"But I'm really jealous," She hugged him again as she pouted, "I bet that if you walk into a cafe right now, then the waitress would look for a chance to put aphrodisiac in your coffee. If you go to a hotel, any random woman might just drag her dress down to get herself on your bed and…and we can't even go on shopping in future. The staff at the shopping mall would surely give you those lovey-dovey looks…mmmm.''

He interrupted her with a soft kiss as he nibbled on her bottom lips, "How much do you talk hmm? What are you, a chatterbox? And what's with this wild imagination of yours?" He sighed when her eyebrows tugged together, "Don't you know that I am only interested in sleeping with you?''

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She blushed, "But…but…I am still jealous."

"Silly," He clicked his tongue as he shoved her phone back to her hands, "Have you forgotten that our pictures were released in the media a long time ago and I was your rumored kept man?"

She was stunned, "I almost forgot. What about it?"

"Check over the comments."

She curiously glanced at the comments once again.

Baby_dolphin: Omo~The Chief of Eminence is a Prince Charming. How can he be so perfect?

GoddessKiara: Look at that soft dimple when he talks. Can he be my man?

Trisxx: I just want to rake my fingers through his exquisite ash blonde hair. Oh!!! My heart is going kya kya at the sight of this Greek god.

She glared at him, "Are you squeezing lemons in my mouth? Am I not jealous enough?"

He laughed, "Stop looking there. Look at the comments on the top."

She scrolled it upwards and glanced at the comment with most likes.

Amyraluvsbts: I remember he is the man in the picture with President Leanne. Are they both dating? I hope they are. They look so perfect together~

Her lips curved up in a wide smile, "See, everyone should be as sweet as her.''

''Well," Jun Zixuan fell on the bed dragging her down with him as she fell on top of his body, "If it still doesn't soothe your jealousy, we can go public anytime you want."

"Who wants to go public with you?" She rolled her eyes, ''Given the way you provoke me all day and fight with me, I can already imagine the day when we break up and I find myself a mountain to meditate on."

"You dare to mention break up?" He narrowed his eyes and snatched the phone from her hand before throwing it away.

"Duh. Are you deaf?" She stuck her tongue out, "You think I will be afraid of you? Humph, naive!"

He raised an eyebrow, ''You think I want to scare you? Stupid!"

''What are gonna do?" She tried to back away under his intense gaze, "See…Zixuan, you have to be a gentleman, not a brute. I am on my period…"

He flipped their positions, pinning her beneath him, "Not like we are going all the way right now. A date will be the compensation for mentioning breakup.''

"A date?" She hooked her arms around his neck, "When? Where?

"Tomorrow. Location will be a surprise," He kissed the tip of her nose, "So Miss Yu Mei Zhen, will you go on an official date with me?"

She stiffened slightly at the mention of the full name but she schooled her expressions before he noticed something amiss, "What are we going to do on the date?"

"Eat, hug, kiss…" He paused as he looked at her blushing face, ''And confess.''

"Confess? You are going to confess your undying love for me?" She felt butterflies in her stomach.

''I will confess about something from my past and you will confess everything about your past. Your secrets."

And the butterflies died with his instakill.

The smile and blush on her face disappeared, ''Can't we just stay like this? What if everything changes between us after all of this confession?"

He rolled to the side and pulled her into his arms, "I don't know about what will happen after but secrets are not what any relationship should be based on. Not ours, at least.''

''But-"

"Mei, I hate this unpredictability of not knowing anything about you but you are so cute that I can't even bring myself to stay angry with you. Let's us just put an end to this and be honest to each other, alright?"

She buried her face in his neck, ''Will you believe in whatever I say?"

"I will."

But what if everything changed between them? She knew the day she was dreading will come to her sooner or later. What was she supposed to do now?

'Go ahead, you are a fighter anyways,' She patted herself in her mind. It was better to deal with it once and for all without thinking about the consequences.

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The next morning.

By the time Jun Zihao woke up, he was greeted by the sight of Su Ning sitting on an armchair in the distance.

"Awake?" She glanced at him with a soft smile and stood up before getting a bowl from the coffee table, "Here is the soup. It will help you with the hangover."

He sat up on the couch as yesterday's event flashed across his eyes, "You know…" He mumbled, pressing his hand on his forehead.

She placed the bowl on the table, "About what?"

"Su Ning, you are pretentious,'' Jun Zihao spoke through gritted teeth.

"Well, is it about your love for Miss Yu? Or about how you took me as her replacement when you were fucking me?" Her voice got a bit softer towards the end, "I might cry if I think about that. I really blame Dad for pampering me so much that I have turned a crybaby now," She looked at the ceiling and blinked continuously.

Jun Zihao glanced at her emotionlessly.

"I usually liked sports shoes and those cool T-shirts and jeans but I tried the pretty dresses and stilettos so that you would notice me. I won't lie about it that I used to take a mirror in my school bag as a teenager and I would check myself from time to time so that I don't look ugly in front of you even for a moment. Dad sent me abroad in the second semester of 9th standard. I cried a lot but you didn't care so in the end, I thought I would go and come back after making a career for myself. By the time I was back, we were engaged. I practically felt like flying that day until later on, your family said that I have to let go of my dream job and you did not say anything against it. I thought you also want that. So, I went ahead with it," She sighed, "I was an idiot. Well, let's put an end to my idiocy. I am breaking up with you," She removed the engagement ring from her finger as tears rolled down her cheeks.

She handed it to him and turned around to walk away only to pause near the door, "Miss Yu won't ever leave Zixuan. Whenever I look at them, their love reminds me of fairytale love so don't try things on her, you will invoke your brother's wrath and things will not end well for you. Goodbye," She wiped her tears and walked away without looking at him.

She had always known he loved someone else. It just took her a long time to accept it.

Jun Zihao kicked the empty bottle on the ground and threw away the ring. He picked up his suit jacket and left the room.