He has been watching her since she entered through the doors. When she came down, he was stunned by her beauty, again. Never was a time that he wasn't captivated by her beauty. He holds the champagne glass firmly as he watches her intently, more like staring at her. He wanted to go to her and talk to her but he was surrounded by big old men, all trying to make a deal with him.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Fu," said the CEO of the Leyson Company that deals with jewelry.

"Mr. Fu, it's rare to see in a party, is it something here?" a bald man asks like a reporter. Zichen wasn't even listening when his whole attention was towards her. He doesn't say anything and the men took it as a hint that he is not interested to talk.

He glared at them when they still continued to ask him stupid questions. One glare and they were all gone like scaredy cats. He refocuses his attention to her but was shocked to see her smiling and talking to another so comfortably. The more she smiles, the more jealous he gets. He wasn't sure why he was so in rage by looking at them. His grip on the glass was so tight that it may break any second. He kept the glass on the table so as not to break it and continue glaring at them. The man with whom she is talking looks fine, nothing special to him. 'Is he her boyfriend?' he ponders and gets angrier. He lost it when he was holding her hands. He strides towards without any thinking to confront.

**

"What are you doing here?" she asks in a shocking tone. 'How can he be everywhere?' she thinks looking at him. His hand rests on her shoulder, firmly holding her with possession.

"Hello there" he ignores her question and forwards his hand for a formal shake towards Atian. Atian shakes back with a poker face. He generally is cheerful but when faced with your love rival you eventually have to be like this.

"I asked what are you doing here?" she implores again scowling at him. This time he looks down smiling at her and answers her by saying he is invited here by her father. Damn it! If she knew her father would be inviting him she would have made up an excuse and stopped it from happening.

"You must be Fu Zichen, right?" Atian questions, his eyebrows furrow as his eyes darts towards his hand which is placed on Shi Lian's shoulder.

"Yes. And you, Mr. gentleman?" he asks in a sarcastic tone which was to annoy him.

"Hu Atian"

The bracelet which he was going to put on her wrist is now clenched inside his palm. Usually, he doesn't get annoyed by anyone but this man is sure is annoying. He knows the Fu's, everyone in Shanghai knows about it. He can sense that this person holds the utmost power, even his aura is strong.

"The 2nd son of the Hu's right? I met your brother, now I meet you" he smirks as he says.

"Yeah" Atian grits. He diverts his attention to Shi Lian who is scowling at Zichen. He knows she agreed to be her friend but how can he leave her so easily? He won't give up on her and let another man take her away. "Shi, I'll keep the bracelet inside it" smiles he and puts it inside the box with care.

"Um..alright. Where's your brother by the way?" she asks while she tries to remove his hands on her. Every time she removes it, he keeps it back again making her more annoyed.

"He is in Latvia right now. Some business I guess" he shrugs.

"Shi! Come here!" her father calls and she has never been so glad. She instantly walks from there. Who would like to be in an atmosphere full of tension and gloominess?

She went to her father leaving the two men alone. They stare at each other, with each second they bore into each other and the people around are horrified by such presence.

"Woah, they are scary," says one standing beside them in a distance.

"She's mine" Zichen blurts arrogantly, shoving his hands in his pant pockets.

"Huh? Who?" ask Atian with innocence.

"Shi Lian. So keep your hands off her"

Atian laughs instead of getting frightened, he says, "She isn't your property that you own and I know well she doesn't like you"

"Do you think she likes you?"

"She was my girlfriend. We loved each other very much. She still loves me.." he whispers taking a step forward towards him.

"Bullshit. Do you think I would buy that?"

"Doesn't matter. I don't know what intention do you have but if you hurt in any way I will beat to death"

"Boy, you should mind your own business and besides I would never hurt her," Zichen says, his expression serious.

"Why are you glaring at me?"

"You are glaring at me"

"Stop glaring!"

"You stop glaring!"

They keep on glaring with each other even after their childish fight. Shi Lian for whom they're fighting is not aware of any of this. she is having conversations with the executives and directors with her father. She doesn't even care even if both men get into a fight.

**

"I need to talk to you," he asks softly, holding on to her wrist. It's been one hour already but Zichen couldn't find a way to talk to her as she was with her family or with the old men or with someone else. She was never alone. He finally got a chance to talk to her alone and cannot let it slip it.

"About what?"

"Let's go somewhere private?"

She looks around to see if anyone is glancing in their direction. Gladly no one is, they are minding their own business. "Come with me" she asserts and gestures to him to follow her upstairs.

They walk upstairs to the balcony around the corner. After reaching there, she makes sure no one is following them. "Okay, there's no one. Tell me what you want to say" she says nonchalantly.

He says nothing. He steps forward, decreasing the gap between them, and surprises her by kissing her on her soft rosy lips. He kisses her tenderly, exploring her mouth with his skillful tongue.

She is surprised, she tries to push him away but she can't. his kiss is so tender that it makes her heart flutter. He holds her stubborn hands to keep them in a place and continues kissing her with less force. She eventually stops struggling and gets lost in the moment. She didn't know she wanted this so much, wanted him so much that she cannot stop now. She missed him, she did miss him but she will never admit that.