Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness novel Chapter 53

"Are you leaving?"

Yulia asked with a hint of regret when she saw the man holding his car keys in his hand.

"Unfortunately my friend has been looking for me, urgently trying to communicate with me so I have to go home now. I'm sorry that I can't accompany you," said the man looking guilty.

Meanwhile, although he was looking sorry, his eyes were looking straight into Yulia's eyes, as if he was trying to communicate something to her. Yulia bit her lips while wringing her hands and turned to look at the main villa.

When she thought of Melinda, she really didn't want to go back to the banquet hall at all, because no one cared about her existence anyway.

"Can... can I go with you?"

Yulia asked after some hesitation. She liked hanging around the man because he gave her a sense of comfort and always took her seriously. He treated her as if she mattered.

"Are you sure you don't want to go back to the banquet?"

The man gave her a penetrating stare. His eyes seemed to see right through her thoughts at a glance. She nodded shyly, and said looking aggrieved, "I don't want to stay there at all.

"I'm going out for a drink with a few friends. Are you sure you are okay with that?"

The man suddenly walked up and touched Yulia's head, as if trying to comfort her. Such intimate behavior as if they were familiar with each other made Yulia blush. Then she threw caution to the wind and put her arms around the man's waist and said, "Take me away with you, please."

His chest did not disappoint. It was as warm as she had imagined, and he didn't refuse her request. She was sure that this person really must like her. She couldn't help but give a secret smile marveling at how lucky she was.

"Alright, let's go," the man said as he tagged Yulia's hand, leading her to the car.

Once Yulia got into the car, he made sure she was comfortable before he fastened her seat belt for her carefully.

"I don't know anything about you, at least tell me your name for starters."

Yulia had been so happy with all the attention she was receiving; she was in cloud nine, and had even forgotten to ask for his name. The man smiled exposing his well-lined teeth, fit for a toothpaste advert and said, "My name is Alan Lu."

"Alan?"

"What?"

Alan Lu looked at Yulia in confusion, while she was giggling and grinning like a Cheshire cat. The car was soon started and smoothly left the Gu's mansion, gaining power as it cruised down the freeway. Yulia was not worried that they were not talking to each other. She was very comfortable with the silence as long as she was sitting beside Alan Lu. She kept smiling the whole time until they reached their destination.

Several of Alan Lu’s friends were at the bar. As soon as he walked hand in hand with Yulia, they teased the two of them for a while as if it was not an everyday occurrence for Alan Lu to show up with a girl. Yulia was still adjusting to meeting so many strangers so she stayed quiet beside Alan Lu.

They started playing dice while Alan Lu drank as fast as he was playing, although he prevented Yulia from drinking as much. Soon he was too drunk to even hold his head up so he leaned on Yulia, and took a nap.

Yulia did not mind such intimate behavior and hoped for more.

The rest of his friends continued drinking and watching the show without giving them a single thought until it was past 1 a.m. before they started leaving one by one, each for their own direction. Before they left they would look at the two curiously as if just noticing that they were still there.

Yulia was getting drowsy and tired so Yulia took Alan Lu to the nearest hotel and booked the two of them a room. As soon as they got into the room, they both slumped into the bed at the same time. Yulia fell on Alan Lu who she had been struggling to hold upright and could barely move. Once it registered in her mind that she was actually on top of Alan Lu, she gingerly put her hands on his abdomen making provocative movements, trying to see if she could turn him on despite his drunken stupor.

Alan Lu sharply held his breath and stopped Yulia's hand from moving further.

"Miss Gu, need to take a shower fast."

Yulia knew that Alan Lu was rejecting her offer. He sounded more sober than she had assumed he was. Her face turned pale from embarrassment, but before she could apologize, she heard Alan Lu say, "We will have a better chance in the future."

The double meaning of his words was clearly reflected in the soft look that he gave her, and Yulia was instantly appeased. She had been a little embarrassed by her daring actions, but now she felt better as if she had gotten a new leash in life.

Yulia wrapped her arms around Alan Lu's waist and said softly, "Please call me Yulia."

"Yulia, please stop, I'm afraid if you continue what you are doing, I won't be able to control myself anymore." She wanted to say that it didn't matter if he couldn't control himself, but she softened when she saw the look of desperation in his eyes and how much respect he had for her.

"Okay."

Yulia kissed him lightly on the left cheek, then went back and tucked herself into bed. She always thought that all men were kind and treated women well just for sex, but Alan Lu was different.

After taking a shower, Alan Lu sobered up a lot. He hailed a taxi for Yulia and sent her home after profusely apologizing for his unbecoming behavior.

When Yulia got home, she arrived right on time just as Melinda was taking out the cake that she and Jonas had made. Nelson was over the moon since they had spent such a long time with him. He had a big smile permanently plastered on his face.

Yulia stayed there with them burning with the need to ask who Alan Lu really was, but she held back. Eventually, she went to the dining room early the next morning and asked Nelson who was having breakfast by himself.

"Alan Lu? Oh, he must be among the group of people who had started their own business in recent years. He is quite famous in the Information Technology industry although I don't know much about that. Your brother may be better placed to give you more information about that industry."

Nelson wasn't familiar with what the young people were doing nowadays, but he was still impressed by their success and their business acumen. Yulia became even more attracted to Alan Lu when she heard what her grandfather had to say about him. Her grandfather was never easily impressed and a person who started a business on his own without any external help must be very outstanding.

"Why do you ask, how come you are so interested in this guy?"

Nelson studied Yulia looking confused while Yulia tried to hurriedly avoid making any eye contact with him. "I heard a few people talking about him last night, and I got curious," she said perfunctorily.

Yulia then continued asking more questions about Alan Lu, interrogating her grandfather as if she was the FBI, although Nelson wasn't paying much attention. He finally realized she wasn't going to stop asking so he asked Gavin to collect some useful information for her.

Armed with the information she had collected from Gavin, Yulia went to Aner Electronic Technology Company. She curiously looked around the company that had a modern electric feeling, giving off the vibes that it was definitely owned by a young person. She then walked to the front desk going for what she wanted.

"Hello, I'm Yulia Gu from Soaring Group. I am here to see Alan Lu."

Knowing clearly that she couldn't just walk into people's offices without an appointment, Yulia introduced herself giving her identity. As soon as she heard who Yulia was, the receptionist immediately made a call to Alan Lu's office.

"Miss Gu, the boss's office is on the seventh floor, the secretary will be waiting for you as soon as you step out of the elevator, to show you to his office."

The receptionist gave her very clear directions and it was only after Yulia had left that she stopped and wondered when their company had anything to do with Soaring Group.