Dark curtains were drawn before the windows, not letting the light of the day to disturb the sleep of the people inside. The room was filled with silence and peace along with a musky scent in the air that could make any mature person blush.
On the bed, a toned figure was sprawled with only a quilt covering the lower part of his body. The petite figure beside him had her face buried in the crook of his neck and her soft breathing sound could be heard. She even had a small smile playing on her lips, feeling content.
Suddenly, a vibrating sound made the man on the bed toss a bit and with his squinted eyes, he lifted his hand to find the mobile on the nightstand. Not wanting to open the eyes, he directly accepted the call and placed the phone against his ear. "Hello!" His groggy voice could be heard.
"Qiao! You jerk! You are so dead!" Being cursed at early in the morning, obviously, Li Qiao didn't feel good.
He opened his eyes a bit to see the caller id before saying, "Sun Ju, are you calling to berate me this early in the morning?" He really wasn't sure what Lin Shen's fiancee had to do with him at this time.
"Early in the morning?" Sun Ju almost screamed at the top of her lungs making him wince as he pushed the phone away from his ear. "It's half past noon, you fu*cking bastard!" She was enraged and his words only worked as fuel to the fire. "I get it that you must have had a very pleasant night but don't forget there are four idiots who were eagerly waiting for years to share your happiness with you."
At this reminder, Li Qiao was wide awake as he abruptly sat up. "Oh, sh*t!" He cursed out and as he saw Yu Kim turning in her sleep, he tip-toed his way out of the room. "Don't tell me that someone shared the news with them before me."
That was the biggest issue since him waiting till morning to tell them was one thing but them knowing about the biggest news of his life from a third party was a WHOLE different matter!
"What do you think mister?" Sun Ju retorted.
"But how?" Li Qiao knew that the only person who would know about the proposal would be Xin Xiamu but nobody should know that Yu Kim actually accepted his proposal, right?
"Mr. Li, why don't you wake your fiancee and ask her the details of how elated she was to share this news with her best friend?" Saying that Sun Ju took a deep breath and added, "Anyway, I just called to give you a heads up. The rest you know better than me." She directly hung up the call and left Li Qiao baffled.
He ran inside the room and woke Yu Kim. "Kim, did you tell anyone about the proposal last night?"
Yu Kim smiled at seeing his face in her sleepy state before mumbling, "I texted Kaden since he is my closest friend and he should know about it."
"Damn it!" Li Qiao hurriedly ran towards the bathroom to take a shower. After walking out, he kissed Yu Kim goodbye and ran out leaving a few words lingering in the air, "Go back to sleep. I'll see you later."
He had tried calling all of them one by one on his way to his car but he soon understood that they were being petty by blocking his number.
Now that he stood facing their burning glares, Li Qiao really felt like someone was choking him to death. He smiled awkwardly as he walked towards them.
"Hi, guys!" At Li Qiao's greeting, no-one paid attention to him and kept giving him the cold shoulder.
"Wang Ge, you can go on your date but bring her to my dad's place for dinner. I'll cook myself." Wu Wang was surprised to hear Xu Mey offering to cook so easily.
"Baby Mey, are you sick? How come you want to cook for a stranger?" The question came from He Jian but it was running in the others' mind as well.
"How is Dr. Yang a stranger? She's my Wang Ge's date." Xu Mey beamed in a pleasant manner.
"She's not my date." Wu Wang groaned in frustration.
"Fine... Just bring her home, what's the big issue? As you said so yourself, she doesn't know anyone in the city. It's better for her." Xu Mey didn't want Wu Wang to burst up in anger so she tactfully changed her words. Obviously, the meaning was still the same.
"Are we invited as well?" He Jian asked as he jumped down from the car's bonnet.
"Yup!" answered Xu Mey and continued, "Shen Ge, call Ju-Ju... I'll treat everyone today." Then she lowered her voice so that only Lin Shen and He Jian could hear her as she added, "Because my brother is going on a date today."
"This is not fair, guys!" Li Qiao suddenly interrupted as he saw them chatting and laughing all by themselves excluding him like an outsider. The feeling of being disregarded was not pleasant at all. "You guys are not even taking my feelings into consideration."
Xu Mey whipped her body abruptly to face Li Qiao with a cold gaze. "Did you take our feelings into consideration?"