemed know what TianTian"s thought about.
"Don"t worry too much, TianEr... Young Master really cares about you. He was so worried when you fainted"
TianTian doesn"t know how to respond to Aunt Tong, so she just smiles weakly.
In her mind, she is still doubting but she decides to give it try. After all, the beast has indeed taken care of her when she was sick,
"Alright, I"ll go but it just a grateful act, right! It is!" She made her mind. TianTian then walked to the bathroom to get ready.
An hour pa.s.sed and LiMingHu started impatiently at downstairs,
"This little rabbit! Does she purposely make me wait?!! What makes her so long?!"
He stood from his seat, willing to go up but his step was stopped when TianTian coming down with her simple thin casual cloth although he looked full covered with long sleeves and a turtle neck to warm her body that still weak, and simple long skirt. Tian Tian purposely chose the cloth which would make her looked less attractive. But on the contrary, her appearance couldn"t make the King stop staring at her.
TianTian was now close in front of him, she wondered why the beast didn"t say anything, so she asked,
"Where will we go?"
But LiMingHu didn"t answer, he just smiled and then held TianTian"s hand and led her into the car, "let"s go..."
Inside the car, although feeling shy, TianTian let her hand to be held tightly by the beast. She didn"t have energy to repel it. TianTian was still wondering where the beast took her. She asked again slowly,
"Can you tell me first, where will we going? I don"t like any surprise...at least let me know so I can prepare for any worse waiting..."
LiMingHu glared to her, he smirked for what TianTian thought about,
"...There won"t be any worse...trust me, you will like the place..."
TianTian just silent after that, but
she replied sarcastically in her mind,
"How does this beast know I will like it? He doesn"t know me at all...! If he really does, he has freed me already..."
She felt ironically if the beast knows her liked place but be blind at all about what she hates the most, being thralled by him..
The car was stop in a market street, right in front of an antique shop. When TianTian walked out from the car, she looked stunned for what she saw. The street and the antique place was too familiar for her. She recognized it as her grandpa"s old shop. Even though it had renovated as an luxury antique shop, with "Li" Name on the signboard, indicating the place was belonged to Li Company as well.
Seeing TianTian"s stunned expression pleased LiMingHu a lot. He chose the place as he remembered how TianTian likes antique things before, so he brought her to one of his favourite antique shop. LiMingHu then hugged TianTian"s waist to enter the place.
"Come..."
"Welcome, President Li" A regular greeting from the manager and all workers there made TianTian felt shy, but LiMingHu just ignored them and looked TianTian,
"How is it? You like it right? You may see around and find what you like here...!"
TianTian didn"t respond as she looked around with belonging gaze. It"s been years she never had chance to come to this place and how she missed it so much. And then her eyes suddenly fixed with things in a gla.s.s display cabinet. She walked closer and observing a gold antique watch, with a flower and two little birds pattern at the cover. TianTian looked to the watch with a longing feeling. She recognized it as her grandpa"s favorite antique watch. She often played with it when she was a little. She remembered she ever dropped it and be scolded by her Grandpa.
The manager came closer and explain,
"Do you have interest with this antique watch, Madam? But unfortunately this watch just to be a decoration because it is broken. Let me show you another antique watch which more valuable than this antique watch..."
LiMingHu also came closer to see what kind of antique watch that attracted TianTian. Surprisedly it was also one of his favourite thing every time he visited the place, but he didn"t take it because like the manager said, it doesn"t work.
"It"s not valuable coz it"s not working anymore.....Come little rabbit, let see another..."
"Can I have it?" TianTian suddenly said
"What?" LiMingHu didn"t catch the words.
"I don"t need the others, just that watch, can you give it to me?" begged TianTian.
The manager and other staffs couldn"t believe what they heard, there was a same opinion in their mind,
"Other antiques are much valuable than that old watch but this woman insists to choose that?! What a waste!!"
"Are you sure you don"t want to choose others?" LiMingHu asked again.
TianTian sighes a little,
"I am intending not to demand anything from this beast...but that watch is an exception...it"s grandpa"s..."
"Yes, for others that watch might be meaningless but for me, it"s more valuable than anything in this room!" TianTian tries to explain how much she wanted that watch and it made LiMingHu curious and a little jealous also to the watch.
"Is it more valuable than me?!" and by that, his desire to subdue her occurred,
"Well, if you really want it then I can give it to you...but you have to give me something like a return..."
TianTian"s instinct told her to be aware, it could be seen from her eyes,
"What...what do you want as the return?"
The king slowly moved closer to her, and whispered, "Give me your best kiss and say that I am more valuable than that watch...if I satisfy, I"ll give you the watch"
At once TianTian"s face became red,
"This pervert...I know he has no good plan to bring me here.."
LiMingHu pulled her body closer to him,
"Well, I"m waiting..."
Her body was still weak for she refused him, with the soft voice she asked, she bent down her head and closed her eyes, hoping mercy from the beast which she knew it might useless.
"Don"t...I don"t want... please...everyone is looking..."
Looking that kind expression, it suddenly hurt the beast"s heart, LiMingHu. But he controlled himself, for now he planned to cheer her up, not to hurt her or being hurt actually.
He looked at TianTian and sighed,
"Why this woman always make everything hard..."
So he freed TianTian, he just kissed her cheek, and then he gestured the manager to hand over the antique watch TianTian wanted. After he got it, the king put the watch in TianTian"s hand,
"It"s yours...."
TianTian looked to the beast widely, and then she looked to her grandpa"s old watch on her hand. A happy drop of tear flows out from her eyes, Tian Tian didn"t hide her happiness for getting the watch, but the king seemed being a little bit disappointed to be ignored. He walked out from the shop before TianTian noticed it.
TianTian now felt regretted. She caught him up at the outside of the shop, shouted to stop him going far,
"Wait..." Coz she sudden run, she felt dizzy and almost fainted if LiMingHu didn"t return immediately to hold her.
For a second, TianTian feels safe in the king"s embrace. LiMingHu released his hold when TianTian had standing firmly.
"...Thank you...."
"Silly girl, you just healed...why do you run?!"
"I...thought you are leaving me..." at that moment TianTian shocked with words that came out from her own mouth,
"What???!! Why did I say that...?!!!"
But its too late to take it back. LiMingHu seemed pleased to hear it.
"So...you finally can"t stay away from me...??" teased him.
"No...it"s not like that...I..." And her words stopped, sealed by a light kiss from the beast, TianTian even didn"t have time to refuse it and she didn"t intend to. For the king, its like an open invitation..that"s why, LiMingHu held TianTian"s hand, leading to the car.
"Now...let"s go home..."
"Wait...are we going back?" TianTian resisted, she might trying to avoid the l.u.s.t temptation but mostly because she didn"t want this moment quickly end,
"I don"t want to come back yet...its too soon.... can...can we just walk for a while?"
Fighting over his l.u.s.t, somehow the king also didn"t want this moment end so soon.
"Fine...let"s walk..."
TianTian continued felt surprised for the beast had been listened all her demands, its really not like usual.
"Why does he so kind to me today?"
"So...where do you want to go?"
She wasn"t used to be with the kind version of LiMingHu...for somehow she sudden felt awkward,
"Ah..ehm..." She noticed some street food she missed the taste "I like to eat street food...let"s go there..."
"Street food?" Entire his life he didn"t have a chance to eat those kinds of food.