His car arrived at his mansion. Unlike every other day where he had a smile plastered on his face, today he didn't find any reason to smile.

"Brother Dexi. I have been outside for a long time. They refused to let me enter" A young pretty lady whined and pouted as she linked an arm to his.

Dexi looked at her. For some reason, he found her presence irritating. Nothing felt right with him tonight. He unlinked their arms.

"I asked them not to. Your time is up" He almost laughed when he noticed he was using the same choice of word as Sara.

That was his way. He didn't care whether anyone frowned about it, whether the society frowned about it. He was not loyal. Never wished to be loyal. He was even tired of girls running after him all the time. They all needed something—His heart, body or money. Except one. One, who didn't care about him, one who disliked him, one who even timed him.

"Brother Dexi, what do you mean by that? We just started dating a week back"

"I never said we were dating. You were deluding yourself" He walked past her into his mansion. Not bothering to hear her cries and cusses about him being just what everyone said he was.

He knew. He was aware. They all knew also, that he was a hard nut to crack. They kept coming with the intention of being able to crack the nut, to crack him. Expecting him to fall for them. But it all ends in the same pattern.

He checked his home phone for any messages then saw a few from different other girls.

"Bro Dexi, you'll come over tonight right, or should I?"

"Sweetheart, I prepared your favourite. Let me know when to bring it over"

"I had a dream. We were walking down the aisle. It was so wonderful"

Dexi scoffed when he read the messages. He felt am headache coming. He was tired already. That night, he hadn't planned on going to Jinyong and Weiyoung's engagement party. He had to show up after his parents warned him not to miss it for any reason. After saying hello to Li Muchen and other prominent people, he sat at a quiet corner, finding great pleasure in the admiration he was receiving from the young ladies present there. He didn't go with a date, neither did he want to flirt with anyone there. He had to act responsibly that night.

They felt he was easier to seduce. Although, most of them had eyes for Muchen, they couldn't shoot their shots. He was totally unapproachable and aloof.

Dexi had just been sitting there, sipping from his wine glass and dreading that evening because he was sure his parents would give him a proper scolding about his Nephew getting married before him. Then, she entered. She strode confidently, she was pretty, plain, adorable. He thought she was going to throw a tantrum like his ex-girlfriends always do whenever they saw him with a new girl. But she laughed. She called them Shit head–which got him laughing. She also told them they deserved each other and left there, still as composed as ever. He didn't know when he followed her. He didn't know what he wanted from her. But she rebuked him that night. Not once, but twice. He had refused to search for her or anything about her. He wanted to go about his life normally but if they met again, then it was fate. And he was going to make her stay around until he was sure what he wanted from her.

Then, when he saw her today, When Zhang Hansong slapped her. His breath stopped. He hadn't known it was her at first until her cap fell down. He had raced there to handle him before things got out of hand when he saw her hit him for the second time.

A smile spread across his face when be watched. She was really fierce.

As he sat on the couch, he looked at his elegant mansion. He felt really lonely for the first time.

"I won't be working with the Zhangs anymore" He said to his secretary who had been standing beside him. His secretary was curious to know why he was suddenly canceling his entire contract with the Zhangs but he knew it was not his place to ask and could only accept orders.

"Have you prepared my Tux for my father's birthday this Sunday?" Dexi asked. A light shone in his eyes when he remembered something. For this birthday, he would obviously be needing a date.

***

When the car arrived, she knew they had gotten there. The entire drive there, Sara had been resting her back on the chair fully with her eyes closed. He knew she wasn't asleep. But he didn't make a sound. She gradually opened her eyes. After they both got down from the car, he brought out the bag from the back seat and handed it over to her.

He didn't say a word. Neither did she. She gave a polite nod and left for the apartment. He stood there. He didn't move. She was already close to the door when she stopped. And after two seconds, she turned to face him.

"Good night Mr Li. Have a safe trip home" She said in a quiet voice.

Muchen gave her a warm smile. This was exactly what he had been praying for. What he had been hoping for. But right now, he wasn't feeling so happy. He didn't know why she was sad and he knew she wouldn't tell him. "Good night Sara"

She turned and finally went in.

"Big Sis, welcome. I heard you went shopping. This doesn't look like a shopping bag" Joreen spoke first. She had been waiting and pacing around. Curious to find what Sara would buy.

Jianjun noticed Sara's mood first and held her shoulders. "What's wrong Sara?"

She had been holding it back the entire time. She couldn't cry in his car. She couldn't cry with him present. She was grateful he didn't ask her anything or pressure her to say something.

Sara could no longer hold it back and burst into tears. "What....what... am I... going to do?"