''Elder brother, yes we have just gotten to the airport. Natalie is with me. Mm, don't worry. We already have enough people on our side. Alright, let's talk when we arrive tomorrow''

''Okay, take care of yourself and protect Natalie. Make sure to bring that bastard back to City X'' Thomas looked at the door in front of him as he spoke. He lifted his hand and knocked at the door. He hung up the phone when the door opened.

''Who is there… Mr. Sun?'' Niania looked at him with a flushed face. Her wet hair dripped down her into the towel around her body.

Thomas' lips turned and his throat throbbed, moving up and down as he looked at her with desire in his eyes.

''You… what are you doing here so early? I haven't bought the ingredients yet'' Niania said to him.

Thomas looked at her and asked, ''are you not going to change into something else? Well, I don't mind watching a free show too''

Niania's face became red. She immediately shut the door before him and ran into her hall. Thomas smirked and waited patiently for her.

After a few minutes, the door opened again and Niania stood in front of him wearing a pair of light neon shorts and top. She paired it with black sneakers and a matching black purse.

''Let's go''

''Where are we going?''

''I haven't bought the ingredients yet. Since you are already here, might as well drive me there, right?'' Niania's eye lashes blinked as he looked at him. Thomas suddenly leaned closer to her and she tried to move back but he held her hands.

''What… what is it?''

''You smell nice. Your hair smells nice; your body smells nice''

Niania's face turned red and her heart started quickening. She looked at him for a moment.

''Why are you are looking at me?'' Thomas asked, meeting her gaze.

''Um… nothing, let's go'' Niania turned and started walking away. Thomas smirked and followed her.

''Were you busy the whole day?'' Thomas asked her as they walked to the car.

''Mm, Alice had a scene to shoot, so we were there till now. I just got off from the set not too long ago. I didn't think that you would come so early''

''I got off from work and wanted to see you''

''You wanted to see me?'' Niania stopped by the car.

''Yes''

''Why?''

''What do you think, silly?'' Thomas opened the door for her, ''get in. I'm hungry''

Niania smiled and got into the car. She strapped on her belt and Thomas got into the driver's seat.

….

When they arrived at the mall, Thomas followed Niania inside. She was walking a little faster and he found it cute that she was acting shy around him. The redness of her face always made him happy because he knew he had the same effect on her.

First, he wasn't sure how things were going to be between them. He was afraid that he would act rushed and scare her. After all, they were from different worlds. The feeling of liking someone though it wasn't new to him, it was unsettling at first.

He started becoming curious about her that night at Alice's house. Her reaction upon seeing him was certainly something new. She seemed to have a pattern that she lived by. He loved the consistency in her life. She was a meticulous person and didn't seem unpredictable. She was also not the type to take advantage of people.

He was someone who was good at reading people and he knew from the start that she was someone who wore her heart on her sleeves. She was the kind of person that didn't beat around the bush and would speak her thoughts out clearly. She didn't keep things to herself and would air her views with confidence.

Niania pulled over a carte and looked at him. he seemed to be in a daze so she smiled. Apart from the scare which made him look a little different, he was the most handsome man in her eyes. Niania wasn't sure what kind of relationship they had. She felt that he was pursuing her but she had low self-esteem. She felt unworthy of him but she wasn't stupid and clueless to the attention he paid on her.

She always thought that he was someone that was far to reach. He was always so close yet she couldn't touch or reach out her hand to him.

Niania lifted her hand, she folded her thumb finger with her index finger, making a ring sign. She looked at him through it and smiled.

Thomas came back to his senses and looked at her. He smiled and asked, ''what are you doing?''

''You seem so far away, when I look at you through my fingers, then I feel that you are closer'' Niania said and chuckled. Thomas smiled and walked closer to her. He pulled the carte to his side and stood in front of her.

''Do I seem close now?''

''Huh?''

Thomas stepped closer again and looked down at her face. Niania lifted her head, meeting his gaze.

''What are they doing?''

''Gosh, they are openly flirting. The man is so tall the woman is short''

''So romantic''

Two ladies said as they stood at the other side of the shelves.

Niania heard and flushed. She stepped back and pulled the carte saying, ''I still haven't picked anything yet''

Thomas laughed and turned, following her. He knew she was shy. He went and pulled the carte away from her saying, ''this is too heavy for your small body''

Niania smiled and they walked hand in hand, picking the ingredients that they needed. ''What do you want to eat tonight?''

''As if you will give me what I really want to eat'' Thomas said suggestively but Niania didn't catch up to the meaning behind his statement. She asked further.

''What do you want to eat? I am being generous tonight. You won't get a chance to decide what you want to eat again. Might as well make use of the chance to ask for something worth it''

Thomas smirked. ''Gu Nian, never ask a man what he wants to eat''

''Why? But, if I don't ask how am I supposed to know what he wants to eat?''

Thomas looked around and turned to her, ''let's talk about it when we get home. It seems I need to teach you a lesson''

Niania pouted her lips. She turned and walked towards the vegetable stands.

After picking everything they needed, they went to the counter to pay for their things. Thomas removed a card and gave it to the woman behind the counter.

''I am supposed to pay, why are you paying?''

''I am the man; how can I allow you to pay?''

'But, you already gave me money to pay already. I would feel guilty if you pay for it''

Thomas picked the three bags and said to her, ''take the card''

''Oo'' Niania turned and collected the card from the woman and followed him out.

''How about we split the amount and pay?''

''You mean go Dutch?'' Thomas asked.

''Yes''

''How about you pay back in kind?'' Thomas kept the bags in the backseat and turned to look at her

Niania looked at him and crossed her arms around her chest, making an x sign, ''how can you be so shameless?''

''Why then did you ask me what I wanted to eat first? As if you would give me what I want to eat'' Thomas muttered and got into the car.

''I… I didn't know that was what you meant?'' Niania said as she got into the car.

''Gu Nian, never ask a man what he wants to eat. There are two kinds of food a man wants to eat all the time, food is secondary. If I tell you that I want to eat you, would you let me?'' he lifted his brows questionably at her.

Niania's face turned red as a beetroot. She blushed and became speechless. she looked around.

Thomas looked at her and moved closer to her. Niania leaned back and stuttered.

''You… what are you doing?''

''Strapping your seatbelt. Do I look like a man who would eat a lady in a car? But, I wouldn't mind experimenting it since there is a first time to everything''

''You…'' Niania's words were cut off by the ringing of his phone. She stopped talking and looked into her bag and removed the phone.

''Hello, Maa. Brother Henry, why are you holding my mom's phone? Is dad alright? Where is he now? Okay, I will be there soon'' Niania hung up and turned to look at Thomas.

''Which hospital?''

''Seet Hospital''

''Alright'' Thomas turned the car. He looked at her hands and noticed how nervous she was.

Niania sighed, ''my father had an accident a few years back. Since then, he would suffer a relapse''

Thomas placed his hand on her hands and squeezed them gently. ''Don't worry, dad will be fine. We will get the best doctors to treat him''

''We…?'' Niania looked at him.

''Mm, we'' Thomas affirmed with a smile.