"Cough! Cough!"
Javier distanced himself quickly and drank water. He picked up the napkin quickly and covered his mouth while wiping.
Alliana leaned back and watched the man closely with an unreadable expression. Her arms were folded as thoughts started to swirl in her head.
Javier finally recovered. He glared at the woman in front of him. "Excuse me, Miss. Do you have anything to say?"
Alliana blinked. Her mesmerizing eyes were observing every inch of Javier's face curiously.
Javier felt annoyed.
The woman in front of him was very rude. She appeared so suddenly without warning and almost choked him to death. She did not even apologize and just stared at him as if she was watching a specimen under a microscope. That feeling was both uncomfortable and offensive.
"You have interrupted someone's meal in a very rude way," Javier stressed every word.
Alliana ignored his ramblings and asked. "Are you perhaps Mr. Tan?"
Javier frowned when his surname was mentioned. "Do you know me?"
'This rude woman did not even answer my question.'
Alliana opened her mouth.
The man suddenly raised his hand.
"No, before you introduce yourself, I believe that you have something to apologize for."
Alliana tilted her head. Her eyes were still looking intently at his face. "Why should I be sorry?"
"What?" Javier was surprised.
For some reason, looking closely, this woman's voice and her eyes seemed familiar. But he could not care less as he was still offended by this woman's rude attitude.
"Pardon me, but Miss, you are the one who appeared so suddenly while I was eating on my own reserved table. Are you not aware that it is impolite to stare at someone while the person is eating? Or suddenly interrupting someone's meal just to ask if my surname is Tan." His voice was stern, like that of a strict discipline teacher educating his rowdy students.
'It's really him.'
Alliana confirmed that this man was really the person who once visited the Chu mansion.
That pair of annoyed eyes were familiar. So was his frown and his reserved tone.
His overall prim and proper expression that once woke up the devil in Alliana was stirred up again.
The familiar feeling of wanting to tease the man made Alliana curl up her red lips sweetly.
She sat across from him and cupped her small face with her slender hands. She fluttered her eyes at him enchantingly.
"Who would be offended if a beautiful woman like me spared some effort to watch you while you eat? Even if you ask someone at this moment, I believe that all of them will be more than willing to be watched by me. Don't you think so, Uncle?"
Javier: "..."
Uncle?
He frowned deepend. "How can you be so shameless..."
Suddenly, the memory of the Chu mansion and the familiar feeling that this woman gave him clicked in him.
His eyes widened. "You… Aren't you Annie's sister?"
Alliana: ???
When did her mother have a sister? Rather, when did she become her mother's sister?
Alliana began chuckling because she heard something very amusing.
"Oh, dear uncle. If I am calling you 'uncle' then you should know who I am by now. By the way, I like the gifts you sent to me. My sisters like them, too. Very. much."
"...."
Javier fell silent.
He was shocked.
This woman was Annie's daughter?
Then… Then according to his brother, Annie's daughters were not far in age.
Javier's brown eyes shook. The gifts he sent were all for kids and teenagers!
Alliana chuckled again, seeing Javier's dumbfounded look.
"Did you not do any background check on the woman whom your brother is marrying? How can you be so trustful? Tsk. Tsk."
Javier frown came back again. He picked up the fork and knife, finished the last piece of steak, and drank water.
Alliana watched his sharp jawline move and his Adam's apple roll. Her eyes narrowed in appreciation.
Ah, what a detectably handsome man.
Javier finally looked up again. "Why are you here? Don't tell me that you are looking for your mother from me? Or are you going to investigate the man whom your mother is marrying?"
His words sounded sarcastic.
Instead of answering, Alliana suddenly reached out for the glass that Javier just drank from.
She drank some water, and then kissed the spot that Javier had just drank from. Her pretty eyes stared at Javier in a seductive manner. Her every movement was very sensual.
Javier: "..."
His eyes involuntarily stayed on the pair of red lips that kissed the same spot where his lips had previously been.