"That.." her breath struck in her throat. She did not know how to apologize to him. Who did not know that Han Zhou was a cleaning freak. What if he finds it dirty and throws the whole food or insults her. "I.." she could only apologize now.
But she was dumbfounded when she noticed that he did not throw any tantrums. He did not even raise his head but ate the dumpling. Perhaps he did not notice! She giggled!
He raised his head finally and stared at her. Only then did she bite her lips and control her laughter. She shook her head hurriedly and filled her mouth with a large dumpling. Afraid that he would ask her the reason for her laughter. The food felt like lead in her mouth. She bit it with struggle.
His presence was stifling her. She was afraid that she would make a mistake and he would find out that she was not Lei Mei.
"Where were you last night?" His voice did not show any emotions but she felt wronged.
"I did not go anywhere. I was only resting in the guestrooms. When i woke up…" she did not continue but took a large spoon of broth and stuffed it in her mouth too.
She was sure her manners were lacking. His frown confirmed it further.
"You could have called me. Where is your car?" he did not know? She thought he had intentionally taken her car with him. Looking at her confused gaze, understanding dawned. His grandfather must have taken the car away so that they would return together. And he thought that she had left when he did not notice her car. So he came home directly. He had been angry when he did not see her at home. Thinking that she had gone to clubs again. But she did not.
In fact, she was not going anywhere. He had checked tabs on the cards he had given her under the instruction of her grandfather and she had not taken a single coin out of it. That confused him.
Who did not know that Lei Mei enjoys shopping and clubbing. She often stayed out the whole night enjoying with her friends. Though she did not have any lover, she was still rotten to the core in his eyes.
But recently the housekeeper told her that the lady did not go out at all. Except for the office, she returned home on time. Even when they call her to attend a business dinner, she declines making some excuses.
He had thought that she was acting all this time to gain his attention. But even when it was his grandfather's birthday and she could earn brownie points by staying there, she still opted to sleep in the guest room rather than enjoying the party or curry favor from him. And now she has cooked a meal?
The whole situation was belizaire and he could not understand it. Ha! It must be a better trap. He would expose her easily.
"I am going for a business trip for two days to singapore. I want you to accompany me." he announced, suddenly pausing her. She boinked and blinked again as if she was seeing him for the first time.
Her gaze made him uneasy.
"What is it?" he asked after a pause. Should she not be happy and dancing already? Did she not want to spend time with him and doing all this to gain his attention?
Who did not know how many schemes had she and her family played to get him married to her. Even he did not understand why her grandfather was putting so much effort in their marriage.
"I have a meeting that day." she responded hurriedly as she placed the chopsticks down and gulped a glass of water to calm herself.
His eyes narrowed and he snickered.
"But I have not told you dates. How do you know that you have a meeting that day?" Xia Yu gulped. She was in a hurry to refuse him.
"Because I have meetings all day. I am at the crucial point of my career and I can not take the risk to be your ornamental jewel. Why did you need my company anyway?" she asked with a cold snicker making him silent.
"So you do not want to accompany me because you want to concentrate on your career?" if he did not know the recent mistakes she had made while attending meetings, he would have fallen for her excuse and even had admired her.
But she did not know that he was there in the same hotel when she was attending a meeting. She did not even know the data completely and was not able to handle many replies. If not for her assistant handling things, they would have lost the deal already.
"Yes, I can not let my work suffer. So you should go alone." She stood up and picked the plates. Once she stood up, he could only let go of the meal reluctantly. He frowned when he realized he had already eaten two large bowls of dumplings but he still wanted to have more.
He eyed the bowl and noticed there was one more. He hurriedly ate it when she turned.
"Zhou, do you really need me there?" she asked after some hesitation. But he did not reply. He could not reply. She turned so hurriedly that he did not chew the dumpling and now his face looked strange.
Xia Yu looked at him with worry when He snickered in response and stood up to leave. She stared at his leaving back and sighed.
"I.. damn it! I made a mistake."