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That evening, Daniel left the mansion whistling, he didn't even eat dinner before he left.
After an hour drive, he got to his destination.
Knock, knock..
Lina who was sitting on the couch watching fashion show on the TV frowned lightly, she turned to look at the closed door for seconds before standing up and walking to the door.
"....you?"
" Were you expecting some other guy?!" Daniel raised a brow and chuckled as his ears turn red.
' what's this girl trying to do?! Seduce me !'
" Come in, you should have texted me as we agreed on before coming " Lina stood at the side to make way for Daniel to enter the room
" I would have missed something great as this if I had texted before coming" Daniel gestured with his eyes
She followed his action and looked down at herself, boom ! embarrassment exploded.
She was almost naked ! Her underwear were the only things she had on. Instinctively, she covered her stomach with her two hands.
What had happened ? She looked bashfully at the guy who stood beside her. That was when realisation dawned on her.
One and half hours ago, she had entered the bathroom to take a shower, but who knew that, the moment she removed her jeans and shirt, the fashion show she loved watching would start.
She quickly left the bathroom in her underwear and sat down on the couch to enjoy the show. She had even forgot to prepare food, but that doesn't matter.
And being exposed for that long, she didn't feel anything like coldness, and she had also forgotten about her look when the knock sounded.
What an embarrassment !
" Very nice and.... " Daniel trailed off and curled his lips " perfect" he winked at her, walked to the couch and sat down.
Lian stared stupidly at him, ' why did he have to make a comment at this moment !'
" You're welcome " he winked again at her
Those words ignited the speed in her legs, she ran like a chased cat to her bedroom and straight to the bathroom.
"so cute" he softly muttered under his breath
" Can I change the station ?" he asked in a loud voice
" No, you can't! "
" Why? you're not even watching! "
" Am listening"
'Listening my a**' these words were said to his own ears.
" Why did you change it?! "
" I didn't, I just lowered the volume, it's hurting my eardrum!"
But that was a lie. He changed the channel to a business one instead.
" Do you have any food? I didn't eat before coming here. "
"Just some uncooked noodles"
'What the hell?! '
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It was Saturday, October 10th.
The early hours of the day, at 12am on the dot, Yvonne jerked awake when she felt something warm and soft touch her lips. She widened her small crescent eyes in horror.
" What...? " Yvonne was alarmed, she instinctively pushed at her culprit's chest.
But right after the stolen kiss ended, " Happy birthday my precious !" Emil's sincere and joyous smile melted Yvonne's heart making her forget about the scene from seconds ago.
She stared in appreciation at Emil and felt her eyes turn moist. Her mood at that moment can't be explain with words.
She was happy. She was overwhelmed. She was grateful.
She couldn't hear or understand anyrhing he mumbled after the two words ' happy birthday' .
It was the first time in many years that someone has taken the trouble to find out and wish her on her birthday.
It's true she had stoped celebrating her birthday right after their (her mother and she) accident. Birthdays are suppose to be special occasions, but on such occasion, she had witness something so tragic.And that was her mother's blood !
How could a six year old celebrate her birthdays after such incident? Also, even if she wanted to, she just couldn't afford to.
Later when she went to the orphanage, many kids celebrated their birthdays, but she didn't had the will to celebrate. She couldn't bring herself to enjoy whenever the scenes from the accident reappeared to her.
The mothers at the orphanage had tried many times to convince her, but anytime their words seemed to get to her, flashes of images from the scene would play to her like a movie. She then reject all their effort.
As she stared Emil in the eyes, her tears fell. Not because she was sad, but because she was touched and grateful.
'What if the accident didn't happen? What if we met a bit earlier? What if..... '
"Happy birthday my precious " Emil repeated his earlier wish thinking she might not have heard him.
" Thank you my puppy " Yvonne said taking Emil's one hand in hers,
"Puppy?" Emil raised his brows and looked perplexedly at her. ' He wasn't a puppy alright?! But, wait! did she just say "my puppy?" '
Emily's brows relaxed and his lips stretched a little making his cheeks raise a little.
He loved how she referred to him, my puppy. The 'my' was enough for him, he didn't need any explanation as to why she addressed him as such.
" My gift" Yvonne opened her palm and slightly pouted her lips
" Gift? Aren't I enough? " Emil chuckled teasingly, he liked that Yvonne was gradually and completely opening up to him.
The amount of trust she has in him doesn't matter as long as there's trust.
" You? Can I eat you? " Immediately the words left her mouth, she regretted saying those words.
' what should I do now?! ' On instinct, she covered her mouth and blinked innocently at Emil.
Her eyes so innocent that they seem to blame Emil.
Emil mischievously smile and drew closer to her, he then whispered in her ear " You can precious, do you want to try?"
Yvonne bashfully pulled back, pulled the blanket and hid under it. She was too shy to face the shameless guy.
" I won't tell a soul, precious. You wanna try?" Emil happily chuckled. ' How good and satisfying it feels to tease her!' he wondered if he should learn more shameful words so he could see her shy face continuously.
"SCRAM !"
"Sound sleep precious, and... don't eat me in your dream okay?! I want to be aware when it happens."
" GET. OUT!" Yvonne shouted and threw a pillow at her perpetrator.
Emil caught the pillow and threw it back at her. His throw was wisely done that it didn't hit her. It instead fell beside her.
He then winked at her and left, closing the door behind him.
Yvonne, "...."
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