Chapter 12 Accidental Fall
I rushed back to my room.
The more I thought about it, the more ashamed I felt, until it turned into furious anger. I pounded the pillow wildly.
How could he be a guy? How could he turn out to be one?
Ah, wuwu, he was a liar! I was an idiot!
My wail had just died down.
When someone knocked on my door.
Jian Xi's voice was low and unexpectedly pleasant. "...Um, Dad and Mom asked me to call you for dinner."
I stood up instinctively, but the movement was too hasty, and the carpet tripped me hard.
I screamed as my body lost control and fell forward.
Jian Xi outside heard me and banged the door open—
In a whirl.
I crashed solidly into an embrace that carried a fresh tea scent.
Jian Xi caught me steadily with just one arm.
I grabbed at something instinctively, but my hand yanked wildly without control.
With a "rip" sound.
The buttons on Jian Xi's neat white shirt popped open, the front scattering messily.
Then.
I was stunned.
Inside the opened shirt was a pink Hello Kitty apron.
The one I had bought for a yuan.
It was tied neatly over his broad, solid chest.
It created an absurd contrast with his rather stern aura.
Wearing a pink little apron under such a serious suit—what kind of outfit was this?
I looked up in shock, just in time to see his reddened ear roots and his quick turn away.
His Adam's apple bobbed as he explained softly, "Before, I promised you..."
I paused.
Then I realized he had misunderstood my meaning earlier.
Even though he misunderstood, he still did it, just because he had promised me.
Looking at this man with reddened ears and obedient tone, I said with a mix of tears and laughter, "Jian Xi, listen to my explanation. Actually, I..."
"Lin Duo, wait, don't move yet..."
He interrupted me urgently.
His warm palm restrainedly brushed my waist, his voice trembling lightly, breath hot. "Just like this... stay for a while, don't move."
I stiffened.
I keenly noticed the change in the man's body.
My face flushed completely.
I was so tense I lightened my breathing.