Yang took a deep breath in as he heard the question which he was pretty sure was going to come his way.
"Why did you cry Shi?"
He asked her with worry evident in his eyes, as he felt that even his voice trembled when he thought that he might be the reason why she had wept and if that was the case then there would be nothing left.
He was not afraid that Yifeng would extract his revenge for making his sister cry, no, for Yifeng's revenge will come later but before that, even Yang will not be able to forgive himself.
When Shi heard his question, she nervously shifted her eyes as she looked at everywhere except him, as she thought to herself as to how would she be able to tell Yang that she had cried because she loved him?
She loved him so much and the possibility that he did not share the same feelings for her brought a fresh batch of tears back in her eyes, as she criticised herself in the back of her mind,
'Shit Shi! What has happened to you? At just the possibility that he does not love you, you have started to cry once again, what will happen when he will tell the same from his own mouth'
Yang who was sitting there saw that new tears were once again filling her beautiful eyes, panicking he stood up as he approached her on the bed and gathered her into his arms as he felt the front of his shirt getting damp.
"I am so sorry Shi..... I am so sorry, I never meant to make you cry, please believe me Shi, please.''
He begged her with distress filling his voice.
When Shi heard him, she felt like smiling as she thought as to how blessed she was to have him with her right here. He, the feared devil of the business world, Bao Yang was not thinking about his image at all as he urged her to stop and even blamed himself for her tears,
After a few moments, she calmed herself down as she told him while still lying in his embrace,
"It was not your fault Yang, you have done nothing wrong.''
At hearing her words Yang felt as if someone had returned his breath back to him, he thought that everything would be fine as long as he was not the reason but he will make sure that the real perpetrator would not get away scot-free, he will make sure that that person will suffer.
Suddenly he became aware of how close they were to each other as he thought about pushing his luck,
'I will stay like this for now and if she starts to squirm then I will go back to the carpet and not invade her space anymore.'
Yang then once again asked her,
"Then tell me why you wept Shi?''
Shi looked at him nervously as every cell in her body wanted to cry out,
'Because I love you and you do not love me.'
But she still kept quiet, dejectedly Yang withdrew his arms as he shifted a bit back and looked at her eyes before asking her,
"Do you not trust me Shi? Am I that unworthy of your trust? Does the past one month meant nothing to you?''
When Shi heard him, she quickly shook her head, as for her, the past one month was incredible as she spent it with him.
Seeing her shake her head Yang once again asked her,
''Then tell me why Shi... tell me what I have to do to earn your trust....tell me and I will do it,
It doesn't matter how long it takes, even if it takes me ten thousand hours or ten thousand more or the rest of my life and I might never get there, but I'm gonna try.
I am going to try to earn your trust Shi, and I will never give up.
Shi who was silently sitting there hearing his proclamation asked him in a whisper,
"Why''
And that is when the great Bao Yang realized that he had messed up big time, his original plan was to take baby steps and to make her aware of his presence in her life, but when he thought about how she did not trust him at all, he lost all his judgment as he forgot his plan and put his deepest heartfelt desires right in front of her.
'Shit! It was supposed to be small steps Yang! Small steps. This is not small at all, f**K.'
Sucking his breath in he told her,
"Because I like you.''
He lied to her as the words,
' I love You '
Were at the tip of his tongue.