The rest of the night was a blurry night for Zhou Lying. She had planned to have her revenge on Mu Yuehan, by leaving him naked in a hotel room, tied to the bed, all alone, but she forgot all about her plan because of the realisation that she was in love.
LOVE: she hated this four-letter word the most. She was running away from it, but today, this word had caught up to her.
For a long, she and Mu Yuehan exchanged many questions. Mu Yuehan too was surprised that she was answering his questions and was asking some from him. But he did not comment because he was scared of losing this moment.
"Do you like to paint?" he had asked.
"No." she had replied.
Gloominess appeared in the heart of Mu Yuehan when he heard her reply. He remembered how much she loved to paint. He still held so many paintings painted by her. How could she change so much to not like painting anymore?
'One day, you will again like to paint.' He promised himself and looked at her before answering her question.
**
"Do you want to drink?" freewebnov el.com
Mu Yuehan asked after a long time. He pointed toward the set wine glasses and the bottle of best wine.
"Did you forget that you promised that there will be no drinks?"
"I was just casually asking." Mu Yuehan raised his hands in surrender. "Any mocktail then?
"Sure." She shrugged.
Mu Yuehan prepared a mocktail for both of them. He served her and then they both had their drinks with a click of glasses.
They both looked out from the basket and at the vast sky. From time to time, they were stealing glances at each other.
Mu Yuehan was mesmerised by her blowing black hair, the charming smile on her lips, the way her eyes were focus-less, or the carelessness on her features.
Zhou Liying was mesmerised by the way his hair were rogue tonight. Few strands were coming on his face, increasing his charm. The way he was gulping his drink, the way his Adam's apple was bobbling, was enchanting her. He looked very charming.
"Look there." Mu Yuehan spoke and pointed in a certain direction.
With surprise-filled eyes, Zhou Liying looked ahead of her. A gasp escaped her lips when she looked at many hot air balloons with 'I Love You LILI' written on them.
Zhou Liying froze. She stiffened, she did not know what to do. She looked in the direction of Mu Yuehan and saw him kneeling on his knee.
"Lili, I love you very much, more than anything, even more than myself. I can do anything for you. Please give me a chance. I promise to never break your heart and trust. You will never regret giving your heart to me. I will always keep it safe with me like a treasure."
"Your dreams will be my dreams."
"Your fears will be my fears."
"Your sadness will be mine."
"I will be the reason for your happiness."
"Your each tear will be like a pearl to me."
Zhou Liying's heart thumped at a fast speed. She started to have trouble breathing. Her new found feelings and his this gesture made her numb. For the first time in a long, she felt disoriented, completely confused. She wished for her mother to be alive so she could take her advice.
Zhou Liying got her best escape from this situation when her mobile phone started to ring. She sighed and thanked Liam who was calling her.
"We have found the final source of the articles published a few days back. It was sent from an island of India."
In the last few days, many rubbish articles were published about Zhou Liying. They were removed quickly though. Liam and his team had a hard time finding the publisher, and finally today, they had sealed the location.
"Are you sure? I don't want any mistake like the last few times."
"I am cent per cent sure."
"Then send a team to India and that too fast. I don't want to wash my hand over the person. Enough of this cat and mouse game." Zhou Liying spoke ruthlessly.
"Noted."
Zhou Liying ended the call and informed about the same to Mu Yuehan. She was sure, he was the one helping her from hiding. Her doubts were proven when without any delay, Mu Yuehan called his standby team and ordered them to go to India.
**
A man arrived on the island of India. He rushed inside a house, hidden in the forest.
"You have to leave. Hurry and pack your stuff. Zhou Liying has found you, Mu Yuehan too. Now they're after you. Their teams will be here by any time."
The lady without any delay quickly packed her stuff. She was already prepared for today. She knew she could not hide herself from Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying for long.
"I don't want to go. I like it here." A child wailed loudly.
She manhandled her son who cried, begging his mother that he did not wish to go.
"Don't you understand me?" She slapped his face. "We are leaving means we are leaving."
"Let's go." She looked at the man.
Just the way Zhou Liying had vanished from Juju Island four years back, that lady and her son too vanished from the island before the arrival of Zhou Liying or Mu Yuehan's team.
**
The date of Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying too ended on a happy note, at least for Mu Yuehan, who got to know a lot more about Zhou Liying.
He was happy that Zhou Liying did not nitpick anything during the date, which was a big win for him, that she did not leave the date in between, or that she had her dinner with full gusto even after the call from Liam.
He dropped Zhou Liying to her penthouse, like the gentleman he was. He wanted to kiss her, after their date, but his bubble was quickly broken because like always, Zhou Liying did not give him a chance. (f)reeweb(n)ovel.com
She closed the door on his face.
Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at the door. He shook his head. "One day."
He left the foyer while whistling for the success of his date. He was sure to get a kiss from her one day.
Follow current nov𝒆ls on freew(𝒆)bnov𝒆l.(c)om