"I am sorry if I embarrassed you with my behaviour in front of that guy but I just need you, want you next to me, no one, not even air between us," he said, vulnerability and longing clearly visible in his eyes.
Jia Li thought that her heart would melt and slip out of her body. But she also knew that she couldn't afford to be swayed by these eyes. The love in them belonged to another, she had absolutely no right on it. All she had to do was persevere for the next few hours. Determined, she changed the topic slightly.
"Don't give me that look. Your innocent act won't work on me. Because of you, I didn't have a single friend in school, apart from Li Jie and Chung. The girls were jealous of me and stayed away. As for the boys, poor things never stood a chance with the three of you acting as my unwanted bodyguards," she complained.
