PLAYBOY CEO HAS A BABY

************

CHAPTER 489

Zhao Fu had been so lost in thought that he was driving somewhere else instead of taking Jiang Meilin home. He sighed at his absentmindedness.

He cast a quick glance at Jiang Meilin before focusing on the road. "I am very sorry. I was too lost in thoughts to realise that..." he then paused.

"Hey, Zhao Fu are you al–"

"Hoe about I take you somewhere?" His question interrupted what Jiang Meilin was intending to say.

"What?" Jiang Meilin's brows furrowed in confusion. "I thought that restaurant was the only once we were going to," she added.

Where else does he intend to take her to?

"It was but I still want us to... I mean, I want to take you to a much quieter place," Zhao Fu answered.

"What do you mean a much quieter place? What do you want to do, Zhao Fu?" Jiang Meilin asked. She had put her guard up just in case he tried anything funny. But even with that, she still felt herself panicking.

"Stop the car."

"No... That is not what I meant. I am not going to do anything to you. I just want to spend a little more time with you without any one disturbing that... That's all. I swear," Zhao Fu quickly cleared her doubt but he still parked the car along the roadside.

He turned in his seat to show her he was saying the truth by looking her in the eye. Jiang Meilin watched carefully all movements he made.

Seeing that his sincerity was clear in his eyes plus he was not doing anything that might warrant her to be wary, she relaxed.

"Alright. But where are you taking me?"

"To a place I go to clear my head," Zhao Fu answered with a shrugged.

"You are not giving me full details... But I will agree because I trust you. A little bit though," Jiang Meilin did before resting her head in the headrest and closing her eyes.

"You have got some wild imaginations running in your head, Mei," he chuckled and manauvered the steering wheel to put them back in the road.

"As do you. It takes one with such to know that another is thinking the same," Jiang Meilin replies nonchalantly.

Zhao Fu nodded with a 'mm' and pressed his foot in the gas pedal. In a certain amount of time, they reached a quiet field coveted in snow.

He took her to a bench under a tree and wiped off the snow on it. After they sat down, he passed her a disposable cup of coffee he bought on their way here.

"So... do you perhaps like this place?" Zhao Fu asked with hesitation and worry in his voice. He did not dare to look at her as he did not know what her answer of her opinion would be.

"I just like the serene and calm it brings. But since everywhere is covered in snow, I can't see the field. Beautiful or not, I have no idea, " Jiang Meilin answered before taking a sip from her cup of coffee.

Another round of silence prevailed over them. Zhao Fu felt uncomfortable and frustrated because he wanted to continue talking to her like he did in the restaurant.

Who knows when next he would get to make her go out with him again? So with that determination, he straightened his back.

"Mei I–"

"Thank you." They both said together. Turning to fave each other, they stared for a while before laughing.

"I sorry you go first," Jiang Meilin said after controlling her laughter.

"No. You should take the lead. Ladies first," said Zhao Fu.

"Alright... Ahem! First off, I want to thank you for the outing and most of all for standing up for me against Mr Bai. Also, I am sorry for the way he spoke to you. Do not pay heed to any if his words. So, thank you and I'm sorry."

"Okay then, my turn," Zhao Fu stood up and sat back down of the bench. But this time, he was facing her as his legs were on either sides of the bench.

"Listen, Mei. Out of all that you have must said, none of them are truly my concern. All except the fact that you enjoyed the outing and my company. But..." He dragged the last word.

"But...?" Jiang Meilin did the same but in a questioning tone.

"But those are... they are not what I want to hear, Mei."

"Huh? I don't... I don't get it. What do you mean?"She asked.

"It is like this. I'm well aware of your past marriage with that man and I cared because I was worried and... hurt. But that was then. Now I still care but not for that but for you. I don't care if Bai Guiren still wants you or not. Or his intentions to put a wedge between us," he explained all the while looking at right into her eyes.

"But what I having been hoping to hear for more than twenty years, Mei... what I want to hear are not your thanks and apology on behalf of a man who treated you like trash. What I do want to hear, is how feel for me. That's all."

Jiang Meilin was taken aback by his words and seriousness. She had no words to say as she was still trying to digest all of it. Soon her shock wearer off as she felt a cold palm on her cheek.

Directing her eyes back to the winner of the hand, she noticed that he was now closer to her with longing and warmth in his eyes.

"So, Mei... I have told you of my intentions since I appeared back into your life. I like, no. I love you," he confessed. "Do you feel the same for me?"

"I-I don't kn-know," Jiang Meilin stuttered.

"Then will this help?" And before Jiang Meilin could think of the question, her lips were sealed.