Meng Bao seemed to be in deep thought after I asked him that simple question,

\'If you really love me… then what about your childhood sweetheart? Is it that easy for you to leave her after you promised her? How can I trust someone who can\'t even keep his promise?\'

It was a simple question yet seemed to have hit hard in Meng Bao\'s conscience, as it should be!

Meng Bao must\'ve known that he was breathtakingly gorgeous and took advantage of it. He said he had a long time childhood sweetheart that he had devoted his life to. Then in the office, he said to Alex and Mr. Yang that he finally had a girl that could move his heart. That girl must be hella lucky to get someone like Meng Bao.

And now… he also said that he loved me?!

How cheap is your love?!

You had fallen in love with not only one, not two… BUT THREE!

How could you fall in love with three different women?! That was just some bullshit there! He was obviously bluffing and acting like the playboy he was right now!

\'Do you really expect me to believe that you\'ve really fallen in love with me? Oh, the great handsome Meng Bao suddenly fell in love with an average leftover woman, just doing her day-to-day job as a secretary. Will you buy me a castle after we got married? Do you really think that I will believe in that kind of Cinderella story?\'

\'Seriously, Meng Bao, cut it off! You\'re just hurting me even more!\' I yelled about everything inside my heart, of course. I cursed Meng Bao for being such a dickhead, saying something like love easily. I couldn\'t lie that it hurt me so much.

I knew that I\'ve foolishly fallen in love with a jerk like Meng Bao. I had to turn defenceless against him, losing my grip of reality and wishing… even though it was just a tiny spark of hope, I wished that he had fallen in love with me for real.

I got tired of waiting for his pondering for a while, so I said, "Are you still thinking about your childhood sweetheart?"

Meng Bao\'s body stiffened, which already showed how easy it was to read him. He looked at me helplessly, and after seemingly realizing that he couldn\'t hide anything, he finally nodded.

"I\'m sorry, Ying Jie…" Meng Bao apologized truthfully. It seemed that he really couldn\'t hide his thought process in front of me.

"I… I tried, but—"

"But you\'re still haunted by your memory of her, right?" I busted him outright, without any filter or whatsoever. "You don\'t need to hide it, Meng Bao. I know from your face that you love her so much. That\'s why I don\'t know why are you suddenly confessing to me and said that you want to chase me as a man instead of a rental boyfriend."

"Meng Bao, even though I\'m just a regular woman, a leftover one at that, that doesn\'t mean you can play with someone\'s heart like this," I said

\'And you and I are just too different. It\'d be surprising if your confession is true.\'

Meng Bao felt really guilty after he got caught red-handed. He finally admitted everything, "What I said to you is the truth from deep within my heart, Ying Jie. But… I also can\'t leave my feeling for her. I… I\'m sorry for being such an indecisive asshole."

"Meng Bao, that means this is just a passing feeling of yours. I don\'t know what caused you to say that, but that\'s just a passing feeling that\'ll disappear once you finally reunite with your childhood sweetheart."

"So, I will not accept anything from your mouth until you reunite with your childhood sweetheart and sort things out with her. I don\'t mind attending your wedding with her if it\'s possible also," I said virtuously. Although there was a raging fire in my heart.

\'Damn it! Why do you need to give me hope, you damn jerk!\'

\'Why can\'t I be his childhood sweetheart? Or at least, let me become the girl that finally moved his heart, the one that he introduced to Alex and Mr. Yang!\'

\'Why am I just a passing feeling that might not even be real. Maybe he did this out of mischievousness or out of revenge. Who knew what was deep in his heart, right?\'

Meng Bao was silenced after that. I didn\'t want to talk about it further, knowing it\'d only hurt me even more.

\'At least I know that he doesn\'t come here to kill me after yesterday accident, right?\' I glanced at the metal briefcase that he brought. When I saw the inside before, I was surprised by the cheesecake. He really had some weird gadget there.

A metal briefcase to store cheesecake.

Not wanting to continue the hurtful conversation about love anymore, I pointed at the briefcase and asked, "What\'s inside that briefcase?" I asked, pretending that I didn\'t know.

"Oh!" Meng Bao picked the briefcase on the floor and then opened it.

There was a cold mist seeping out, with cool temperature, persevering the cheesecakes.

"I brought two slices of cheesecake for us, Jie! I believe you will like it!"

"You have this for cheesecake only?" I asked. "It looks so suspicious from outside. I really thought that you\'re carrying a gun there. Maybe in a hidden compartment or something."

Meng Bao dodged my gaze immediately, "O—Of course, not! Meng Bao is a soft cutie! How could I even dare to bring a gun? I\'ve never held a gun myself!"

\'Heh, that\'s an absolute lie! You\'ve killed plenty, I suppose. How could you lie through your teeth so easily!\' I complained again. But Meng Bao showed his puppy eyes again, and I just… couldn\'t handle it. So I excused his behaviour again.

I took a deep breath. Not wanting to annoy Meng Bao, I went to the kitchen and brought two small plates and cake forks.

"Let\'s eat the cake then, shall we?"