Realizing what she had done, she quickly withdrew her touch and picked a few books as the man did the same before rising to his feet.
“Did you buy these recently?” Ren looked at the books and asked her.
“Yup. I brought them from abroad. You can hand them over to me, Mr. Ren. I’m going to put them in the study.”
“I’ll help you,” the man uttered in a low tone before walking to the direction of the study.
Entering the room, they saw that lower racks of the bookshelves were packed completely full, so they could only arrange them on top.
Setting the books on the table, Ruka took a small ladder out of a dark corner and propped it against the bookshelf before taking two books with her up the ladder.
“Be careful,” he reminded her from behind.
“I’ll be fine. I do this all the time!” She smiled. Since she was an avid reader, she was used to climbing up ladders against bookshelves.
Yet, she did not expect that in the harsh winter, a mouse would be hiding inside the warm shelf. Just as she slotted the book in, the little mouse was startled by this movement.
Squeak, squeak! The mouse instantly crawled out from the little corner and jumped toward Ruka’s face.
“Aaahhhh!” Frightened, she waved her arms, causing her to fall backward.
In the meantime, Ren was already prepared to catch her. The moment she fell, her back collided with the man as he quickly caught her waist.
The flustered Ruka was still trembling as she pointed toward the bookshelf. “T There’s a mouse.”
Slowly letting go of her, he patted her back. “It’s okay.”
The man’s low tone somehow calmed the woman down as she turned around involuntarily. Due to the dim moonlight refracted into the room, she could not see his features properly, but she could sense the glimmer in his eyes.
“I have to chase it away. What if it ruins the books?” Even though Ruka was petrified earlier, she found her courage back as she was looking around for something. Suddenly, she let out a smile. “I’m going to borrow a cat and chase the mouse away tomorrow!”
Ren did not know if he was infected by her smile, but he started smiling as well as he stared at her face. The dimples on his face made their appearance, rendering him too adorable to not look at.
Ruka just so happened to look at him and was instantly attracted. Although she had seen a lot of people with dimples over the years, he had the most attractive pairs out of them all!
Smiling, she tilted her head and teased, “Mr. Ren, when are you going to introduce my aunt to me?”
He could not help snorting this. “You sure are a busybody.”
“Of course I’m worried about your marriage. I’m wondering which girl would be so lucky as to get married to the youngest and most handsome vice president of our country!” Ruka beamed widely before taking the books and climbing the ladder again.
Yet, he stepped ahead and snatched the books away. “Let me do it!”
“Be careful then.” She held the ladder for him as Ren easily put the books up.
Moments later, he held onto a book and asked her, “Would you lend me this?” “Of course.” She was a bit elated since it was an honor for the vice-president to read the book she picked out!
It was then her phone rang. Fishing it out from her pocket, she saw that it was from her close friend, Michael Yves.
“Hey, Mike!” she answered happily.
