The air conditioning in the car was cranked up, but Lu Wanwan still felt hot.
The heat of her body temperature, the heat of her breath, ultimately its source was indeterminate.
"The car has already started, and now I can't get out even if I want to, so could you... let go of me first?"
As soon as the words fell, the arms that had been around her just released, without any dragging.
Gu Annan shifted his gaze away, and his expression instantly turned icy, suppressing the brewing coldness within.
That look made Lu Wanwan dare not make a sound.
Her heart's racing finally began to slow, but it could never return to its usual calm.
Gu Annan sat in the middle of the backseat, catching a glimpse of Lu Wanwan slowly moving towards the car window from the corner of his eye.
Her movements were very light, as if she were careful not to be noticed by him.
Bit by bit, she moved farther away from him.
He had already been struggling to suppress the heat surging inside him, and now, seeing Lu Wanwan's actions felt like a bucket of cold water was dumped on him.
It extinguished the moment that was about to erupt.
*
The car drove into the most expensive lakefront district in Manchester, where Gu Mansion was especially conspicuous among the buildings.
"Get out." Gu Annan stood at the car door, frowning at the woman inside who refused to come out.
Lu Wanwan shook her head, "I won't get out, unless you let me go."
"I'll say it one more time, get out!"
At this moment, that handsome face of his looked to her exactly like a devil's.
Forget staying a minute with him in the same place, even if there were a necessity, she couldn't go to his house which was far too private.
She was convinced that Gu Annan was deliberately getting back at her.
Life was hard enough already, and soon she would have to ask her family for tuition fees. If her stepmother and Lu Kexin found out she had gone to her future brother-in-law's house, even that slight façade would probably be torn apart.
"Gu Annan, I don't want to go inside!" she protested loudly.
Zhao Chen sat in the driver's seat, feeling very awkward.
Miss Lu, is it really okay to talk to Mr. Gu like that?
He hinted at the beginning, "Miss Lu, if you don't get out of the car, I can't drive it into the garage."
Gu Annan lost his patience, stepped one long leg into the car, and forcefully dragged her out from the inside.
Zhao Chen glanced over, choosing to pretend he hadn't seen anything.
He suddenly started to understand why Mr. Gu had told the old master and madam that Miss Lu Wanwan would be his fiancée.
At least from the time he started working as an assistant for Mr. Gu when he took over Gu Corporation, this was the first time he had seen him lose his composure to this extent.
Though the gesture was a bit rough, in case of other women, Mr. Gu didn't even bother to look at them directly, so much so that there were rumors claiming Mr. Gu was gay...
Now, at least, Mr. Gu was physically grabbing a woman's hand!
"I can walk by myself, let go of my hand first!"
"Gu Annan, did you even hear what I said!"
Lu Wanwan was really getting anxious, not only because of entering Gu Mansion, but also because Gu Annan's entire behavior was disconcerting.
He had always been composed, distant, and cold.
Since childhood, she had known him to be unflappable, making her feel that there was hardly anything in the world that could provoke his emotions.
Except, that one time.
Lu Wanwan frowned deeply, her lips turning white from biting them.
"Young Master..." As soon as they entered the gate of Gu Mansion, an elderly maid looked at Lu Wanwan in surprise and continued, "The master just called, he said that the young master and Lu..."
"Auntie Li!" Gu Annan quickly interrupted her, still holding onto Lu Wanwan's wrist, his tone returning to calm, "I know, I'm a bit busy right now."