The next morning, the sun came up slowly from the horizon, breaking the dawn of a new day.
And with that came the date of their agreement. From today, Mandy was going to live with Nathan!
"Ding Dong!"
the doorbell rang very early in the morning. Afraid of disturbing her parents, Mandy jumped out of bed and rushed to open the door almost bare foot.
When she opened the door, she was stunned.
She couldn't believe that Nathan had come personally to pick her up.
"What? You? Why have you come here?" Mandy spoke incoherently. Maybe, she was a little excited to see Nathan in the early morning. But at the same time, she was also afraid that her parents would come to know about him.
"I'm here to pick you up. Why do you look so surprised?" Nathan smirked. His eyes traveled from her wide-eyed face downwards, only to stop at her feet. He raised his left eyebrow and cast a weird glace at Mandy's face when he noticed that she had come to answer the doorbell without even putting on her shoes. He wondered that Mandy must be that excited to meet him.
"I thought that you asked someone to pick me up?" Mandy stammered with guilt. And then she turned her head to look into the house, fearing that her parents would come out. Her heart pounded, and she had a strange feeling in her stomach.
"What? This is your house. Why are you behaving like a thief? Are you so afraid that I might be discovered by your family?" Nathan smiled teasingly and narrowed his dark eyes at Mandy.
"No. That's not true. Wait a minute," Mandy said, and the very next moment, she slammed the door shut.
With the door banging closed on his face, Nathan was left outside the door. He gnashed his teeth and shouted angrily, "Bad girl."
"Knock, knock, knock." A few moments later, he heard a scurry of footsteps.
Mandy opened the door again and threw two huge suitcases at Nathan, and said with a twisted smile, "Thank you, Mr. Jin."
Nathan picked up the suitcases with ease and leaned against the door. He looked into Mandy's eyes and said jokingly, "Do you know how heavy it is? In fact, why don't you invite me to your house for a cup of tea?"
"No, Mr. Jin. It's not a good idea to have tea here. The tea in my home tastes bad. Moreover, I'm sure you don't like tea, either," Mandy refused Nathan with a cordial smile. She was both nervous and worried at the same time.
'Oh, my God! Why hasn't he left yet?' Mandy thought in her mind.
"Now you want to drive me away, don't you? Okay. No problem," Nathan said as he rolled his dark eyes mischievously. Then he stretched out his slender finger and tapped on the side of his face.
His evil smile was self-explanatory. Mandy knew what he meant. He just wanted her to kiss him.
Without wasting any more time and also to make sure that Nathan went away as quickly as possible, she stood on her toes and planted a kiss on his left cheek. It was the first time that she had kissed him.
When his masculine air lingered on Mandy's nose, she blushed. She lowered her head bashfully and said, "Okay, you can go now."
"Okay, after work, you have to come directly to No. 520, Haibin Road. That's our home," Nathan said. After that, he waved his hand and left carrying the two suitcases in his hands.
As soon as he reached the gate, Fred caught up with him and took the suitcases from him.
"Ahem, you look very happy." Fred had been working for Nathan for so many years. Hence, he knew very well what kind of person Nathan was.
Unexpectedly, there was a childish smile on Nathan's face. He licked his lips and said, "No."
"That's not your style of denying," Fred remarked.
"Are you free now? Then you can go back and copy some words for ten times?" Nathan said cheerfully, as he took long strides ahead.
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