SWNOVELS Chapter 21 I Am So Very Ungrateful
Sophia frowned. Colin was right. She had wanted to use his power to get revenge. However, today she was asking Colin not to get involved. No wonder he called her a hypocrite. When Colin saw her mulling over his observation, he regretted what he had said. He wondered if he had yet again, gone too far.
Colin got up from the couch irritably, "Okay. That's enough for today."
Still immersed in her thoughts, Sophia didn't move. She assumed Colin meant that he was leaving. "Oh, goodbye, Mr. Li."
Colin felt his frustration mounting. He walked up to her, lifted her chin with his right hand, and explained, "I mean you can leave work now! Not me!"
Sophia was about to nod, but she then accidentally saw that his tie was missing. She slapped away his hand, and calmly said, "I've got plenty of work to do, Mr. Li."
"I said you can go home now! Don't you understand, Soapy?" Colin didn't miss her sudden emotion change. What was she thinking?
Did she want to dump him since he was useless to her now? How ungrateful was she?
Sophia was walking to her desk. She turned to Colin and shouted, "Don't call me Soapy! My name is Sophia! Don't you know it's impolite to give others a nickname?" Colin was speechless.
He closed his eyes, trying to think of a phrase to describe how he felt. But he couldn't quite remember what it was. Oh, yes. "A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. Sophia, why are you unhappy now? Why are you being so ungrateful?"
Sophia calmly replied, "Yes, I am very ungrateful. How about you go and find Miss Chiao? She's grateful and kind."
." Colin wondered why Sophia brought every argument back to Jamie Chiao.
"How dare you!"
Colin approached her and Sophia fled from him again.
Colin reached out his hands, but only clutched empty air.
"Mr. Li, don't you think you are an asshole? You gave your tie to Miss Chiao as a token, and pretended to have an affair with me at the same time. Do you really think that all the women in the world will line up to pursue you just because you have some money?"
"I gave my tie to Jamie? I pretended to have an affair with you? I want all women to swoon over me? Sophia Lo... You are really a piece of work." Colin strode forward, grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his
arms.
Sophia took a step back but Colin kept pushing. A few steps later, Sophia found herself pushed up against the desk.
The position made Sophia blush. She muttered, "Off!"
"You'd better tell me how you came to think that I gave my tie to Jamie as a token." He stressed on the latter part of the sentence.
"Are you playing innocent here? Where is your tie? You dare say you didn't gave it to Miss. Chiao? And you told me I'm the one that needs to explain? Ha!" Sophia's ironic gaze swept across the open collar of his shirt.
His collar was unbuttoned. And when she accidentally glanced inside, what she saw made her swallow.
Colin tightened his grip on her wrist, "Who the hell told you I gave it to her?"
"You don't have to pretend. The whole secretary's office has seen her brandishing your tie with that pretentious look. And she told them that you gave it to her! You are such a casanova!"
Colin thought for a while and explained to her, "I asked Miss Chiao to throw it away for me. Hell knows why she kept it!"
Hmmm? He asked Jamie to throw it away for him?
"Why did you want to throw it away?"
Colin gently put his arm around her soft waist. It felt so good to hold her. "Someone touched it. So I didn't want it anymore."
Sophia thought back to when she had dragged Jamie into Colin's office. She had seen Jamie wrap her fingers around Colin's tie. She now understood that Jamie Chiao had been lying this whole time! Sophia felt relieved. She stopped fighting with Colin. The silence in the room wasn't awkward any more. Instead, it was charged with attraction between the two. Colin's eyes narrowed when he gazed at her lips, "Now, tell me about my fantasy about other women, Miss Lo."
Sophia became conscious about how close they were standing. Colin held her so tight that she could smell his perfume, "Ah, that is.. Let go of me first... Then I will tell you about that..."
Colin heard nothing. He was completely mesmerized by the way Sophia's lips opened and closed when she spoke. He lowered his head and kissed her.
Totally astounded, Sophia widened her eyes. He... Him... Why was he always doing that to her?
She stomped on Colin's feet to deter him, but he just frowned and continued kissing her.
That rascal! Sophia started to struggle, but before she could squirm out of his arms, her limbs felt weak. Colin only held her tighter and kissed her deeper.
After a long while, Colin pulled himself from Sophia's soft and warm lips.
He touched her forehead with his, and with his thumb, he caressed her cheek. He flashed her a wicked grin, "No wonder so many men were interested in you. You taste so good."
He said that only to tease her. Not because he believed the rumors shared by Payne and Dorothy.
But Sophia didn't see it as a playful tease. His words washed away the cloud of bliss that had descended over Sophia. She raised her hand to slap him. But this time Colin stopped her. "You want to slap me again? How dare you, Sophia Lo?"
Sophia pulled her hand back, then pushed him away, "Colin, if you don't stay away from me, I'll stay away from you."
After quickly sorting through the documents on her desk, Sophia pulled the key to the locker from her drawer and left the office.
Colin watched her as she hastily walked away, his mind wandering back to her words. I will keep my distance from you in the future, she had said.
Emmmm.... He was so upset!
Very, very upset!
As Sophia walked out of the company, she saw a Porsche stop at the gate. Wade was looking at his watch anxiously.
When he saw Sophia, he quickly went to her, "Miss Lo, I have emergency at home. Would you take Mr. Li home for me, please?"
He didn't even wait for Sophia's answer. He simply put the car keys in her hand and ran away.
Sophia didn't know what to say. She looked at the keys.
Even though the car had stopped in front of her, she couldn't see who was sitting in it. Sophia let out a sigh, and went to the driver's seat.
Colin was in the car, leaning against the seat. He was talking on the phone. Sophia paused, but then, she got into the car.
She didn't know with whom Colin was speaking, but he wasn't upset. "Yes. I see... No, there was no wedding... Stay in the barracks, don't keep running out... Levi Li! Mother always worries about you!" Oh! Sophia remembered Colin had a younger brother, whose name was Levi Li, whom she had never seen before.
She stopped the car in front of Colin's villa. Sophia turned off the engine, and opened the door for Colin, "Mr. Li, you are home."
But Colin didn't move.
Sophia looked at the time, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, but I have to run now. Here is the key. I gotta go!"
She would miss the last subway if she stayed here any longer.
She put the key on the seat, and turned to leave.
"Sophia Lo!" Colin called her back.
Sophia turned, "Yes, Mr. Li?"
"Mother just called me. She wants us to video chat with her tonight!" Colin stepped out off the car.
"And?" Sophia looked at him in puzzlement.
Colin glanced at her, "Get in!"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐