"I forgot about that, I already have an appointment tonight," she responded then smiled broadly before walking away when in fact she doesn't even remember him asking her out on a date, she only recognises him as someone she has seen around the hospital.

The young man hung his head after being rejected for the nth time.

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She returned to her office with a bubbly aura surrounding her which Li Chen noticed as soon as he entered, he looked at her with curiosity in his eyes while expecting her to notice that he is staring at her but surprisingly she didn't notice, he took the effort to stand up from his seat and go behind her.

After waiting for a while without any reaction from her, he finally gave up and decided to just call her attention.

"An Ke..." he whispered behind her ear which made her jump out of fright.

"Hey!" she snapped then balanced herself back on the seat with a frown on her face, he turned around then pulled his seat beside hers with a disheartened look in his eyes which he tried to cover up with a fake smile.

"Why are you so happy, did you meet any handsome guy again?" he teased but in his mind, he hoped she won't say yes, he has seen her go crazy for men and being indifferent to them later on but he noticed a few times when she came back to the office looking the same way she does now.

No restraint for her joy...he fears that she is like this for the same person.

"Why do you care, all you ever do is nag anyways, go go go..." she pushed his seat away, causing the tyres to roll back to his desk, he smiled through it but he felt his heart-wrenching.

The words she keeps spilling as a joke and her indifference has caused his heart to be hurt times without number, leaving him to get drunk a few times when he is not on duty though her can't get drunk to a wasted state and other times when he doesn't get drunk, Yu Yan is always the one who notice the changes in his expression and does her best to comfort him.

{I just can't understand, if others can see it clearly then why can't you?}

He queried in his mind with a sentimental gaze fixed on her then he looked away and left the office angrily.

He returned to the office a few minutes to seven so he can get off work with her even though he is still pissed with her but the scene he saw as soon as he opened the door made his face downcast.

She styled her hair into a neat and slick ponytail and she is redoing her makeup, even her outfit look too fancy than usual.

{An Ke never dolls up for just any date, who exactly is this person?}

Just as she finished packing up her mini makeup bag into her bag and stood up from her seat to leave, he quickly walked up to her then held her hand.

"Let's go out for dinner tonight..."

"No way, I have a date already...can't you tell from how I am dressed and you claim to be my bestie," she snapped her hand from his grip then kissed her teeth before walking towards the door but he rushed to the door to stop her.

"Who is it---your date?" he questioned with a deep sentimental look in his eyes, at that moment, he doesn't even want to cover how he feels for her.

"Li Wei, the prince charming I told you guys I met...well it's been a while so you might not remember," she smiled at him then opened the door leaving him heartbroken.

Li Wei...how can he forget that name, he remembers all the names of the guys she has had a crush on or even admires, now that he remembers, he realized she changed ever since she met the guy in the canteen.

Hia heart dropped!

He has always felt relaxed all this while knowing that she won't fall in love with anyone even though he hates that she hooks with too many guys but now it seems like she has really fallen in love.

He snapped back to his senses.

He grabbed his coat and car keys then he quickly went after her as fast as he could and thankfully, he met her in the parking lot about to enter her car.

"An Ke!" he shouted with his chest heaving up and down then he rushed up to her, she turned back with a surprised and quizzical look on her face.

"What are you doing her-"

"I love you!" he shouted aloud, taking her by surprise, her face remained blank for a while before she turned unserious, leaving him to wonder why she just never takes him seriously for once, if Yu Yan is her best female friend then he is her best male friend but he just doesn't want to remain that way.

He was worried that their friendship might end if she ends up rejecting him but now that she has fallen in love, he really can't hold back.

"Hey, I have no time for your jokes again," she turned to open the door then enter her car but he pulled her hand back with a serious look on his face.

"I am not joking!" he scolded with his voice raised and his anger evident, her heart jumped when he raised his voice at her, she has never heard him raise his voice to her, she stared at him with her brows knitted together and her mouth slightly agape before snapping her wrist out of his grip with a frown.

"I don't care if you are joking or not, we are best friends and we will never be more than that," she responded in an awfully straightforward tone with a deep frown on her face which showed just how much it irritates her to hear his confession.

She turned around and lowered her head to enter the car but he held her hand and spun her around then he placed both of his hands at her cheeks as he locked her lips with his in an attempt to kiss her passionately but before his tongue could slip into hers, she struggled to push him away but he held her face tighter, trying to force his kiss on her.

She struggled to push him away then with all her strength, she managed to push him away.

"Li Chen!" she rebuked, following a tight slap on his cheeks, making his face red with her finger marks and his face still turned to the side with his mouth slightly agape and a look of disbelief.

"Don't ever try this again, from today on, our friendship no longer exists so from today onwards, unless necessary, never appear in front of me," she warned with her index finger pointing at him and her chest heaving up and down with her eyes bulged.

Then she entered her car and drove away.

His face still remained in the same position as a drop of tear escaped his eyes then dropped to the ground.

She totally shattered his heart, leaving him no piece of hope to hold onto.

He slowly straightened his face, letting the trail of tears stroll down his face.

He lowered his head then licked his lips before entering his car to follow after her, her words struck him hard but he really can't do without her at this point, he couldn't bear that she wants to cut all the relationships with him.

By the time he got to the main road, her car disappeared just at a corner but he increased his speed to catch up with her, when he got to the corner where she disappeared from, he couldn't find her but he kept driving straight ahead.

Just as he was scanning his surrounding for her car, his eyes caught two people seating at the edge of the see-through wall in a restaurant.

"Sunset..." he muttered the name of the restaurant.

The tears he has manned himself up to restrict freely trickled down his face as he fixed his eyes on her with a look of despair and yet there she is smiling without restraint as she clinked glass with Li Wei, following a girly pout to hide her shyness.

All of her gestures, he understands every meaning of them.

"I never thought the day I see you smile so heartily in front of another man will come, I---" his voice hung at his throat, his lips slowly widening to hide his sob.

"I should be happy that you are finally finding true ha-happiness but w-why am I so despaired?" he questioned rhetorically then he looked away from her as he turned the car around, resigning to the fate he always knew he can't escape the moment he confessed his feelings to her.