"Then marry Sarah Shen if you want to satisfy your father. Leave Bun alone." replied Linda sourly.
"Well, I prefer to choose my wife on my own. And did you see those well-born ladies he tried to set me up with? I like none of them. And I really think Bun is a nice girl." Brian Ho invited himself in and sat down casually on the couch, squinting at Linda with his legs crossed.
"Oh, knock it off."
"Come on, Linda. Just let me try."
"It's not my decision to make. I think Bun is the one you should ask. If she likes you and wants to marry you, then I'm perfectly OK with it. But there's nothing I can help if she doesn't!"
Linda put down the textbook and then held her head while answering him.
"Great, that's all I need from you. And I'll take it as a yes. And by the way, you haven't told me where Bun is. I wanna ask her out for a date."
In case Linda misunderstood his intention, Brian Ho then added, "Relax! I promise I'll behave myself."
Linda looked up at the clock on the wall, noticing that it had already passed ten.
She remembered that Charles Mu said Bun would be home at noon.
So she replied, "Bun is training the freshmen at the police officers academy. She will probably be back by noon! But she will go to the bookstore with me when she gets back. You can ask her out after that."
"No big deal, Linda. I can take you to the bookstore. I know Charles left Bun to you as protection. But you see, I can do it as well, and I'm sure I'm just as capable as Bun. And I can go find Bun after we've done shopping."
Linda thought about his proposal and found it would do.
Bun left early in the morning, and a whole morning of training would definitely wear her out.
Linda was planning to go out with Bun after she got home.
Now that Brian Ho was here and he had offered to help, why not go to the bookstore with him and then they could pick Bun up on their way back.
Linda had always treated Bun as her sister rather than a servant, and therefore she was happy with the plan.
"Alright, let's do this."
"OK, let's go. And Linda, you looked very attractive today." Brian Ho smiled at Linda while playing the key between his fingers.
Linda might have been bewitched by his smile if she hadn't been engaged to Charles Mu. Brian Ho's smile was way too enchanting that Linda couldn't even put into words how she actually felt at the moment. The only thing she could be sure was that he was a dangerous sexy trap waiting for careless women.
However, Linda had already settled down with Charles Mu. She would still appreciate other men but nothing more. Her heart belonged to Charles Mu.
But she also knew exactly how much women would go crazy for a man like Brian Ho. The last time they met, Bun ran away with flushed face. So Linda thought Bun probably couldn't resist his charm as well.
Linda quickly changed and brought along the book list she made earlier, and then left the villa with Brian Ho.
Hardly had they stepped out of the door when Linda saw a blue limited Lamborghini parked in front of the house. She couldn't help letting out a deep sign and wondered why they all seemed obsessed with Lamborghini. Weren't they afraid of the windows being smashed by some cynical passerby when they parked a Lamborghini on the street?
Brian Ho walked to the passenger side and opened the door for Linda, and then he held out his hand with a smile, "Please!"
"Thanks, Brian." Linda gracefully accepted his chivalrous gesture and got in the car.
Brian Ho then got into the driver's side and started up the vehicle. And he said to Linda, "You know what? I hardly open the door myself for any woman. You are the first, and I think going forward, I will do the same for Bun too."
"You are just saying it."
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