章節 10: 'He did not just check me out!'
October 24, 20XX (Wednesday)
On the Road
"Let me take you to dinner?"
"Why?" Mei Li's head instantly snapped towards the driver of the black sports car.
"Isn't it dinner time?"
"That doesn't answer my question…"
"Do I need to have a reason to ask someone out to dinner?" Yang's smile had returned to annoyingly irritate the brown-eyed painter. The fact that Yang did not even glance her way and just had his eyes steady on the road added more to her irritation.
"I don't know, do you have one?"
"… I might…"
Mei Li waited for him to continue and when he did not, she settled to learn back on the seat and look out the window. It was already past 4 PM when they decided to leave the Louvre with Yang dragging the reluctant Mei Li to a car parked at one of the most expensive hotels near the Museum. Mei Li had no chance to deny anything, especially when Yang had not asked for permission in the first place so here they were still bantering on the road stuck in traffic.
After a moment on the busy road, Mei Li watched as he got inside a building built specifically for parking the car. She could only watch helpless and unenthusiastic as he parked the car and opened her door with a signal for her to go out.
Why did her cell phone have to be out of battery? Why did she have to follow him? She could stay in the car if he needed to do something.
"Let's go; we need to shop for the souvenirs for Mom, Dad, and Yue. I need your help. Think of this as your payment for the free ticket."
She was correct to suspect his free ticket! From the stories Mei Li had heard Yue told, he was one to take advantage of every possible situation with him benefiting more but she could accept this deal. It was fair of him to do so and she had always liked the rest of his family rather than this man in front of her.
Mei Li got out of the car and walked with Yang side by side, marveling at the nightlife of the streets in Paris. She would have thought it was romantic of him to do so if only this were not a repayment of the Louvre's free ticket, which she couldn't fully enjoy because of his numerous questions on every interesting art piece he could find.
Suddenly, Mei Li's internal monologue stopped when she saw the many high-end fashion stores lined neatly towards the end of the street. She had seen many priceless art masterpieces just this afternoon in the form of paintings, sculptures, etc. and she will probably see more art masterpieces in forms of fashion.
Like a lowly servant following the King, Mei Li slowly inched backward to hide at the back of the 6 foot 2 inches giant with pretty dark eyes; feeling inadequate to the graphic T-shirt and thrifted jeans she was wearing. The only expensive thing she had was the red bottom heels on her feet.
"Stop hiding behind me." The rough voice interrupted her incoming internal monologue about money.
"I don't belong here…"
Yang's usual grin faltered, which Mei Li would have rejoiced if she had noticed, but she was too busy berating herself about not dressing up more. She began to regret going out of the car. She should have waited there for Yang to finish.
"You could buy everything on one store if you sold one collection."
"Easy for you to say! You can buy the store in one hour but still can buy four more stores!" Mei Li crossed her arms with a cute pout, mirroring Yue's pampered behavior.
It was weird when Mei Li saw Yang's eyes glancing at her bosoms and then returning to her eyes with the annoying grin, surprisingly, nonexistent.
'He did not just check me out!' Mei Li shouted in her mind with disbelief. She quickly unfastened her arms and bit her lips in nervousness, not knowing the more she bit it, the more it made the man beside her, crazy.
Uncomfortable and tensed, Yang hurriedly drags the beauty inside a store he knew his sister liked. A minute more of staring at the beauty and he'd make a voyeur out of everyone near.
Awkwardly, the two looked at each other with a signal nod. What the signal was; they didn't know, but Yang sat at one of the sofas while Mei Li went to one of the sale ladies who was observing all the customers that came in. Silently, she uttered a small prayer. It would not do her good if a person, female or male, would try to curry favor and fawn all over the CEO. She had heard how short tempered the usually smiling man indeed is. He had inherited that attitude from his father and, as she had heard from the ramblings of Mother Zhao and Yue, both father and son were also rumored to destroy lives just because people breathed loudly easily.
"Excuse me, will you help us for a while?" Mei Li asked in English.
"Of course, Mademoiselle! I am Jeanne and how may I help you?"
"Would it be possible if you come with me to the sofa so we can discuss it with him?" The painter pointed at the CEO sitting comfortably on the sofa.
Hopefully, this saleslady will not flirt with Yang. She didn't want to know how this CEO was rumored to be the scariest of his peers.
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Lady_Liah
Lady_Liah I thought I would have overtime so I promised to post this chapter 2 hours from now... but since I'm done with work and have also finished trying to proofread it, might as well post it early.
So here it is!
Next Chapter Title: "...so you want an IOU?"
(I'm just trying to hype you guys up... Hahahaha! Is it working?)
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