Chapter 44: Dinner [1]

"What should I wear?" she mumbles scanning her big full closet. She doesn't even want to dress but who knows if he takes her to the shop and forcefully dresses her up, she doesn't want that. Her eyes travel from jumpsuits to gowns to tops and jeans and many more. She stops and takes out the dress which is hanging in front of her. She takes out the red wine cocktail dress which had silt on the left side. "Is it too much?" she ponders observing the dress. She is just going for dinner but the thing is she doesn't know where, he didn't tell her anything about the venue and that is pissing her off.

Without thinking too much about it, she grabs that dress and starts changing into it. She let loose the tie of her robe and let it fall on the floor. She is beautiful, her curves, her fair rosy skin, her small slimmed waist, her toned legs that are sexy as hell, everything about her is exquisite.

Everywhere she goes, she attracts everyone's attention. She is breathtaking.

She looks at herself in the big mirror in her closet room and feels satisfied by how she is dressed. The dress is red wine in color with thin straps attached at the back, making a criss-cross pattern at her back. The dress is backless and the cloth material sits just above her buttocks. There's a slit down her dress, exposing her left-toned thigh. To match, she chooses a pair of red high heels that gives a fuck- me vibes. Having everything ready, she walks out of the closet room and move to her next stage, which is applying make-up.

Sitting on a chair attached to the dressing table, she starts with spraying rose toner on her bare face, then after leaving it to dry she applies primer, foundation, then a little eye primer. She dabs eye shadow and draws thin lines with eyeliner not going for a bold one because she might not be able to make the perfect one tonight. Moving on she applies contour, mascara, red hot mascara with a light lip tint on. She does the rest of the procedure and at last ends it by wearing diamond crystal earrings, rings, and yes, a slight touch up to her hair. She decided to curl her hair at the ends and let it rest on her chests freely. She looks satisfied with her look. She peers at the clock and panics when she notices that only fifteen minutes are left. but wait, where is she supposed to go? She doesn't know where the venue is. "Ugh!" she groans in frustration and exits her room with a loud bang.

"Dear, you look wonderful!" Sha Sha praises her when she comes down in the living room.

"Thank you, mother" she returns with a warm smile. Never went a time when her mother didn't compliment her. Both Zheng Yuan and Sha Sha adore their daughter and so does Shi Lian.

Shi Lian sits anxiously because she doesn't know what to do next, she feels like he left her hanging without any given information. Sha Sha didn't say anything about why Shi Lian is sitting and looking anxious instead of meeting her friend.

A ping on her phone startles Shi Lian and she instantly turns on her phone. there's a message from Fu Zichen but the text is weird. She was expecting an address of the location but instead, the text says, I'll be picking you up from your house in five minutes.

The text made her heart skip a beat. She was not expecting him to come all the way down to her house and the problem is nobody knows about him. If he comes to her house with the presence of her mother, then there would be a series of questions about him which she does not want to answer at all. The text says five minutes so he will be here any minute.

"I'll be going then. See you mother" she hugs her and exits from her house hurriedly. To avoid him meeting her mother or anyone, the best will be to meet him outside the mansion.

She walks to the gates and seeing her coming, the guards open the gate. She walks a little more and stands at a distance from her home. She feels weird doing all this but she is left with no choice. Argh! This jerk has turned her life upside down. She takes a look at her watch which she is wearing on her left hand to check how much time is left. he will be here any second, she thinks and looks to her left and right for his arrival.

A light flashes from the left and she tilt in that direction to see a black car approaching in her direction. 'Is it him?' she ponders as she tries to get a glimpse of the car. As the black Porshe approaches, her heart palpates more and more. What is this feeling? Why does her heartbeats every freakin time whenever he is mentioned? She cannot figure out why but deep down does she already know?

The car stops where she is standing and that makes her sure that this is the one. The driver opens the passenger door for the person sitting in it.

A polished black business boot, that's what she sees as the door opens and the person makes his entrance. Fu Zichen hops out of the car in an oh so sexy yet arrogant way that is enough to make girls go head over heels for him. Shoving his hands into his pants pockets, he walks towards Shi Lian. He is dressed in a navy blue blazer, navy blue pants, white shirt inside with upper buttons unhooked. He forwards his hand to her in an attempt to hold her hand and take her inside the car, like a gentleman.

Shi Lian is amused by his gesture; she thinks of not accepting it only to make him lose his temper but she denies that thought and puts her hand on his. A shiver, an electric current sparks the moment her skin touches his, making her belly clench and breathing ragged.

"You look beautiful, Shi Lian" he compliments her in his husky voice and adds with a sexy smile. Shi Lian is so done. She made mental notes to tackles his attacks but she is failing again and again. This man is seducing her with every chance he gets and he doesn't even have to try.

"Th-thank you" she manages to speak, diverting her gaze from him. His compliment makes her giddy and happy all of a sudden, like a teenager getting praise for her worth from her favorite person. She gets compliments now and then but a simple compliment that can actually have this impact on her is something she has no clue of. Her anger which was because of his weird texts and mainly because of the dinner is somehow dissipated and she is actually looking forward to this dinner.

"Shall we?" he asks waking her from her dreams and making her aware that she was staring at him since then. She nods, turning her head to her left to not let him see her blush and embarrassed. He chuckles making her more blush. They hop inside the car, Zichen closes the door of Shi Lian's side and goes to his. After settling inside, he tells his driver to proceed.

The atmosphere in the car seems heavy and hot. Shi Lian shifts uncomfortably to her side as she feels the force of attraction from Zichen. She can sense he is staring at her, intensely but she didn't say anything instead just looks outside the window.

There's this awkward silence between, which she can no longer withhold, so she asks something to break the ice. "Where are we going?"

"Caipeng restaurant. To have dinner" he smirks and continues, "Did you not remember?"

Shoot. She totally forgot that he told her about the destination. She was cursing him for not letting her know about it but here the situation is not in favor. How could she forget about it? She is embarrassed but she acts not to show it, not in front of him when he is mocking her. "No, I did not" she replies, turning her face opposite to him.