Tell Me Again, My Love

Rebecca tried to remember whether Ryn always had this huge appet.i.te before but she could not remember. All she could remember, during their friends.h.i.+p time, she always saw Ryn ate meat and fattening food but never ate the vegetables.

At that time, they were still unaware of her job as a model. And Ryn did not say anything too when Irene who just signed a contract with a modelling agency, claimed that models do not eat and must always watch what they are eating to maintain their weight. Maybe her refusal to say anything made it felt like a betrayal to all of them. It did seem like Ryn was taking them as a source of entertainment, seeing how they were clueless about the modelling world and stumbled along helping Irene reaching her goal.

Rebecca too thought Ryn was taking them as fools and refused to understand why she kept quiet about her life. Now, when she thought about it carefully and calmly, she realized that they never tried to understand Ryn. They never tried to make Ryn truly welcome into their group. They always skipped over her whenever they had activities together, only invited her whenever the mood came.

When she realized it, she felt ashamed. She was the one who offered her hand in friends.h.i.+p but she was also the one kept telling how Ryn betrayed them. It was not the behaviour of a friend. But, she still had the feeling of being betrayed too. Why Ryn never bothered to say anything?

Ryn drank the last drops of her drink and stood up. She wiped her lips with the napkin provided. Then, she stood up and went to the door while Harry went to pay for their breakfast. She took out her phone to check on the time and also send a message to Mei Li, her manager.

Rebecca and her friend followed her out of the restaurant area. They were clueless about how to react. Should they stay at their seats or go back to the car? But when they saw Ryn calmly walked away, they quickly followed her. What else could they do? The one who was close to Harry was Ryn, not them.

Ryn checked her calendar with a frown. It seemed like Mei Li just added more to her schedule. She added first her driving cla.s.s and the dates she needed to return to the campus for her finals. She forgot to add them. Then, she started to check the new a.s.signments so she could discuss them with Mei Li later.

"It"s clear?" she asked absent-mindedly when she felt his presence.

"Hmm… let"s go," Harry almost placed a hand on her slim waist but cancelled his plan. There were others with them. His hanging hand curled into a frustrated grip and walked toward his car. He knew she and the other two girls were following behind. He sighed. It was hard work maintaining his face.

"I"ll send you two home," he told Rebecca and her friend once they got into the car and he started the engine.

"We… we don"t want to burden you, Young Master Si," Rebecca"s friend said shyly. Her cheeks reddened. She felt it was inappropriate to call Harry with Mr Si. Harry should be called Young Master Si, as what he was known in public. He was after all the only son of the Si family. The one who would inherit the multimillion company from his father. Not only was he from a rich family, but he was also talented, handsome, kind and very good in everything he did. And now, she was given the opportunity to be in the same vehicle with him. And he even treated her breakfast. Was her lucky stat shone brightly today? And she even wasted so many hours just because of her shyness.

No. She must not waste any more time. When would she get this golden chance to speak with Handsome Harry?

"It"s okay. I was the one bringing you two away from your place," Harry replied offhandedly. He did not actually care about the two girls at the back. His focus was more on Ryn.

Ryn actually was unaware of what was going on in the car. Again, she was exchanging messages with Jeremy. Jeremy kept sending her messages, asking her if he could meet her now because he was missing her too much. And again and again, she told him to focus on his work. They would meet later once he was done with his work.

"Why do you have so much time when you"re supposed to focus on your work?" she typed quickly.

"Hmm… maybe because we"ve been apart for so long? I miss you. And I can"t focus without looking at you."

"You…" she was speechless with his shameless act. Pursing her lips, she made up her mind and opened the camera application. She took a selfie of herself.

The three of them were taken back with her sudden interest in taking a selfie. But it seemed like the interest was for only a photo.

Once she took one selfie, she sent it to Jeremy.

"Here. Go focus on your work."

"u003c3" he sent a love emoticon as a reply.

"How I wish I can make you mine now."

"J!"

He was such a scoundrel now. And a rouge too. Too much shameless filled his body until he no longer could control his thought. She never saw him acting this way. He was such a proper boy when they were growing up but now, every few sentences he would squeeze in s.e.xual meanings. She did point it out and reminded him not to repeat it again but it felt like she was talking with a stone. He kept doing what he wanted and told her every so often how he wanted her to be by his side all the time. She told him that they were now officially in a relations.h.i.+p so he had nothing to worry about.

She could not help from smiling. She rather… liked this side of him. She liked being doted upon and being showered with love. And she liked when he was acting kind of… childish. He was always serious and calm even when they were young but now, he acted as if he could not live without her. And she liked it. She truly liked it.

She sent a few more messages, all admonis.h.i.+ng him to stop being childish and be more responsible in his job. And again, she kept giving him promise that she would spend time with him later the day. Her eyes sparkled. She smiled, antic.i.p.ating what they would do later today.

"Are you alright, Ryn?" Harry could not hold his curiosity and asked her. Why was she smiling and blus.h.i.+ng when she was looking at the phone? Whom was she exchanging messages to? Was it a man? His face changed at the thought. It could not be, right? His cold and calm Ryn would not fall in love with another man, would she?

"Hmm?" Ryn looked at him in a puzzle before looked back at her phone.

The smile was still on her face and it made Harry"s heart pounding so hard. He had to tell himself to stay calm and focus on his driving but by G.o.d, she was so beautiful. Her smile was so sweet, it lights up her face.

He fell in love with her again.

"Did you say something?" Ryn asked when Harry did not say a word. He only looked at her for a second and quickly turned to look forward, focus on the road.

"No… nothing," he gulped nervously. Why was he being shy in front of her? He was the man. He should be brave enough to tell her he loved her.

Ryn frowned. But, she later shrugged it off. They were almost reaching their destination, by the way. She turned to look at the two girls at the back. "We"re almost at the apartment."

Rebecca and her friend were actually staring at Harry. They did not even realize her talking with them.

She sighed, shaking her head in bemused. It seemed like Rebecca and her friend were under the spell of Harry, just like most of the girls on the campus. Ryn looked at Harry, resting her chin on her hand.

"Why?" he asked, almost choking out. Had she learned what inside his mind? He could not help from blus.h.i.+ng. What would she say if he told her he wanted her to be his girlfriend? Would she accept it immediately or ask for some times to think?

"Why what?" she asked him back.

"Is there… is there anything in your mind?" he asked her back, "Why were you shaking your head just now?"

She glanced at the back before back at him. "Nothing. It"s nothing. Oh, we"re here."

He stopped the car at the entrance. Instead of going through the gate, he simply stopped the car outside and looked at the back.

"Thank you for accompanying us having breakfast," he said with a smile.

The girls were giving him a besotted look, not even realizing where they were. If it was in anime, their eyes were in the shape of a heart.

He c.o.c.ked an eyebrow. Had he done anything weird to make these girls turned like this?