The male Bais were reluctant to leave their precious flower with that 'beast' but they were pulled out by the ears by their wives saying 'She's already 26' 'She can take care of herself' and the likes.

Lillie was feeling helpless at this situation, she doesn't know what to do. Living in one roof with Ethan, with her enemy and rival. ​​

All she can do right now is sigh, she's been sighing a lot lately. She's currently sitting on a sofa at the living room and across her is Ethan with a calm expression.

If one had extremely sharp eyes, unfortunately Lillie's too busy to notice, you can clearly see the joy glinting on Ethan. He's extremely happy, for the second time. The first is meeting her and when she talked to him.

"Would you like to talk about the living arrangements?" He volunteered to be the first one to talk.

Snapping out her thoughts, she stared directly in him. "As I've already mentioned, we will have our own separate bedrooms. I believe you already agreed to this." She emphasized.

"Your wish is my command." Even though he was unwilling, he agreed just to ease 'some' of her wearies.

"Also, I forbid you to enter my room and make any unnecessary, physical contact with me, like what you did last time. Do that again and I'll swear I will have you on bars."

"Yes, ma'am." Ethan chuckled, this woman is using such formal words instead of using the direct word, couldn't she be any more cuter?

"I hope that you'll keep your words 'this time'. We can, as much as possible, be considered 'acquaintance' at this stage and try to get to know each other better. After all, this marriage is inevitable." This time, Ethan was surprised that Lillie had the audacity to make this proposition.

She's right, their marriage is final and inevitable, the least they can do is become friends. Because who would want to live with the person you hate? No one.

Well, to Ethan's case, it was one-sided.

"Unless one of us made an 'unforgivable' mistake." She added. Ethan raised his sharp eyebrow in slight confusion.

"What mistakes?" He asked.

"Guess." Lillie shortly replied. Ethan doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. This woman, tormenting him even to this day that they're finally living together and soon to be married.

"Alright, I'll be careful. Wouldn't want future Mrs Li to divorce me when there isn't a wedding yet, right?"

"Good thing you understand my point. If you'll excuse me, I'll retire first for this evening." Lillie left and went upstairs, leaving Ethan alone with his thoughts.

After a while, Ethan stood up from the sofa and went to the backyard. The evening air was refreshing and perfectly chilled, calming his senses.

"Mr Li?" He heard someone spoke behind. Ethan slightly averted his head to the side and saw Butler Tian. Ethan hummed for him to continue.

"You just need to be patient with the young miss. Women like her seems so hard to please but they are actually the one who appreciates others' hard work very much. Show her how you feel about her, little by little she'll notice your sincerity." Butler Tian wisely discussed before leaving him to his thoughts once again.

Ethan closed his eyes and exhaled. "Sincerity, huh." He remembered, back when they were in high school. He would place poems, flowers and chocolates on her locker. Regrettably, he was scared to fill in his name and make himself known to her.

Every time she comes back to the classroom, he always thought that she threw everything as her hands were always empty. So, he stopped putting stuffs on her locker, with the exemption of the letters, he believes that she would see his sincerity and diligence.

What he don't know, Lillie would happily eat the chocolates that was inside her locker before she enters the classroom. Lillie secretly loves sweets.

However, just to act the part she's taking, she would not eat them too much in public. With the exemption of these chocolates, coincidentally, they were her absolute favorite brand and type.

As for the flowers, she would leave then on the locker, fearing she might ruin them. But, she would come back after school's over and bring them back home to replant or preserve them.

The flowers were lilies, much like her nickname, that means long lasting and happy wedding. The letters were also carefully stored in a box that she personally made. Lillie is actually a woman who loves romantic people. Must've been because she's half-French.

She knew that her suitor hoped to marry her in the future as his poems were so beautifully done and were sweet. Unfortunately, the mysterious suitor had never mentioned his name or showed up and introduce himself to her.