The Gorgeous Ex Girlfriend
/ The Gorgeous Ex Girlfriend Chapter 143
Her face went red as the implications of his words hit her . Dressed in a pair of distress jeans, boots and a white cardigan, her hair was open but tucked under a woollen cap, matching her sweater .
"What has gotten into you? Stop joking all the time . I get…" she was saying this while standing with her back against the car door .
Unexpectedly, Wei leaned into her, crowding her .
"You get what? Nervous, unsure, embarrassed? Well, get used to it . This is not even an iota of what you are going to be subjected to, going forward . You can try to run away but I promise you, you won't get too far," he whispered in her ears .
She could smell his aftershave . He was dressed similarly as her, except a tweed blazer had replaced the cardigan in his case . His inky black eyes bore into hers, daring them to break the eye contact . Jia Li didn't know that she had stopped breathing till he stepped back and the breath whooshed out of her .
"What just happened?" she thought to herself .
She got inside the car, extremely conscious of his presence next to hers . When had the easy going Wang Wei been replaced by this intensely wicked stranger, who was reviving long forgotten tingling sensations in her heart . Though Jia Li had been in a long term relationship in the past and a marriage, she had never really been subjected to much wooing or flirtation .
With Tang, falling in love had been such a gradual and natural process, that there wasn't any need for these romantic preludes . As far as Fu was concerned, he had gone from being a dependable friend to a consolation husband within a very short span . Flirting games had been far from her mind at that time . So this was really the first time that she was exposed to someone's blatant overtures and she had no clue how to handle them .
"Have all problems of China been resolved yet?" he asked her .
"Huh?" she gave him a blank look .
"You seemed so fiercely engrossed in your own thoughts, that I assumed the matters must be grave and that too of the national level," he gently mocked her, knowing fully well what she must have been thinking about .
She poked him hard on his shoulder, only to grimace in pain the next minute .
"God, Jia Li! Why can't you be careful? If you are overcome by the need to touch me, I shall stop the car and you can do so at your leisure . But can you please be careful of that wound? Unless, you want me to take a detour and take you to the hospital first," he teased her mercilessly .
She decided not to react to the increasing level of his ribbing . Pressing her lips into a thin line, she looked straight ahead .
"I would advise you not to do that . You are only tempting me further to rescue those lips from that oppression . And that mole of yours…it can even drive a Saint crazy," his voice had suddenly turned deeper, huskier .
Jia Li's face was burning now .
"If you don't stop this now, forget staying at your house, I won't even speak with you . Why are you behaving like this? Am I not your friend anymore?" she asked in confused anger .
They were still on the outskirts of Moganshan and hadn't hit the highway yet . Wei pulled the car on the side and turned to look at her .
"No, you aren't my friend . You are the woman that I am madly in love with . You are the person with whom I want to spend the rest of my life . You are the one who has…" she reached out and put her hand on his mouth, unable to take his words anymore .
He covered her palm with his own and lowered it from his mouth . Holding onto it, he put the gear back into drive mode . She tried to tug her hand out but he didn't let go . She glanced at him but he was looking straight ahead . The car seemed to be thrumming with a strange sort of vibration . Jia Li didn't know how to react to it . Her heart was thumping uncomfortably, as if it had forgotten which way to pump the blood!
After a few minutes of silence, Wei started a discussion on the new language centres which they were to open up in the future . His tone was back to its usual friendly octave . But her fingers still stayed in the warm yet firm cage of his hand . She felt off balance . She tried pulling her fingers out of his grasp yet again, only to be told quietly that her wound would get a strain with her actions .
Chapter end
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