“Why didn’t you call after you arrived? Didn’t you say that you were going to send me a message?”
“Uhm, I forgot about that. I’m sorry. I was too excited to be back. Then, I slept and forgot all about it. Please forgive me, Mikey!”
Ruka, who was chatting along, did not notice Ren’s gaze on her as he seemed to be lost in thought.
“It’s fine. Since I’m coming back tomorrow, you just have to treat me to a feast.”
“Alright, when you come back, I’ll treat you to a feast.” Ruka smiled, showing a very gentle face as her eyes glimmered and her pearly-white teeth showed.
Ren just so happened to catch a glimpse of this and felt a certain wave of emotions for a second there. Noticing a gaze on her, she turned around.
With lightning speed, the man diverted his gaze and looked at the book in his hands.
Seeing that he was reading, she went out of the room to chat, not wanting to bother him.
After around six minutes, she came back in to find the man sitting on the couch while still reading the book. In a white shirt paired with black vest and pants, the man flicked through the pages with his slender long fingers while lowering his eyes.
At that sight, her heart could not help but skip a beat. So, this is what class, elegance, and dignity look like. These words were perfect to describe her uncle!
Since they were not about to have dinner right away, Ruka decided to sit down and read too.
At first, she thought that she could read relaxingly like she was in a library, but she soon found out that it was impossible.
Sitting beside Ren, she could feel a very oppressing aura surrounding the whole study. It’s so difficult to read with him staying here.
“Uhm, Mr. Ren, I’ll be going downstairs now. She left knowingly.
Watching her exit the room, the man could finally breathe easy as he closed the book shut. In actuality, he was not reading the book either; he was merely acting.
Although he could deal with all sorts of people, he found himself unable to get along with a young girl. Who could believe him if he said this?
Arriving downstairs, Ruka went straight to the kitchen to help out, causing the servants to be taskless instead. Scarlet, who was cooking, chatted with her god daughter lovingly. In an outsider’s eyes, they seemed just like mother and daughter.
A short while after, Ren came down to the laughter of Ruka. Subsequently, he switched to the news channel while a servant served a new cup of tea, not daring to stay in the living room in fear of disturbing him.
Soon, Ruka started to serve the dishes before she delivered a smile to the man sitting on the couch. Heading back to the kitchen, she asked, “Aunt Scarlet, does Mr. Ren have a girlfriend?”
This made Scarlet grumble. “No, he hasn’t! We are all concerned about his marital affairs, yet he keeps saying that he’s too busy to care about that.”
Ruka laughed upon hearing this. “I don’t think he’s even thinking about this.”
“We’ve got no choice as well. With a man as capable as he is, his standards are naturally sky high.” Scarlet was feeling helpless, for she and Ren’s age difference was too big, creating a generation gap between them.
Ruka agreed with Scarlet as no ordinary woman would dare to woo a young man who wielded such power! Besides, Ren was too domineering, so who would even dare to strike up a conversation with him? I know first-hand how that felt. The pressure he emitted when they were ‘reading’ earlier was enough for her to want to escape.
