Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

With her face stuck to the man’s broad back, Jiahe shook her head.

It was not some harassment at the workplace.

The rotation of her head against his body put Xinghe’s mind at ease.

He curtly questioned, “Why are you holding me then?”

Jiahe looked up to the sky and drew a deep breath before mustering the courage to say, “You drove from the city all the way here on New Year’s Eve. Was it so you could share a few words and leave? That’s a waste of your gasoline…”

Waste of gasoline?

The comment tickled XInghe’s funny bones. What was going on in that mind of hers?

Was the subject of the matter about gasoline or him?

Still, he could not bear to pull away from her when her lean arms were wrapped around his waist.

Faced with his silence, Jiahe said, “You caught me off guard when you asked if I wanted to be with you. I… I need time to think about it.”

Xinghe pursed his lips and let go of her hand before entering the car.

Jiahe stood in a daze outside the car. As the car window rolled down, Xinghe stared solemnly at her and said, “You better give it a proper thought, and the clock starts now. Consider if I am someone you want to date.”

She nodded absent-mindedly, and Xinghe reversed out of the narrow road. Noticing that the girl stood frozen there, he drove over and cried, “Jiahe.”

“Huh?”

“I’m telling you right now that I never wanted to be your life coach. You either have me in or out of your life. Get it?”

Jiahe was tempted to snap back that he was already participating in her life as a life coach.

Still, judging by the unfriendly and grimacing look on Xinghe’s face, now was not the time or place to make the comment.

Now that Xinghe made clear that he wanted something more, of course she was going to weigh her options about crossing

“Got it,” Jiahe replied.

her answer less than enthusiastic.

at the top of her

it occurred to her that her parents might have heard her upstairs. Jiahe

better, Xinghe curled his lips.

the neighborhood as Jiahe waved him away from

Xinghe could see the girl watching him leave, and his

the coat as the coat-heavy

Xinghe rolled down the car window and looked at Jiahe as the latter leaned against the door and popped her head through the window. She said, “I forgot

to herself. He traveled from afar to my place. The least I can

then hit Xinghe the reason for

blinked and smiled through his eyes. “Happy New Year. I

such a sly,

She was spellbound.

rooted to the ground as she was lost

clutched her chest.

question to think about?

jacket close to her, Jiahe made her way back. Her cold fingers grazed her puckered lips, still tingling from his

was pounding in her

excuse she came up with. Jiahe had a few bites

her warm bed, Jiahe held her phone

did not seem like a bad

mood swings, he was a dreamboat. Jiahe had to admit that she

heartthrob kissing and holding her without her consent,

the person in the groin if he were

Jiahe was

covered her burning cheeks and snuck under the sheets to

thing on her mind

a