Burning Passion

CHAPTER 302: MYSTERIOUS SENDER

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Walking back to his car, Harry punches the steering wheel. He could not forgive Steven for doing such a thing! He already warned him years ago! 

Harry waits for Li to leave before he goes back inside the mansion, pretends he just arrived, and casually gives the folders to his father. He observes him and his father in deep thoughts. Sometimes he looks at him like there is something he wants to tell him, but then changes his mind not to.

That evening, Harry drove back to Newark. He received Lee's message on his beeper telling him the name of the Diner they had supper. 

The moment he steps inside the Diner, he shoots a glare at Steven. His chest filled with rage, but he calmed down. He will see what their parents are going to do now. 

If he were to ask? Without a second thought, he will beat up Steven right here at this moment. But he heard his mother beg Li to settle this peacefully. 

"Hey, Harry!" Lee saw Harry, he waved at the guy. 

Harry nodded and walked toward the corner tables they all occupied. Harry sat next to Kristina, and Steven and Nina sat across them. He ordered food and waited to arrive. He talked to everyone. One thing he avoided doing since Nina arrived and Steven was in the same room. 

His food arrived. Everyone dropped a jaw for his next actions. They wondered what's gotten to him. Even Kristina, it surprised her, but she didn't say a word. 

"Nina, isn't spicy buttered chicken your favorite? Here are some," said Harry. He placed three cuts of chicken on her plate. 

Nina rendered speechlessly. It surprised her that Harry was doing this in front of Steven. Their friends may not ask or talk about it, but they could feel these passing weeks how these brothers are stopping talking to each other. And this scene seemed odd. They prayed that Steven won't throw his childish behavior. 

Thankfully, Steven was wearing a long face, but he didn't comment. He promised Nina he will stop fighting with Harry. He will let this off, but not next time. 

After dinner, Harry drove Kristina home. He attempts to talk to her, but he can't bring himself. So he invited her to go on a date.

"Are you free on Saturday?" 

Kristina shook her head. She replied to Harry with a sweet smile across her face. "No. I'm free." 

To be honest, she was too jealous during dinner. But she acts cool about it and turns herself blind. 

And now that Harry asks her for a date. She could sense that this date on Saturday is something about breaking her heart. Her mind filled with thoughts, and her chest slowly breaking into pieces. 

After he dropped Kristina at Sam's house, Harry drove his car at the fastest speed. He could not wait for their parents to do something about what Steven did to Nina. He also wants to ask Steven where the confession letter Nina wants to give him. And why he lied that he has a girlfriend when just recently Kristina became his girlfriend.

But when he arrived at the mansion, Steven wasn't there yet. Harry sat on his bed, contemplating. Maybe he will calm down, for now, then keep an eye on Steven, waiting for the right time to confront him. 

Harry pretends that he knew nothing yet when his twin brother arrived home and throws a box on his bed. How ironic that Nina gave him a gift. And to annoy Steven, he wore it the next day. 

"Look, Steven! Nina chose my favorite color." He was putting on the necktie Nina gave him last night. 

Steven's face darkened, throwing a sharp glare in his direction. He could tell in his fierce stares how angry his twin brother was at him. Provoking Steven is now a pleasure to him. Harry pushed a smirk in the corner of his mouth. 

That morning, Harry dropped by a flower shop. He bought a bouquet of pink Peonies to deliver at Li's Villa. Peonies are Nina's favorite flowers. 

Annie and Dona looked at each other with a question on top of their head. Steven always bought Nina a flower. But this is the first time a flower delivered instead. 

But what confused them, Nina seemed ecstatic upon receiving them. Her eyes flicker, and that smile she tried to conceal is still visible to their eyes. 

And there is only one person who could make Nina act this way. 

"Could it be?" 

It truly surprised Nina because Steven didn't know what her favorite flower was. And it confused her why Harry suddenly sent her flowers. 

Last night he was acting strange. 'What's gotten to him?' He mused. 

In the afternoon, Harry was on his way to his class on this day when he saw Nina headed to the Library. Pondering, he follows her. And out of impulse, he didn't stop himself to kiss Nina. 

It's not just a kiss on the cheek, but on the lips. 

At the moment, it left Nina in a trance after Harry kissed her. 'Why he did that!' 

Nina wasn't on herself when she came back to her table. Jessica, who just finished enrolling in the University, met her at the Library to have some coffee with the girls. 

She noticed that Nina was in a daze, staring dreamily outside the window. Jessica started noticing the funny behavior of her Miss this morning after she received a flower from a mysterious sender. If it was Steven, he gave the flower personally.

So who is the sender? A secret admirer? Or Harry? Then why would he send Nina a flower if his twin brother and Nina were still in a relationship until to this day? 

Besides, there's only one person who could make her Miss acting like this. Then what happened? 

"Ahem! Miss Nina, are you alright?" 

Coming back to her senses, Nina blinks several times. She clears her throat and acts casually. "I am fine, Jessica. Have you done enrolling?"

"Yes, Miss!"

"Then, let's go to the café!" Nina gathered her books, cheerfully she sat up, and headed outside the library.

Jessica convinces. Something happens to her Miss, and she is certain that Harry was the reason. She met him in the corridor, Harry even smiled and greeted her.

'These two are acting weird..' Jessica thought inwardly.