Leo felt like it was the most awkward afternoon he had ever had. Time just went by as Leo and Peggy were chatting, or so it seemed. That afternoon passed so quickly with no important topic arising in their supposed 'conversation'.
Peggy took a look at her watch and found out that it was already five o'clock. As it should always be, Spencer, her husband, would be back soon.
Having been together for years, Peggy knew exactly Spencer's tempers and habits. One that was particularly bizarre was he always hated her association with anyone of the Su family, because he simply... hated them. It was even more perplexing, considering that Peggy herself once lived with the Su family! Spencer simply overlooked that fact and pretended that it never was the case to begin with.
"Alright, it's getting late now. You should probably go back. And never look for me if you have nothing important to say, please," said Peggy apathetically as she half-glanced at Leo.
Although Leo wished to stay a little longer, to wait and see his uncle and, most importantly, his seemingly pretty cousin, he had no other choices but to get ready to leave since Peggy had, rather forcefully, bid him farewell. But he had been yearning to see his cousin Lena for a long time, especially after the last unsuccessful blind date with Ashley.
After Peggy's words, Leo could only stand up obediently and said, "Well, Aunt Peggy, I'm leaving now. I'll come and see you next time."
With a faint smile on her face, Peggy then pronounced, "Terri, take my guest to the door, please!" Though she nodded at Leo, she did not actually pay much attention to what he was saying.
"Oh, yes, ma'am," responded Terri Chen as she walked out quickly of the kitchen and approached Leo. She looked at him and said politely, "Mr. Su, this way, please."
"Mother, I'm home!" Right before Leo and Terri Chen could reach the door, there came this sudden but pleasant sound from the other side of the door and then the door of the villa was pushed open.
Almost at the same time, Peggy and Leo turned their heads to look at the direction where the voice came from.
When the door was widely opened, what they saw was Lena in a white lace dress with high-heeled white shoes. Under the lace dress, her skin looked as white as snow and the white dress made her skin look even fairer and more delicate. With the high-heeled shoes, her legs looked even slenderer and sexier.
Her black straight hair was waist-length, with a bit curl at the end of the hair. There was the latest Chanel bag in her hand, and her fingers looked very slim while they rested on the bag. With a touch of makeup on her delicate oval face, she looked so youthful and gorgeous. Leo gazed at Lena ever since the moment she popped into his eyes, unable to look away or even blink.
Meanwhile, Lena took only a brief look at Leo, who was standing in front of her, after she opened the door and she was kind of taken aback at the sight of Leo. For one, she knew nothing about him. Another reason was his look disgusted her. She then turned and looked at Peggy, and she uttered, "Mother, we have a guest at home?"
"Lena, you came earlier today, didn't you? And, oh, he's nobody and he's going to leave anyway. So you don't need to think about him. It's all right, dear, come here," replied Peggy as she stepped toward Lena and embraced her, distracting her focus on him, quickly. Peggy's tone was so dry when she mentioned the "nobody" part. It sounded like she really meant what she said, and it seemed like it.
A few paces away from them, Leo was still standing at the same place as he could barely take his eyes off Lena. He was so enticed by her perfectly-shaped body that he didn't notice the conversation between Peggy and Lena at all.
For information, he always loved chasing girls around. He was simply a playboy. To him, every girl was a goddess deserving of worship, Lena was not excluded. However, out of the ordinary, this time, he just thought, other girls could not compare with the pretty Lena in front of him, at all, in any way. Besides, other girls he deemed gorgeous simply didn't notice his existence! No wonder that he was thrilled to see Lena for the first time.
He now could barely blink at this moment. He seemed to be totally immersed in his own imagination of Lena.
'Look at her curve, snow-white skin and little, chiseled oval face, what a glamorous beauty!' exclaimed Leo in his heart, with a look of a romantically 'drunk' boy depicted on his face.
As a playboy as he was, Leo found it surprisingly even remotely possible to take his sight off Lena. He barely noticed the difference between her and the person in the photo he once held.
Besides, he had thrown the photo when he was too angry after leaving the coffee shop last time.
Meanwhile, Lena nodded at Peggy's words and she hastily withdrew her gaze from Leo after only a quick glint at him. She assumed that the person in front of her was too ugly to have anything to do with her family.
"You must be my cousin Lena, aren't you? You look just as pretty as you look in the photo. Oh no, I misspoke, you're even prettier in reality. Nice to meet you! I, I am Leo," uttered Leo as he rubbed his hands and walked quickly toward Lena. Then, he gave her what he thought was his most charming smile, with his hand held out, intended to reach her.
Quite contrary to his excitement when he saw her, Lena suddenly stepped back several steps as if she had found something dirty and horrible in front of her. She gave him a look of disgust and turned to her mother and asked, "Mother, who is he? Since when I have such a cousin? Why did I know nothing about him before?"
Peggy had actually been restraining herself for long ever since she found out that Leo approached Lena. However, with Leo's eyes glued to Lena's body all this time, her face just paled out of great fury.
'How dare he be this presumptuous! How can he not realize that he's not even remotely below my daughter's level? Anyway, someone like him is never going to be a match of my daughter, not even a single chance!' screamed Peggy in her mind while she was still trying her best to hold herself back from losing control.
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