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Bai Xi's Pov:
"Well you can pass eating the food over me." he continued and if possible I felt myself turning more red.
"Or maybe I can give you a naked eye examination. No need to drill your eyes through my clothes. I would gladly remove the clothes if you want." He said as a devilish smile pulled over his face.
"Or an even better idea, how about feeling it." he said as he took my hand and put it on his chest. I swatted at him, exclaiming 'jerk', and pulling my hand back.
I finished my souffle pastry and I realised that I might have ate a little too much. A glance at the almost finished food I looked at Si Yihan. He has finished eating as well and he ate a lot less than me. So most of the food was finished by me only.
I threw a guilty look at him, hopefully he wasn't left hungry. But he looked at me and just chuckled as if he knew what I was thinking, he said, "I love your appetite and also love the way you eat food, like your life depends on it."
I smiled at that as a sad feeling washed over me and I mumbled, "Cause maybe it depended on it, once"
The smile vanished from his face as he turned my face to his and cradled it with his hands, before saying, "Hey, look at me. I am sorry if I said anything wrong. Trust me, I didn't mean to hurt you in any way." he said sincerely, his expression tensed.
I covered his hand with mine and gave him a reassuring look. "It's okay, you didn't know" I nodded at him reassuringly. And he nodded back.
I looked at the time on the wall clock and realised it's getting late and I only have a weekend to look over everything before I have to get back to school.
"It's getting late and tomorrow is a long day for me. So I would like to go home now." I said as I stood up.
He too got up, looking at the time, and told me he would take me himself.
I nodded at him because it is quite late and far and I don't think an uber would be available, considering the area. So I nodded at him and let him take me out to his car.
I had to tell him my address as we bickered. on the matter for a while, before I had no other choice but to tell him.
We drove for a while and I was on the brink of sleep due to the amount of food I had gobbled earlier when he handed me his phone saying, "your number".
It took me a second to come around and I paused for a moment before taking the phone from him. He visibly sighed and I typed in my numbers as I too came to a realisation that in just a matter of few hours I have come to accept this whole situation and also somewhat happy about it.
Today with him, I have felt a sense of belonging that I have never felt not even from my father who I only knew for a very short time. So feeling like this it scares me, that maybe it is all just a dream and not a reality.
I know I am stepping into something which may break me completely but I don't know what to do if not accept it. Because in just these few days I have felt happy after a long, long time.
I don't even know what it was like to feel this, happy and secure. These two feelings have always eluded me and because of this I have never been able to attach myself to anybody. Not even my colleagues and subordinates.
I do have people in my life but not any of them who knew me completely. Not a single one who is, I am able to open up with. I tried to do that, to accept people but I was always scared of getting hurt the way I did growing up. And so I was never able to pull myself out of this dilemmas ever. And I learned to accept it, the way things are. I never got close to anybody in fear of casting a shadow of my monsters on them. But with Si Yihan I didn't even realised when I let my guard down like that.
I looked at him and found him looking at me. I realised that we have stopped and I looked outside te see that we have reached my apartment building which I told him earlier after getting in the car. Another first time, that I actually told my address to anyone other than a few of my subordinates .
When he asked for it, I didn't think before telling him so and I realised that in just span of few days and despite our few scuffles, I have grown comfortable around him. All of this is too fast and too personal.
I snapped out of my thoughts as he sat there waiting for me to move and I scrambled to get out as I thought how much of an idiot I must look like to be sitting over there and blankly staring at somewhere.
But he held me, his touch relaxing as he said, "It's okay".
I relaxed under his touch and he pulled back. I bid him goodbye and took my handbag from the backseat and opened the car door. But he pulled me back and I looked at him confusingly, raising my eyebrow in question.
He motioned at my hand and I realised that I still holding onto his phone. I gave it to him apologetically and said sorry before turning to the door.
He stopped me again and this time shut the door as well. He unlocked his phone and gave it back to me. I looked at it and realised that I only typed half of my number in it.
I completed it and gave it back to him. He took it and said, "well something to go with this number would be great."
I didn't get what he was trying to say so I raised my eyebrow at that and he sighed loudly before saying in a soft voice, "Your name would be great to go with it."
His expression looked hopeful and I didn't have the heart to deny him that.
I replied in a single syllable....
"Bai Xi."
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