It took Xia Sha almost one song long to collect herself from Guan Xian's aggressive words. When she realized, another etude has played, which mean they need to finish another round of dancing.
She clears her throat nervously before talking to him without looking at his eyes. "What exactly makes you interested in me. My appearance can fool you. I'm not a good person, seriously."
It is the first time Guan Xian ever heard someone claimed themselves as a bad woman to their pursuer. He tightens his hand on her back and waist, bringing her body closer to him. Xia Sha hears his low chuckles and turns at him with a raised eyebrow.
"What?" she snaps.
"You are funny," He replies with a grin.
"Do I look like a clown in your eyes?" Xia Sha snarls and rolls her eyes.
"No, you look beautiful and cute and funny and lovely," Guan Xian did not hesitate in praising Xia Sha. He is not bluffing at all. His feeling towards Xia Sha is something he never felt with another girl.
Her face, her heart is so different than another girl he ever met. He adores her. From the moment he has helped her in the grandfather's Wang birthday, he has known this one will be different.
Why? Because he usually stands in Ling Guang's place, the bastard jerk who plays a woman. But his heartache and he felt hidden anger when he sees Ling Guang and Meng Ran.
She drives him crazy by lingering on his mind all day. He never wanted someone this bad, and a constant rejection makes him want her more.
"Uh-huh. Shame on me if I believe your honeyed words. God knew how many women have heard that from your mouth." Xia Sha hates how rational her mind and irrational mind mixed inside of her.
"It's partly your responsibility. You should come earlier and stop me wasting time on those girls." Guan Xian answer wittily. Xia Sha must admit that this guy is good with words.
"If. I said if. If I agree to try this relationship." Xia Sha is stressing the world IF to the grinning man. "Can you guarantee to commit and never cheat with me," she asked.
"So you do be lying when you said you don't have any feelings for me," he smirked. Xia Sha crossed and bitten her tongue for saying nonsense.
"Forget it. I drank too much," Xia Sha said coldly. Didn't want to miss the golden opportunity, Guan Xian mention back the question she asked.
"There is some point I needed to clarify. First of all, I never cheat, honey, because I never committed to anyone. You know about this, I've told you once. You know the reason why I don't want to commit to anyone," Huan Xian smiles weakly at Xia Sha.
Xia Sha suddenly got reminded of the story he told when they accidentally met at the dandelion fields. Guan Xian's care and love of mother Guan is very palpable. His father's infidelity must have somehow left a scar on him.
"We are all broken. But we deal with the pain in different ways." They subconsciously stop moving in the middle of the floor, right below the chandelier.
Xia Sha holds her breath and lowering her head. She couldn't lie to herself that she did like him and part of her wanted to try this relationship with him badly.
With Guan Xian, she felt this spark and chemistry between them. His smiles, his voice, his body, even his body slowly turn her into an addict. It's even stronger than the feeling she used to have for Ling Guang in the past.
However, part of her did not want to face the consequences she has to bear if they failed this again. She cannot let herself fall into another pit, which she might never overcome this time.
But then, he smiles. A smile with sweet dimples on his cheeks that Xia Sha found irresistible. In a blink of eyes, she found herself biting her lips and compromising to him.
"You will see how I'm not a good person tonight, and-" She takes a long inhale as she straightens up her back. Guan Xian is still waiting for her answer patiently. Gentle smiles remain there as Xia Sha exhales slowly.
"And If you still like me after this, tomorrow is day one."
Guan Xian looks surprised. But rather than running away as Xia Sha think he would, he smirked and huskily said, "Deal."
A beautiful smile marked on Xia Sha's face, and three seconds after Guan Xian agrees, horrific screams filled the entire ballroom. Guan Xian raised his eyebrow and looked at Xia Sha with a shocked face.
Xia Sha enchanting beauty filled more un-real when she looked at him with a crafty smile. Her sharp, bold eyeliner is highlighting the wicked lights on her eyes right now.
Before Guan Xian could ask her what did she did, she put her slender index finger in the middle of her blood-red lips. She raised her chin and pointed at the west balcony, where another bone-chilling scream audible to the guess.
"Let me go! AHHHHH! HELP!"
"NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T TOUCH ME! LET ME GO!"
Another voice comes from the corner of the ballroom. Xia Sha's smiles got even lovely when the familiar clamor distracts them from the balcony.
Two different screams merge into one. The whole ballroom is expecting a big drama they will watch in anticipation.
What will happen this time?
Whose family going to fall?
Who did these people offend tonight?
Guan Xian gives his people a look, ordering them to find out the ruckus this little woman might create behind. Xia Sha turns her body towards him in slow motion. A seductive smile hanging on her little face as she asked, "Young master Guan, do you still like me?"
***
Someone broke off to Jian Jun's private room beside the ballroom, and the stepdaughter from the Xiao family almost experience a sexual assault. What horrible things these two-woman has done tonight.
Guan Xian instantly got a headache after listening to Tang Yu Bin's explanation.
He can see the silent wrath Jian Jun is dealing with and the calm smiles Xia Sha shows at the same time but in different positions.
"So, that guy is raping someone up there while his lover is snooping and stealing around. What kind of person you've invited." Ji Cun Xi couldn't overcome his amusement to Ling Guang and Meng Ran.
"From what we found, Mr. Ling Guang is under the influence of an aphrodisiac which coming from the drink Miss Xiao Xing get from her mother. While Miss Meng Ran wanted to take something from Mr. Guan." Bryant, Jian Jun's people, explain what he found in five minutes of investigations.
Jian Jun massage his temple. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before he finally said, "Bryant, help me deal with them. The party must go on."
Bryant nods his head with no hesitation.
"I'll come with you," Guan Xian decided after pondering for a while. If this is Xia Sha's doing, he wanted to know everything she has done throughout.
He wanted to know immoral is her schemes that she could be sure he wouldn't like her anymore after he knew.
Ji Cun Xi clicked her tongue and sniggers, "Don't tell me this has something to do with your new girl," he raised his eyebrow.
He didn't like the fact that Guan Xian choosing a girl over Jian Jun. Jian Jun is announcing something important tonight, that's why they came in the first place. But now, Guan Xian wanted to miss the big moment just to fawn over a girl?
Guan Xian glances at him coldly before raising his chin. "I see you have some problems with me liking her. What is it exactly, brother?" Guan Xian adequately emphasizes the last word.
Ji Cun Xi averted his gaze, did not want to answer Guan Xian's question, or starts a fight with him. Jian Jun stood up between Guan Xian and Ji Cun Xi and coldly glace at them.
"Forget it. I come here to support Jian Jun, not to fight. You can do whatever you wanted." Ji Cun Xi walk away from the room with a straight face.
Jian Jun turn at Guan Xian with his usual emotionless face. He shot a glance at the ballroom and said, "Come on."
Guan Xian nods his head slightly, slowly but firmly trailing behind Jian Jun. In the end, he comes back to the ballroom where everyone is chattering like busy bees once again.
In the middle of them, Xia Sha is still standing there. Alone. Sipping her champagne as nothing happen before.
Jian Jun emotionlessly leave him to prepare his announcement when Xiao Ni approached Guan Xian from afar.
"Brother, do you know what happens?" She asked with her adorable big eyes. It makes Guan Xian's sullen mood from almost fighting with Cun Xi get betters.
"Hm, I know," he replied curtly.
"Hah. I can't believe it. Do you know who almost drink that glass?" Xiao Ni shook her head in disbelief. Guan Xian actually did not know about this, so he waited for Xiao Ni to answer her own question.