It'll Come Naturally

It had been one week since Michelle last saw Luke. For the previous week, Michelle went to a remote village with the excuse of traveling. But in fact, she wanted to stay away from S City for a while in order to rethink about herself and her feelings for Luke. She was the kind who expressed her love and unhappiness without inhibition. In order to win Luke's heart and make him change his attitude towards her, she had to be strong enough, so that she would be able to endure the pain that he caused over and over. That was how much she loved him.

He still remained cold with a certain, noticeable distance between them and Michelle still could not help but feel small. Despite this, she still raised her chin and proudly walked up to him.

"Hey! Iceman." Michelle tried as hard as she could to greet him with a steady voice and calm expression. She greeted him in a casual tone as if she just ran into him. But actually, she followed him all the way here.

Luke saw her but did not acknowledge her, acting indifferently and continuing to drink the tea in his hand. At this time, Edward was staying with Daisy so he did not need to be on standby for any work for Edward. He was enjoying his rare free time, especially happy that Michelle hadn't shown up for an entire week to bother him, which he appreciated. But now, out of nowhere, she showed up here, and that was something Luke did not anticipate. He thought she'd already given up.

Michelle had already gotten used to his attitude. But she still could not help feeling a bit awkward when he made no response at all. It was as if they did not know each other and Michelle was talking too loudly with someone else. There was nothing she could do but let out a smile to cover her embarrassment.

"May I sit down?" Michelle asked for his permission. But she took the seat before Luke made any reply. She knew she could not allow him any chance to refuse her.

Luke did not even glance in her direction and ignored her completely, indicating that it did not matter to him whether she was there or not. He looked down with pursed lips and widened eyes, looking embarrassed, as if complaining to someone, even though there was nobody else except for Michelle.

"Luke, you like tea!" Michelle had difficulty finding an interesting topic. She seemed to feel that the air surrounding them was so thin and stressful that she was almost unable to breathe. Despite this, she did not back down. She stared at him with flattering eyes and a bright smile on her face, waiting for their eyes to meet.

When a man did not like a woman, he would consider her as invisible and ignore her completely. And Luke did it perfectly. The indifference and lack of response could be the most powerful weapon to kill someone's confidence and passion.

But not to be intimidated easily, Michelle did not mind it at all and kept staring at him. Just now, she realized that she had gotten better at coping with stress. She was even able to remain patient and calm in the face of such an asshole.

Michelle stared at him with passionate eyes all this time. Luke, though a cold man, finally started to feel a bit uneasy. He could not help but frown as he began to feel annoyed. Michelle's approach was finally working. He did not want to get mad at her though, so he tried hard to hold it in. He really had great difficulty understanding why she just couldn't give up on him, after all the bad things he had said and done to her. Did she have no concept of shame? Luke could not help but get annoyed at such a thought all of a sudden. "You won't let me go no matter how many times I refuse you, right?" Unable to contain himself any longer, Luke finally spoke to ask. His voice still sounded chilling, as he stared at her with his cold eyes.

"I won't give up. That is until you get married." Yes, she indeed liked him a lot. She never cared how rude he was to her because deep inside she knew that it was just his rigid facade. Maybe he had gotten hurt badly in the past and had now sworn off every woman in the universe. But she would not give up on him. She would keep popping up everywhere until he got used to her and started appreciating her. The only time she would stop bothering him was if and when he got married. She would not be a shameless loser who ran after a married man. Yes, she was a thug, having connections in the underworld, but she had her limits and she would draw the line at some point. Far up ahead, she already knew what she should and should not do.

"Fine. If that's the case, I will marry you! But I have one request. You go and persuade your parents about it. Don't expect me to help you with that. I'm not the type who visits the family and asks their daughter's hand in marriage. Yuck." Luke shrugged in disgust. "Let me know how that goes." Just then, Luke stood up. His parents actually could not stop talking about his future, especially about marriage recently. He did not want them to worry about him anymore. Plus, Michelle was the only single woman he knew. So he'd considered that it could be worth a try. She desperately wanted to have him, while he was in need of a wife. As long as his parents were happy, he did not care who his wife was, at all.000