"What...?! Esther fell down the stairs... Yes, yes, honey, I am on my way back."
After the call, Mr. Yu rushed away without sparing Ella a single glance.
Ella looked at his retreating back in silence.
"Are you fine?" A shadow hovered behind her.
Ella turned to look at Adrian, who had approached her at some point, "What happened to me?"
Adrian gave her a long, hard look.
Ella smiled.
Then, wordlessly, the man pulled her into his arms, "You have me."
Even though Ella had made her peace with the entire situation, she still felt prick in her chest just now.
Yet, hearing Adrian’s words, her heart felt warm.
They stayed like that in each other’s arms for a long time before Ella pulled back to look at him, "You must have known that bringing me here would cause you troubles, why did you still do it?"
Adrian raised his hand and tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear, "I am afraid... you’d run away."
"W-What?" Ella’s mind blanked for a moment.
Then, she heard the man continue.
"It’s wiser to let the world know who you are. So, you can always find your way back to me."
What kind of twisted thinking is that? The devil on Ella’s shoulder was despising it through and through.
But the little angel on her other shoulder grinned. The kind that you find cute these days.
When Adrian and Ella left the private corner, their paths were blocked by Adrian’s grandparents.
From the look on both their faces, it was quite obvious that they had their thoughts about the entire incident.
While Old Madam remained quiet, Old Master looked at Adrian with a reprimanding gaze, "Do you know what you did wrong?"
Adrian looked back at the old man, gaze unflinching as ever, "No."
"You... Do you realize how much chaos the both of you have caused?"
"It’s fine."
"What fine?" Old Master King was immensely displeased at this point, "These little rascals will eat my head for the months to come! How could you just drag here like that and declare your relationship? Are you not afraid of the consequences?"
"Not quiet."
"_"
Old Master King clutched his chest, looking away from his infuriating grandson, "You... Couldn’t you tone it down a little bit and say that this little girl is your friend or something? How can you go all out at once!"
Now, at this point, Ella felt a little sympathy for Adrian. Who was to tell his grandpa that he toned it down by a lot!
Earlier when she agreed to be his date, Ella asked him a question: How do you want to introduce me?
And without batting an eyelid, Adrian responded: As my wife.
Then, Ella spent the next 2 hours convincing him to not do that.
Only then did Adrian switch to ’girlfriend’, very reluctantly. Ella was not very pleased with that either but seeing him all sparkly and shiny, she refrained from bargaining further.
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