Adrian’s pale face glowed in a vibrant shade. Dark clouds dispersed and springly ambience took over.
Observing the scene from the rearview mirror, Ji Yan smiled bitterly. Miss Yu, exactly which part of you is embarrassed? You are obviously embarrassing me with your bootlicking skills!
Ji Yan drove over to a Michelin Star Restaurant far away from the campus of Imperial University.
Throughout the way, Adrian did not loosen his grip on Ella’s hand. He continued holding it even when her hand got a bit sweaty.
Ella wondered if her new hand care was that effective.
It took almost 2 hours for them to reach there but Ella had no complaints at all.
Before this, she visited Adrian’s company but during that time, her mind had been burdened with way too many thoughts.
The night she shifted to the dorms, that scam doctor accompanied her and kept annoying her the entire way.
And after she settled in the dorms, she decided to play it safe for a while.
Because although Adrian was more reasonable lately and she was calmer than before, it was difficult to completely remould one’s behaviour patterns overnight.
So Ella was afraid that one wrong step and everything would go back to square one. So she had decided to be careful.
Hence, ever since her rebirth, this was the first time she was really getting a chance to go around and see places without worrying about ticking Adrian off.
Ji Yan opened the door for Ella first before moving it to the other side and opening it for Adrian.
Ella was surprised at first but then she gave him thumbs up for his chivalry.
Ji Yan cried without tears when he saw that. Miss Yu, I am not chivalrous at all. My priority is second master all the time. It’s just that my hands are forced... you know.
While Ella was observing the lavish garden area with hearts of vitality floating around her head, she heard Ji Yan talking to Adrian, "Second Master, all the necessary arrangements have been done. The private room has been booked and you will dine in absolute seclusion.’’
"Absolute... seclusion?" Before Adrian could speak, Ella’s voice sounded from behind.
Both the men turned around only to find the vitality hearts above Ella’s head dropping on the ground.
The girl who had looked energetic and lively like a sunflower suddenly resembled dried grass.
But still, when meeting Adrian’s gaze, she let out a smile.
Except... the smile made her look like she would end up crying at any moment.
’’Open area,’’ Adrian calmly said before he tucked his hand in his pocket and walked towards Ella.
Ella’s face brightened, ’’I knew it... You also don’t like those enclosed spaces, right?"
Ji Yan: "_" Don’t like enclosed spaces? Miss Yu, if not for his responsibilities, the Second Master would probably settle in some dark cave and never see the light of the day!
As if afraid that Adrian would change his mind, Ella went on describing the boons of Adrian’s decision,"Baby, where is the fun in staying behind closed doors and knowing nothing of the outside? When we dine in the open area, it is like there is a huge life like television in front of us and let’s be honest, it’s way livelier...’’
"_" Ji Yan dabbed his flower embroidered handkerchief on his forehead. Eh... Precisely because it is lively that the second master hates it.
"Baby, I am so excited. How about you?" Ella smiled so wide that her cheeks bulged and two little dimples appeared on them.
Ji Yan laughed bitterly. Excited? It was already a miracle that the second master wasn’t burning this whole place down in his ire by now. And what was there to be excited about...
"Excited.’’ Adrian uttered a single word that pierced through Ji Yan’s belief system yet again.
It took Ji Yan some time to recover yet he could not recover completely.
"_" Have I lived long enough? Second Master is even excited to sit and dine in a crowd now?
But alas, although they dined in the open area, the entire setup was still far from meeting Ella’s expectations.
However, it completely suited Adrian’s royal demeanour. The entire place was set up like a royal feast.
Ella and Adrian were seated in the cornermost table, the area was a bit dark and detached from the rest of the tables in the grand dining hall as well.
’’Don’t like it?" Adrian asked the girl who was sighing away at the interval of every 0.1 second.
Ella was startled, "How could it be? I can barely contain my happiness.’’
She did not like it one bit. But what if she told Adrian that and he decided to drag her back to the Eve Mansion to eat?
One open window in four closed walls is still better than four closed walls with no windows.
Ella picked up the menu and skimmed through it when the waiter came to take their order.
With Adrian’s health condition, he was very picky with food and this was something she had not cared much about before.
In her previous life, she barely saw him eating and she did not care whether he ate or not. Her relation with food was as complicated as it could get. Sometimes she was binge eating and sometimes she was starving herself to lose weight.
But Adrian’s problems were more deep rooted. He was not particularly picky with food but rather he lacked appetite.
Ella couldn’t exactly pinpoint what it was but a part of her was inclined to believe that most of his troubles, including his disorderly mood, was a result of his terrible sleeping disorder.
"Tell me what you feel like eating,’’ Ella looked at the man.
Adrian paused, a rare moment of confusion flickered between his brows before he opened his mouth, ’’I’ll have what you have.’’
Ella’s jaw went slack at the smoothness with which he uttered those words.
After a while, she came to herself and cleared her throat, ’’Fine, don’t regret it later then,’’ a twinkle of mischief flashed by her dark eyes.
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