On his way back to home, Ye Jie thought of buying some snacks for the night. But he couldn't decide what to buy? And in his chaotic frame of mind, he ended up buying Chicken Stir Fry, Dim Sum, Peri Peri Chicken Satay, Veg Manchow Soup, and Chilli fish. After happily purchasing the 'snack', he drove back to Peach Estates.
When he parked his Maybach in the underground parking, he saw Xu Mey walking towards him. Her clothes were not the ones she wore in the morning when she left. But what caught Ye Jie's gaze was the black leather jacket and the helmet in her hands which gave her a wild and carefree mien. Her beautiful cherry blossom-like lips were curved slightly upward in a smiling yet not smiling fashion.
Then he looked behind at the motorbike parked in a corner. He wasn't a huge fan of motorbikes, but he wasn't completely oblivious about them as well. He smiled at the beautiful woman walking up to him.
"Good evening, Ms. Cherry!" Her bright cherry lips made him recall the nickname he so fancied.
"Good evening to you too, Mr. Rain!" Xu Mey responded in an identical manner. Thinking back to the meaning behind that nickname, his face twitched gloomily.
"That's your ride?" He asked indicating in the direction of her motorbike with his hand.
"Yup!" She nodded exuberantly making him shake his head lightly at her jubilant bearing. "What are these?" She looked at different bags in his hand with a quirked brow. The delicious aromas of food were enticing her. She had an invisible drool running down her mouth.
"Some snacks for our date." Ye Jie replied keeping his voice low at the end of the sentence.
Xu Mey didn't catch the last word clearly. She heard the word 'date'. But decided not to believe in her own delusions so that she won't end up making a fool of herself. "For our what?" She asked in an unassertive manner.
"For our... For our dinner... Yes, definitely for our dinner." He rubbed the tip his nose with the back of his finger while lying straight to her face.
"Ohhh..." Xu Mey dragged the word while feeling crestfallen. But she tried to argue with herself that she wasn't anticipating it to be a date. After all, dates are supposed to be outside at restaurants, parks and other special places with special people. And she wasn't special in his life... Yet. Huh! Where did that thought come from? She shook her head trying to get this crazy thought out of her mind.
I don't want to be special in his life. No way! Never! She wanted to be scornful about him, 'He's so... So...' But her features softened thinking about his regal and poised bearing. 'So handsome and perfect... Why would he want to make me a special person in his life when he already has someone special.' Her face fell once again.
Ye Jie was observing the changing expressions on her face intently with a frown etched between his brows. "Shall we go inside?" In her self-argument, she didn't hear his voice. Ye Jie placed his hand over her shoulder making her flinch in surprise.
She looked up at him saying, "Huh? What? Did you say something?"
"I said, let's go inside." He kept his eyes on her serene eyes which gave the impression of her tumultuous mind. A plain nod was the only reaction he received from her.
"How was your day?" Ye Jie asked as both of them walked side by side inside the mansion. He wasn't just attempting for a casual talk, he genuinely wanted to know about her day. She tilted her head to look at him unnaturally.
"It was alright." Seeing his expectant expression, she was in a daze for an instant. "And your?" She asked dubiously.
"Mine?" He rubbed his chin in a thoughtful manner saying, "Morning was very lousy," He was thinking about the time she left after dropping the bomb of canceling the honeymoon. "And the afternoon was gloomy." He thought about his discussion with Ye Jun bringing a bitter taste to his mouth. "But the evening was exhilarating." The memory of the phone call made him smile.
His semi-detailed version of his mood throughout the day made her frown but she didn't pry any further. She had a strong desire to inquire but she talked herself out of it.
"Freshen up... I'll serve the food by then," He walked to the kitchen with all the food bags in his hand.
She wanted to offer some help but decided against it. Master Ye should learn to do some house chores himself... She was being obstinate knowing herself very well.
Xu Mey ascended the stairs languidly without any sense of urgency or impatience. Today, Ye Jie surprised her plenty of times; when he called her no special reason, when he brought the 'snacks' when he didn't bring up the topic of her swapped clothes, and most importantly when he asked her about her day.
It was a foreign feeling for her. Other than her friends, no one ever asked that question. She didn't know how to answer that ordinary question. She never even replied in detail to her best friends which were the closest people she had to a family.
She never liked it when people asked questions like: 'How are you?', 'How was your day?', 'What are you doing?'.
For her, these questions were meaningless. The person inquiring usually didn't have any interest in knowing about it. But it has become a custom to ask these useless questions.
But Xu Mey saw the sincerity in Ye Jie's eyes. She had a feeling that he wasn't just asking as a common courtesy.
She had a habit of overthinking about everything. Life didn't give her a chance to be carefree so she became an overthinker. She needed to analyze every decision no matter how simple, in a detailed manner.
'Overthinking doesn't prove that you're a perfectionist. It actually proves that there is something you're scared of losing.' And right now, she was overthinking about Ye Jie. Whether it was for her inner perfectionist nature or because she was scared of losing him... Only time could tell.