Chapter 7

Right after Dylan left, my mother crept up to me sneakily.

“My gosh. Your dad’s boss’s son is so good-looking,” She exclaimed, “I want to have him…”

I looked at my mother and felt my father’s position being threatened.

“I mean I want to have him as my son-in-law. What are you thinking?” My mother glared at me.

“Oh.” I realized I might be getting the wrong idea after all. Oh, wait a minute. “Forgive me for my incompetence, but I can never get a son-in-law like that for you.”

“It doesn’t matter how competent you are.” She sighed as she looked up at the sky. “I heard Dylan is getting engaged.”

“Engaged?” I almost broke my teeth from gritting it too hard.

“Yup. I heard that he’s getting engaged to another corporate boss’s daughter. It’s to build a strong alliance between the two corporations.” My mother swept her eyes over me and shook her head.

My heart dropped and my mind went blank.

Oh gosh, what I did to him last night became a great sin. I was done for.

“What are you daydreaming about?” my mother looked at me before adding. “I think your dad might be able to get a promotion if the two corporations make an alliance. He’s been waiting for this day.”

“Oh, that’s great.” I stammered as I replied, but I could feel my insides swirling like a whirlpool.

I was afraid that my dad would be disappointed. If Dylan’s fiance found out about what happened between us, the engagement would probably be ruined…

For the next few days, I was feeling uneasy. I could not bear it anymore and went through my father’s phone while he was taking a bath.

I found Dylan’s phone number, quickly took note of it, and returned to my room.

I took my phone and sent a messaging request to the number through Facebook. Not surprisingly, I received no reply even after a long time.

I sent another text. “My name is Stephanie. Can you accept my request?”

On the second day, my message still did not get through. All I got was a single “?”

What a headache. I sent another text. “I’m that sister from before.”

This time, the other side replied quickly. “Which one?”

‘Which one? Just how many does he have?’

Oh right. Young masters from rich families like him are usually womanizers.

“The one from when you stayed over the other day…”

“I don’t remember.”

He couldn’t remember? I really wanted to blow his head off.

I held back my embarrassment and reminded him. “You slept in my room and I thought you were my birthday present. You weren’t wearing clothes so I bought you some from downstairs. That one!”

Just as I sent the message, my request got approved.

“Aunt?” He sent a text over that made my blood boil.

“Can I talk to you about something?”

“Yes.”

“About what happened the other day, can you keep it a secret? See, you and I were both drunk, so we didn’t know what we were doing. Since we’re both adults, can you forget about what happened?”

No reply. What was he trying to do? Could he perhaps be unsatisfied with my explanation?

I continued, “Send me your address, and I’ll send the bag over to you. Oh, I cleaned your clothes too and will send them together. What else do you want? Just say it and I’ll try my best to fulfill it.”

There was no reply from the other side.

I finally realized how tough the situation was. I added once more, “Actually, I’ll be going on blind dates soon, and I also heard that you’re getting engaged. So can we just pretend that nothing happened?”

He finally replied. “Are you done talking?”

“Done,” I replied after giving it some thought. I couldn’t possibly have made myself any clearer.

“Since you’re done, do you still want me?” He paused before adding. “I’m free tonight.”

I was stunned and felt goosebumps all over.

After everything that happened, could I even think about wanting him? There was no way I could afford the consequences…

Was everything I said just a waste of time?

“Do you even understand what I’ve been saying?” I asked him.

He suddenly sent a voice message over. I placed my phone closer to my ear. “ Why do you like to use the word ‘even’ so much?”

I was utterly confused.

Within moments, another voice message came through. “I understand now. Sis, I didn't know you’re into that.”

The meaning of the sentence was changed completely with his languid tone. I could feel my face burning, and my head was about to explode. I quickly threw the phone aside.

Did I really say something so shameful? What an embarrassment!

“Can you be serious? I’m talking about a serious matter right now.”

He finally replied. “Sure.”

“Say it. What do you want?” I learned from my mistakes and threw the question at him.

“I’ll do anything you ask me to.”

“Why are you so obedient all of a sudden?”

“If I’m not obedient, I’m afraid that you might make me cry.” It was a voice message, and I could hear the laughter in his voice.

When did I…

“Just give me your address. Then we can stop talking to each other.” I did not want to continue this nonsense with him.

“…” He sent me a string of ellipses.

After half an hour, I still did not receive his address. I sent him a question mark as a reminder, and a notification appeared.

I was blocked.