"Get out of here, Kevin!" Anne tried her best to hold back her temper, but she couldn't help but burst out her anger to Kevin, who enjoyed himself by teasing her.
Seeing that Anne was at her limits, Kevin refrained from playing with her. "Relax! I'm just trying to cheer you up because you looked tired from the other day. Have a good rest. I promise I won't try to anything to you."
Kevin's words made her ease a little. Anne turned her head and the look on her face became softer than before.
At this moment, Kevin's phone rang. He never hid anything from Anne, so she knew who was calling him when she took a glance at his phone.
It was Rose again.
As she saw Rose's name flash in Kevin's phone, Anne's face slowly darkened. Her good mood from before suddenly vanished and she became very depressed.
It was obvious for Kevin to know what was on Anne's mind. "Don't worry. I have nothing to do with her." He sounded reassuring.
He was about to open his mouth and to clearly explain everything but Anne interrupted him. "Let's talk about it later. You can answer the phone first."
He looked at Anne for a second, and answered the phone. Rose's voice from the other line was different than usual. "Kevin, let's meet," she said.
"Why?" Confusion resonated in Kevin's voice.
"I have given up on you. Let's end this." Rose spoke as if she felt relieved from all the pain and suffering. She sounded like she had been liberated from restraints.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Kevin's excitement brimmed on his face. His efforts, all for this moment, was not in vain.
After hanging up the phone, Kevin looked at Anne and said, "I'm going to do something important. Can you come with me?"
He wanted to take Anne and let her announce that he was finally hers in public. He wanted to tell the world that he belonged to Anne, and that there was no one out there that could take him away from her. He felt incredibly happy at the thought of it.
However, Anne shook her head as if telling him that she was not going. "It's your own business."
It was true that he needed to solve this matter with Rose privately. Otherwise, other people might think that Anne seemed to show off that she somehow won the battle if she went with him. It would be fine if it was someone else but since Rose was Anne's half-sister, she had to consider the dignity and reputation of Luo Family. She could not do anything she wanted and she didn't want to make trouble for herself.
"All right."
After thinking for a while, Kevin caressed Anne's head and stared at her, his eyes drowning with love and affection. Anne frowned as if she was embarrassed about him looking at her but it was obvious that she was as happy and excited as he was, and that she was just trying to suppress this undeniable feeling her heart.
"I'm leaving. Call me if anything happens," Kevin said. Anne nodded as he watched Kevin leave.
In the western restaurant owned by Mark,
there were two freshly brewed cups of steaming coffee on the table. The porcelain plates looked exquisite too, as they matched the vintage coffee table.
Today, Rose dressed up in a simple style with her green motorbike jacket and slim trousers. She looked like a heroine described in novels and books. Her decisive look suddenly made Kevin, who came to meet her, feel uneasy.
"Kevin, you came." Rose smiled and asked a waiter to change her coffee. She preferred to have sweeter one.
"Yes." Kevin's voice was cold and calculating.
But Rose didn't mind. Looking at Kevin, she admitted to herself that he was still the most handsome and talented man she had ever met, but she no longer had that obsessive feeling towards him.
"You must be surprised to see me just now, am I right?" Rose flashed a smile as she asked.
A hint of confusion could be observed from Kevin's eyes, which made her more confident. In fact, she could have been like this since the beginning. She had already decided to find a person who would want to be with her, rather than shamelessly chase someone who didn't even like her. But she didn't know what Mark really thought of her.
But why couldn't she try again for the man she loved, since she had already did a lot of despicable things just for Kevin to be with her?
"No" Kevin didn't even gave Rose a bit of hope.
"Don't worry. Whether you are surprised or not, I won't bother you anymore. I suddenly realize that being alone is freer and easier than being entangled with you, Kevin," Rose said with a faint, sad smile painted on her face.
"Have you thought about it through?" Kevin looked up and asked. His eyes was relaxed and calm.
"Yes, I have thought it through. But your eagerness to leave me made me feel bad." Rose was being honest. Her tone was not as gentle as before.
"Yes, but you are engaged to me and pregnant with my child. I should bear responsibility for you," Kevin said seriously, fixing his eyes on her as if telling her that he was certain about what he said.
"No, thanks. Just forget about the baby." Rose's heart sank, even though she was sure about leaving him.
"It's impossible. I won't put you into that kind of situation. Besides, I've came to like you after getting along with you for such a long time," Kevin sulkily said.
Rose was stunned for a moment. 'What happened to Kevin? I have already outgrown my feelings for him. Did he fall in love with me all of a sudden?' She was drowned in her own thoughts because of what Kevin said to her.
"You don't have to like me. You like Anne, don't you? Go and find your true love." And it occurred to her, if Kevin suddenly changed his mind and didn't let her go, how could she be able to find the one she really love? Rose felt scared at that thought.
"I think that you really are my true love. Can you give me another chance?" Kevin insisted. He was almost pleading.
Rose was taken aback. Her face looked nervous. "There's really no need. I'm not really pregnant and I didn't have sex with you at all. Please let me go. I lied to you because I was being possessive and I wanted you so bad. I'm sorry that I didn't told you sooner because I don't want to ruin my reputation to you. But now that we're breaking up, I really don't care about those trivial things anymore. So stop telling me these things. You're scaring me," she confessed.
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