Me After Meeting You

“I… I haven’t offended you, have I?”

Ian thought for a moment before turning around and grinning at her with all of his teeth exposed. “Yes, you have.”

She was very shocked. “When?”

“Does changing our date plans on your own count?”

“That doesn’t count. I already obtained your approval.” She very much wanted to directly head home, but now, she could only say, “Why don’t we go watch a movie together?”

Ian actually didn’t object. Amber looked up some tickets online, but she found that the only ones available were in the early morning. Reluctant to do so, she asked quietly, “Can we get food instead?”

Ian ignored her request this time, instead driving to Axton Hotel. Once they arrived, some attendants came over to receive them, and as Amber and Ian walked inside, they reported, “Director Axton, we’ve prepared everything.”

Amber didn’t know what he was planning, and just walked alongside him. As they were walking, Amber’s mother called, saying that everyone was going to go out and get a meal together and asking where she was.

Amber vaguely brushed it off with an excuse about how she was busy and couldn’t go back. She asked them to just eat without her, and then also asked her mom to help her apologize to her relatives and friends.

As she was saying all this, Ian suddenly leaned towards her and said, “We’re here.”

Amber was startled and hurriedly tried to cover up the microphone.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

But her mother had already heard his voice, and started yelling. “Who’s that?”

Amber slammed the phone shut and quickly put it back into her pocket. Her expression after recovering from a slight shock contained a sliver of self-deceiving foolishness. Ian found it so cute that his lips unconsciously curled up slightly; as he did so, a wisp of gentleness seeped into his fair and handsome features like the pure mountain snow after the first spring thaw.

Amber awkwardly touched the corners of her mouth as she looked around. “Where are we?”

She had been at Axton Hotel a few times now, but only to three places: the cafe, the office, and Ian’s room.

This location was entirely new to her. It seemed just like a private room in a restaurant as it was exquisitely decorated, but it also seemed like an entrance to somewhere.

Ian made a grand gesture, inviting her in. The doors to the room opened, and she followed him in. Inside was a spherical room with elegant and refined interior decorations, a table, chairs, and exquisite refreshments ready to be served.

Amber originally thought that this was just a place for dining, but then she saw the doors close. Ian briskly walked further inside of the room and pulled the thick curtains apart.

Behind the curtains was a huge wall of glass, and behind the glass was just a blue… screen of water. “Are we underwater?” She asked, quite shocked.

Ian didn’t respond, merely looking at her silently. Once she walked over, he snapped his fingers, and then the room suddenly turned dark, all the lights clicking off at the same time.

As the darkness settled in, Amber remained still, not daring to move. She saw that a lamp had been lit beyond the water screen; the lamplight felt remote and seemed far away, but then, the light intensified and grew larger, causing the screen of water to become a huge curtain.

Above the curtain was the sky, vast and boundless, while the colorful, dazzling lights shimmering overhead were like an aurora. As the sparkling lights mixed and weaved together, they created a scene that looked just like fireworks in the night sky; the whole display had a sense of elegance and beauty that caught the spirit, as if its charm was something one could grab by extending their arm.

Amber’s waist tightened at the beautiful scene as Ian suddenly hugged her, turned her face around, and kissed her against that magnificent backdrop.

***

Ian didn’t kiss Amber for very long, and actually released her before she could react to his move.

She had to admit, this kiss was pretty decent. Amber had always felt that she wouldn’t like to fall for someone that easily. Case in point, when she broke up with Calvin, she didn’t feel all that upset; she even truly believed that she might end up like her professor Nancy, dedicating her life to medicine and to her patients.

But this kiss by Ian made her realize that she didn’t actually subconsciously reject Ian as her boyfriend, and she wasn’t even repulsed by being intimate with him.

Furthermore, under the resplendent backdrop, Ian’s already handsome face was enhanced with a soft glow, giving his skin the healthy appearance of a well toasted bun, one that she wanted to take a bite out of.

Amber tried hard not to drool too much, but this was extremely difficult! He was so close to her that their foreheads were about to touch; she could even smell his clean scent and the rich smell of his male pheromones.

She involuntarily thought back to the pornographic, shameful dream that she had had on New Year’s Eve. And then in her moment of weakness, Ian asked her, “Do you like the view?”

His voice was low and hoarse, sexy and titillating.

Amber tried to remain calm. “Yes.”

Ian directly said, “I mean me.” He tilted her jaw up with one hand, making her look at him. Meanwhile, his other hand grabbed her hand and guided it to drape across his sculpted jaw, past his fine and slight Adam’s apple and his lean but strong chest, until it finally reached his narrow waist.

He then squeezed her fingers and made them press hard against his equally hard abs. He remembered that her glance had lingered in that area earlier for a few seconds, her face flushed a deep red. “Do I look good?”

Unable to resist her own desires, Amber’s face turned red again. By that time, the light from the water screen had slowly dissipated, and the screen had turned into the dark cosmos, shining stars blinking amidst the darkness.

This was more than just a light show-this date was also a test of extreme endurance for Amber’s mind!

Amber wasn’t a coy person. When she realized that her feelings had already gone out of control, she didn’t waste more energy struggling to control it. Instead, even with a red face, she tried hard to calmly say, “Yes, you look good.”

And then after a brief pause, she continued to say, “The room’s very beautiful, you’re also beautiful, and your physique is even more beautiful.” When people feel anxious, they can relieve some of the tension by talking more.

With her free hand, Amber gently touched Ian’s face as she asked, “Ian Axton, do you know what the term is for someone who uses a face as handsome as yours and an expression as cool and calm as yours to tease someone?”