While waiting for the two men Chang took the opportunity to change. That morning she had grabbed the first thing available, which had been her turtleneck blouse from the previous day. That was one thing she never did anymore. Now that they were gone she could take her time to choose.Tearing through her closet ruthlessly Chang looked for a good outfit for Justin"s last day. She wanted to wear something that would really "wow" him. Yet when she looked, for once she was unhappy with her lack of color options.
She"d even gone out of her way to put on her s.e.xiest lacy panties and matching strapless push-up bra. After searching she had finally settled on a lacy tank that b.u.t.toned up to her throat but couldn"t decide on a bottom.
Sitting on the floor in her room, Chang looked glumly at her strewn articles. Sitting there lost in her thoughts, holding the top to herself, Chang only heard the two men returning right when one opened her bedroom door.
Gasping Chang turned, clutching the thin material to her exposed chest. To her horror she saw that both of the had come in at once.
Jian reacted even faster than she could have, grabbing Justin"s face and immediately pushing him out of the room with himself. With their sudden arrival and departure Chang was so fl.u.s.tered she did not know what to do.
Chang knelt there, turned to stone, still holding the black lace top to herself when Jian suddenly re-entered.
Seeing him sizing her up and down Chang felt herself turning à little red. With wide eyes she looked up at him as he swallowed wondering what he was going to do, as he stared at her with intense eyes.
"What were you doing?"
"Changing, isn"t it obvious? Now what are you doing? Get out, let me finish in peace!"
"Oh are you, to me it looked like you were in the midst of deconstructing your closet." Arching an eyebrow at her Jian planted himself where he stood. Realizing it would be useless to argue with him Chang readily opened up.
"I don"t know what to wear.."
"How about nothing."
Snorting at his answer Chang retorted quickly.
"That would only work for you. It"s Justin"s last day, I want to wear something pretty."
"You always look beautiful no matter what you wear." Speechless Chang smiled and looked away. "You"re wearing that top?"
"Yeah, I was thinking about it, but I don"t know what I want to pair it with." Hearing him mention it Chang held up the semi-sheer sleeveless lace top.
Looking up she saw him looking at the material with a complicated yet somehow disapproving look.
"What?" Seeing his look Chang could not help but to ask.
"Nothing." Pressing his lips together Liang JianAmal did not voice his thoughts aloud and seriously thought about her dilemma. "This."
Picking from the ground before her he held up a long black asymmetrical skirt. The highest part at the bottom was a few inches above her knees, while the longest was halfway down her calf.
"That should look good!" "Good eye Jian, thank you!"
"You are welcome, now get dressed."
Chang failed at pushing him out of the room, and so had to dress under his watchful gaze. Trying not to look at him a think about it, she quickly b.u.t.toned the small black pearl b.u.t.tons up the back of her neck, and tightened the zipper on her skirt up to her waist where it ended. Once dressed she saw that he had a hand held out to help her with her shoes.
"He"s so considerate, how can I be so lucky."
Stepping outside Justin immediately wolf whistled and did not say anything about her consistently monochromatic wardrome. Complimenting her endlessly he almost riled Jian up again.
As promised once ready, Chang took them to the Eiffel tower. As they rode she had Justin"s bags stored in the back of her car. After sightseeing they would not have time for much before she would have to say goodbye.
Standing at the top with him Chang captured the memory of the two men standing in front of her looking out onto the city. Just in case when she said goodbye, and it was the last time, she would always have a picture of the beautiful times in her mind.
Chang hated saying goodbye. The thought of it soured her mood though she kept a smile on her face even up to the terminal.
At the gate Justin turned and gave her a big hug after scolding her and lecturing her to take better care of herself.
Fighting tears Chang promised him, nodding her head on autopilot.
Seeing her wooden behavior Justin squeezed her tighter. As he held her he gave her shoulder a shake and whispered to her.
"We will meet again, especially if you call me and don"t be a stranger."
"Heh I already promised I would, I"ll keep that promise."
"You better."
"I"ve really missed you in so glad you could come over. This was one of the best birthday surprises ever." Squeezing her eyes shut to trying hard to keep the tears back.
Giving a tight squeezing hug the two couldn"t bear to part. Holding him Chang felt the hot picks of tears. .h.i.tting her eyelids, but shoved them back, trying to save her smile for him. She wanted the last image he would see of her to be her smiling.
After giving her a big hug he turned to Jian and stole a big one from him. After a few seconds Jian had to forcefully peel him off of himself causing Chang to giggle.
Waving good bye he walked away and entered the line. Headed back home to America. Watching him go Chang felt a small pang of home sickness for the first time in a long time.
After seeing him disappear beyond the security check, Chang could not hold her tears in anymore and buried her head in the side of Jian"s arm as he stood next to her.