Burning Passion

CHAPTER 185: THE KISS

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Nina remained frozen on the floor even after Steven parted from her. Her face flushing red while meeting Harry's eyes. He was standing behind Steven; his gaze shifting from her toward his brother.

"Hey, Harry! What's up?" asked Steven like there's nothing happened. 

It takes a few moments before Harry speaks up. "Um, they were looking for us. It's about time for lunch," said Harry. "I'm sorry. I arrived at the wrong timing. I didn't mean to bother." 

No! You should arrive earlier, Harry! Or you are the first guy to arrive! Nina's hopeless wish.

Steven pursed a smirk. "Nah." He glanced at Nina to wink at her before he resumed. "We will join you in a little while," he told Harry.

"Okay. I'll go ahead." Harry turned around. He did not care for another glance at Nina's direction.

The moment Harry leaves, Nina's right hand landed on Steven's face. She violently wipes her mouth as she narrows her gaze to confront the guy. 

"How dare you!" she yelled at Steven.

Steven smirks and never leaves on his face. He could see the girl annoyed at him as to how red her face was. "Don't tell me? It was your first kiss?" 

Another slap Nina gave to Steven. This time his other cheek. Nina clenches her fist. It frustrates her after that kiss, and Harry catches them.

Harry saw them kissed!

"Heh. Did you wish that Harry had your first kiss?" Steven teased Nina. 

Nina's face was like bitten red from anger. Steven went overboard of pestering her. Nina's gaze darkened. She threw her knuckles, and it landed on Steven's mouth. It has the force and made the guy step backward.

"What the—? Why are you overreacting for just a kiss?" 

"Just a kiss?" Nina widened her eyes from shock. She was astounded by how a jerk this guy is. "You are a piece of asshole!" 

"Whoa! I— ouch! It hurts." Steven massages his jaw. "Hey, wait!" he attempts to stop Nina from leaving. But she throws a book at him. He catches it as it was a favorite book of the old Shang.

Nina hurried to leave the guy. She runs down the stairs, Nina, goes back to the room where it has a lavatory. 

She stayed in the room for a while until her anger waned. It upsets her till then, but she must not show to her parents and others. Nina settles down her anger; she fixes herself. 

She was on her way back when she meets Mely on the corridor. 

"Nina! Where have you been? We're looking for you."

Before she could answer Mely, her mother appeared and asked the same question Mely asked her.

"Mama, I walked around the garden, but then I saw the library and read a book. I hope it's okay if I did not ask for permission," she remembered what Steven told her before that kiss.

Dona heaves a sigh of relief. The Shang property is a large area. She's worried about where Nina went. "Alright, let's go! Lunch has now served." 

Nina nodded. She followed the two women and listen to their conversation. She blushes when their subject is about her.

"Dona, Nina is too pretty. I wished I had a daughter like her. But I have four sons instead." 

"Nelson and I wished to have sons. We are never lucky, but we don't regret that heaven gives us only a daughter." Dona glanced at her daughter before she went on. "When Nina gets married, her husband will be our son." 

Nina dropped her mouth. It seemed her parents couldn't wait to give her away. But if one of her Aunt Mely's sons would become her husband, there's only one person she prefers. 

However, that kiss from Steven! 

Nina frowned after she remembered that kiss.

She wished not to see that guy, but he was setting across her, and Harry was on Steven's right side. The Shang brothers, sons of Jerome Shang, are Garry, Ramon, and the twins, Harry and Steven. 

Nina sighs silently. Steven keeps flashing a smirk toward her. She is dying to throw him the bowl with soup. But she holds her temper, not being transparent that it annoyed her. 

The adults were eating merrily but frequently mentioning business affairs over a feast. How boring life adults have. Well, even she has a boring life. Now she has to deal with a jerk!

Later, one adult asked where Steven got the bruise on his mouth. Nina was nervous if Steven would answer that it was she who punched him. She keenly stared at him, throwing a warning gaze.

Steven was forced to tear a smile. The bruise aches a bit, and he has to eat carefully. 

"Ahem. Well, Harry and I played ball earlier. Nina is passing by, and she stole my heart. It cannot help that my gaze follows her. And that the ball landed on my face." 

Nina dropped her jaw on the floor. What a liar! Now she wishes to kick him between his thighs!

However, hearing Steven's statement made the adults laugh hard. 

"It looks like one of my sons has an eye for Nina, Nelson," said Jerome. 

The two fathers looked happy. It seems they like the concept of Steven pursues Nina, and both would have mutual feelings.

But no! It was Harry she liked! 

Nina glanced at Harry, who was surprised at what his twin brother reasoned out. Well, it shocked her too, why Steven has to lie like that. Harry meets her gaze. He pushes a smile, and then he goes back to eating silently. 

Ah! She's really upset! Harry is now thinking differently about her. How could she change his impression of her? 

Nina wished that Harry would not misunderstand about the kiss. Obviously, it was not a mutual feeling! She would not slap and punch Steven if she agreed to that kiss. 

Ah, she's being defensive to herself, how would Harry know this? She was only talking to herself.

After it has served lunch. The adult men drank rice wine while the women had afternoon tea in the garden.

As for Nina, she wants to go home soon. She is completely lost enthusiasm for this visit, and she wants to wash her face and brush her teeth. She truly was like overreacting, yes. But she doesn't like Steven.

Nina finds a chance to talk with Steven. She won't be at peace until he did not take back what he said to everyone. 

"Steven, can I talk to you?" She finally crossed paths with him in the hallway. 

"What? You want another kiss?" he smirked, even his mouth hurting.

"Shut up! What did you say to everyone is a lie!" 

"Then what? You want me to tell them we kissed and you bit me?" 

Nina wants to punch him once again, but her father showed up and told her it's time to go home. 

"See you at the party, Nina," Steven whispered before he turned around and left her. 

It upsets her so badly. She has to find an excuse not to attend the party!