A Misunderstanding (Part 4)

"T-That.. Mistress.. Isn't that.."

Young Master's girlfriend? What is she doing with Young Master Ellen?

And they also seemed so intimate earlier..

Before Butler Han could complete his sentence, Qin Hanna had already turned around and walked away coldly.

Butler Han looked at her expressionless face and his heart quivered.

'Oh no, Madam is enraged now..'

He quickly followed after her, different thoughts running in his mind.

'This girl really has gone overboard! Not only was she not dating with Young Master Tang but she also went after Young Master Ellen?

She's literally two timing with the both of them! Forget about powerful background, I think she's a gold digger who's after the two Young Master's wealth..

He then frowned with worry.

'But I'm worried; both Young Masters may get hurt by this girl..'

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"Is it gone yet?"

Song Xia asked Ellen.

Ellen looked at her smooth and clear face and nodded his head, "It's gone."

"Oh, thank you for wiping it away for me."

Song Xia smiled.

Earlier, when she was eating, something was stuck on her face. Ellen helped her remove it.

(Because of the tricky angle, the Butler Han and Hanna misunderstood that they were kissing.)

Song Xia blinked before awkwardly looked at the candles around them and cleared her throat.

"So this was the place you wanted to take me to?"

Ellen noticed her slightly red ears and smiled lightly with a teasing expression.

"Yes. I wanted to take you out on a date."

Song Xia nearly choked.

Why was it that every time they had dinner outside, he seemed to awaken his supreme flirting skills?!

She couldn't even retaliate at all..

Ellen suddenly said with a meaningful expression, "The offer still stands."

"..Huh?" Song Xia was confused.

'Offer? What offer is he talking about?'

Ellen looked at her perplexed expression and coughed lightly as he said, "The offer from the past."

Song Xia was still clueless.

'The past? What past? How come I don't have any recollection of any offer from the past?'

Ellen sighed before saying blatantly, "I'm talking about the offer to be my woman!"

Song Xia's eyes widened, "...?!"

She finally remembered that year when she had come to Australia for a vacation and had saved Ellen coincidentally, he had offered himself to her.

The atmosphere of the room immediately turned awkward and silent.

Ellen had a calm expression but the hand that was holding the glass of wine was slightly clenched.

While Song Xia didn't know how to react at all and her face was blank.

Ellen, who was waiting for her answer, was a little disappointed to see her blank expression.

Noticing the awkwardness, he coughed and was about to say something when Song Xia spoke softly with lowered head.

"..I'll think about it."

Ellen was surprised before his smile widened.

Her answer was neither yes nor no but Ellen was happy, seeing that she didn't outrightly reject him like she did in the past.

"Ahem, well.. didn't you have any other reason for this.. date?"

Song Xia asked, changing the topic.

Ellen stared at her for a while and finally opened his mouth.

"Actually.. I've been working on a project. It requires me to go to China.."

When she heard Ellen mention "China", Song Xia's eyes flashed. She pursed her lips and kept quiet.

Although she wanted to go back, she knew she couldn't. She wasn't powerful enough yet.

So she didn't say anything and drank the wine slowly.

Ellen wasn't shocked at her reaction at all and continued, "..So, I'm gonna have to leave after a while.."

Song Xia expressionlessly said, "Oh, I see."

She didn't know why he was telling her this but she didn't ask.

After that, nobody said anything and the room was silent as ever.

Song Xia nonchalantly took out her phone and saw numerous missed calls from a familiar number. She was surprised.

Because she didn't want to get disturbed, she had left her phone in silent mode.

So when the other party was calling, she had no idea at all.

She was just about to call the person, when her phone lit up.

Someone was calling her.

And the caller was the same number from earlier.

'Why is she in such a hurry that she's calling me so anxiously?'

She paused for a while before glancing at Ellen, who was quietly drinking his wine and finally answered the call.

"Hello?"

An anxious voice resounded in her ear, "Xiao Xia, why didn't you pick up my calls earlier?!"

Song Xia looked at Ellen and cleared her throat.

"I.. I had some personal matters in hand.. Why did you call me so anxiously? Is everything alright?"

The other line was silent for a while before the same voice answered quivering slightly, "..Y-You don't know about it yet?"

Song Xia frowned as a very bad feeling rose in her heart.

"Zhenzhen, what are you talking about?"

On the other line, Xu Zhen replied softly with her words full of guilt and self-reproach.

"It happened so fast that I couldn't react in time at all.. Xiao Xia... I'm really, really sorry about this.."