There is hesitation on her tone, only determination. She looked at Guan Xian as if he is the only man left in the world. A rare grin appears on Guan Xian's face. He raised the corner of his eyes, turning to his friend with a slightly arrogant glance.
Jian Jun furrowed his eyebrow, his lips twitching. He opens his mouth at one time but shut his mouth in another second.
Wang Kai is frowning. He looked confused and lost at the moment.
Guan Xian never saw that face before. He felt so satisfied and content upon watching Wang Kai's reaction.
Ji Cun Xi-
"..." Guan Xian looked at the person next to him with a pitiful gaze.
He falls from his chair. That 'BOOM' sound that comes after Xia Sha's declaration is his splendid response.
"You okay there, buddy?" Guan Xian asked him in compassion.
Ji Cun Xi rub his bottom and grumpily ignored Guan Xian's question. He took a deep breath and stood up by himself.
"Hey! How could you lie to people like that? Where is your dignity?" Ji Cun Xi furrowed his eyebrow at Xia Sha. His eyebrow wiggled uncontrollably.
"What did I do?" Xia Sha blinked her eyes innocently.
"Ji Cun Xi-ah, did your cheek hurt?" Wang Kai pressed his lips, trying to hold his laughter. Ji Cun Xi sulked.
"Xia Sha, ignore him. He had a weird obsession with Guan Xian. We always thought he is secretly in love with him!" Jian Jun unexpectedly smile warmly at Xia Sha.
Xia Sha nods her head and walks toward Guan Xian. Her eyes were burning with fire. In Guan Xian's eyes, Xia Sha always looks most attractive when she looks like this.
Her eyebrow is arching beautifully. Her lashes flutter like a butterfly. Guan Xia felt his heart bursting when their eyes collided into one. Xia Sha walking closer to him, looking domineering as she turned his chair and trapped him between her slim arm.
"What?" Guan Xian flustered. He looked at her with so many expectations in his eyes.
"I said, let's get married," Xia Sha repeated for a second time.
Ji Cun Xi saw Guan Xian's shameless grin and Xia Sha's serious face with jaw-dropping on the floor. This! How could he explain this experience in the future?
Xia Sha's words and actions have once again torn all the valuation Ji Cun Xi had about her. He could never believe this shameless and domineering girl is the same girl who blushed because he caught them kissing before.
THIS! WHAT IS THIS? Ji Cun Xi's mind screamed in frustration.
"Why should we get married? You don't even want to kiss me back before?" Guan Xian said to Xia Sha, smirking as he holds Xia Sha's hand on his armchair.
"Bro, I remember you bought a new game recently. Do you want to try it out today? I cleared my schedule," Wang Kai looked at Jian Jun.
"Sure, good idea," Jian Jun replied and stood up from his seat almost right away. Wang Kai followed him after. They did not forget to drag Ji Cun Xi, who just lost his soul after hearing the word 'marriage' for the second time.
Jian Jun carried his arm while Wang Kai holds Ji Cun Xi's feet.
"Don't worry about him. Go back to your discussion," Wang Kai smiled shortly to Xia Sha and Guan Xian before he closed the door. However, midway before he completely disappears, he peeked back in Guan Xian's direction.
"Good luck, brother-in-law!" Wang Kai shouted shamelessly.
"!!!"
Guan Xian cursed Wang Kai under his breath but did not dare to do it so loudly. Calm down, Calm down, look at the bright side! He told his self as he stares at Xia Sha's beautiful face.
"What happens to Ji Cun Xi? You two-?" Xia Sha raised her right eyebrow in skepticism.
Catching clear images of Xia Sha's mind right now, Guan Xian roared to defend his reputation.
"Xia Sha! Whatever inside your mind right now, you better throw it far away," he scowls.
Xia Sha titled her head and looked in the door direction. She bites her tongue in hesitation.
"But he looked so devastated when I- gasp!" Xia Sha never finished her sentence because Guan Xian's arm pulled her into his lap in one swift movement.
Xia Sha's eyes flared when she realized she had seated on Guan Xian's tight. Before he fully recovered from her surprise, she felt Guan Xian's hot breath blow before her ears. Chills run down her spine.
"When you proposed to me?" he finished her sentence.
Xia Sha holds her breath as Guan Xian's action started to mess up with her mind. She wandered her eyes all over the place, trying to find a distraction to keep her sanity.
But then her gaze falls on the white room where she talked with the young woman before. Like cold water, that place enough to sober her from Guan Xian's effect on her.
"Yes. I proposed to you. Wait, no! That is not right. You proposed to me, and this is my answer today!" Xia Sha moves her head slightly to look at Guan Xian at his back.
Guan Xian finds it ticklish when Xia Sha's hair brush against his nose. He chuckled and tightened his arm around Xia Sha's waist.
"And my lady, I asked you to tell me your reason? Why did you agree to marry me today? Don't you want to protect your family? That young woman offers to let your family and friend go if you dump me."
He dropped his jaw on her right shoulder and looked at her with eyes filled with hope.
Xia Sha pressed her lips into a straight line. The gentle smile that hanging on her face slowly turned into a smirk.
"She does, and I agreed."
"I heard your conversation with her. My hurt could break into pieces if I don't have a better understanding of that thorny personality of yours," Guan Xian murmured, sounded sly even though he used a sad tone.
Xia Sha snorted.
"You knew why and still asking me?" Xia Sha hit his hand on her flat stomach and tried to escape from his embrace.
"I want you to tell me directly. The guessing game is exciting, but I don't like the uncertainty," Guan Xian confessed honestly.
Although he knew Xia Sha is the type of person who will do the opposite when someone threatened her, it still felt suffocating when he heard her mentioning breaking up.
He almost went insane when he fought with Xia Sha. The flight attendant and Tang Yu Bin could be the witness. He swore he almost seize the pilot's yoke just because he couldn't wait to see her face and makeup with her.
He could look so confident because he understands Xia Sha's fiery personality. But he still felt a big hand squeezing his heart out when Ji Cun Xi straightforwardly mentions the probability of his nightmare.
"I want to be certain when it comes to you because I'm certain that it's impossible returning to my old life after you. Xia Sha, no matter what the reason you might have, I will not leave or get angry at you. But I wished that you could try to-" Guan Xian stopped as he seems to lose his word in confusion.
Xia Sha felt her heartbreak along with his insecurity. Her eyes dropped, falling on the big, warm hand. That hand belongs to the person whose always holding her tight whenever she needs a hug.
The person who always stood behind to support her.
The person who stands next to her and holds her hand as they walked together.
The person who stood in front and protected her when she is weak.
But she made this person question himself. She makes him doubted his warmth that slowly heals the ugly, deep wound on her heart.
She smiled and gently removed his hand from his stomach. She turned around and stared at those pair of attractive dark brown eyes. Gently, she touched his cheek.
"Do you know what did I think the moment I heard that woman's offer? I think about my grandfather, my parents, and my friend," she caresses his cheek with her thumb.
"I thought it would worth the pain. I thought it would only be another heartbreak. You will hate me, but I'll get over you. We will move on and be happy," she chuckled in a mocking tone.
"I will grow along with loads of money. I will be okay, I thought. That had always been my vision after my parents' divorce. I ensured myself that I would be alright without you. I walked out of the room, trying to convince myself again. I said it's okay. Guan Xian deserves better anyway."
Guan Xian shook his head and looked at Xia Sha sadly. Xia Sha keeps her gentle smiles and carries on her story.
"He deserves a loving and gentle wife. Someone that is not so fucked up. Someone that would trust him as much as she trusted him. They will have a cute daughter and son together. They will be happy. He doesn't have to act so carefully to protect my heart."
Guan Xian put his hand on the top of her hand. He furrowed his eyebrow in a grumpy face right now.
"Stop saying nonsense!" He said fiercely, making Xia Sha giggles.
"Exactly, that is what I said to myself. Stop saying nonsense and keep your word. You promise that you will trust this man. Moreover, how can I watched him love another woman after all those sweet nothing he whispers to me? I would make sure he got a vasectomy before he had a son from that woman."
Xia Sha laughed and cupped Guan Xian's shocked expression. She wrinkled her nose and cut the distance between their face.
"I said to myself, Xia Sha, could you barely survive this enemy? How can you stay alive if you make Young Master Guan turn his back against you?"
"I believe you can," Guan Xian pulled his lips into a sweet smile.
"I know you can, you just don't want to live without me."
"Ah, so you found out about that," Xia Sha giggles happily.
"So, what is your answer?"
Guan Xian frowned and suddenly stride forward and bite Xia Sha's lower lips.