Seducing The Ice Queen

"Fine! Fine! I won't call him! At least let me go to Alice! What if she needs me to do something."

"Yes! We are going back, Miss Mo! May I at least grab a bite of the dimsums?"

"Dimsums? I must have finished them..." At this moment, Zirui came across a shocking realization. Her order of dimsums was still there as it is while she had actually eaten all his food. Oh! Sitting back down with a thump, she extended her hand," Please do.."

Nodding, Kieran took a few bites before asking," And do you want to order some dessert for the time being?"

"No!" came the scandalized reply. Her diet plan had already been shot to the dust!

"Miss Mo? Can I ask you a personal question?"

"Sure."

"Are you in a relationship?"

Ever since he had met the girl that night, he had been enamored by her. He had tried to not think of her but her tinkling laughter kept coming at odd times. He knew he was not in love with her but he was attracted to her. And he wanted to explore that attraction. As he had become reacquainted with Alice he had also slowly come to the realization that even though he loved her it was only platonic and he never felt any chemistry for her. With these two conclusions, Kieran was ready to move forward and enter a relationship seriously. All his previous relationships had been marred by the perfect shadow of Alice in his heart but now that he had let go, he knew that falling for Mo Zirui would be interesting.

But that ight he had seen the way she was comfortable around boys. All the members of SKY had treated her specially and hugged her nonchalantly. He knew it was normal between friends these days but he had been a little uncomfortable at the realization. But the way she had held his hand today and pulled him into the cab and then spending this little time with her had made him decided that he wanted more.

Mo Zirui stared at him after his direct question. The man had no subtlety and she could easily guess his intentions! He could have at least waited to ask this until they met a few times! But at least the man was direct and he was a good friend of Alice's so," No! I am not and I am not interested!"

"Why not?"

Looking down at the plate that was now empty, Zirui shook her head and answered, "Just not! Look, I have already been in a relationship and been hurt! Since then I have no interest in these things and just want to concentrate on my career. But I can be friends, alright?"

Zirui knew that Kieran was a good friend of Alice's and she did not need any awkwardness between them. From what Ximin had told her, Alice was trying to get Kieran to retire from IRS and work for Faye Group! If that happens, they could be colleagues in the future! It was better to nip this in the bud."

Understanding, Kieran too let go of the thought and nodded in agreement before extending his hand, "Then, we can be friends."

However as the two took a cab to go back to the company, something unexpected occurred. 

The two people had just alighted the cab when Zirui who was in a rush, caught her heel on the pavement and lost her balance. With quick reflexes, Kieran caught her in his arms and the two landed hard against the body of the cab which had just started to pull away.

But this much of a mishap was not enough for the two as they finally steadied each other, Zirui looked up and saw the three men who were standing on the opposite them and staring hard. Her grandfather, her brother and the man who wanted to be her fiance! And she did not know how much they had witnessed but they could certainly see her standing in a strange man's arms just now. 

Slowly, she looked down and tried to step back from his arms but the pain in her ankle made her groan and hold onto her tightly. "Zirui? Are you alright?"

Before she could complain that she had twisted her ankle, a man had come forward and caught a hold of her elbow, pulling her towards him and then punched Kieran Rowe straight in the face.

But Kieran was not one to take a punch quietly and since the man had already hit him, he turned around and hit the man back just as hard, causing the man to fall on his ass.

Zirui stood there in shock turning her head first to the man who had just become her friend while her brother who was now holding his bleeding nose while sitting on the pavement.

Finally, deciding to help her interfering brother who actually deserved it, she limped to him and bent down, "Are you alright?"

Kieran rubbed his own jaw that was aching and then looked down at the pair on the pavement. Hadn't she just told him that she was not in a relationship then why was he suddenly hit by that angry bull? And she was even asking after him when the man had been the one to start the fight.

Scowling some more, he remarked snidely, "Thanks for asking how I am doing!"

Rolling her eyes, Zirui snapped back, "Well, naturally you look fine Kieran but my brother is bleeding!"

Mou Shantao glared at the man who had been openly hugging his sister in the middle of the day and snapped back, "Well, I am fine! But I am going to break his bones! How dare he harass you?"

The next moment, Shantao had been slapped upside the head as Zirui said," Which eye of yours saw Kieran harassing me? I lost my balance and would have fallen face first had he not caught me! Instead of thanking him for saving your sister, you hit him! And even if he was harassing him, since when did I give you the right to interfere in my matters?"

"Well since that Samual broke your heart! I did not want to see you hurt! And have you thought how Bai Zhao must have felt when he saw his fiance in another man's arms?"

Kieran, who had just calmed down a bit felt his ears prick at the word fiance. Well... he did not know what to think...

While Kieran was lost in his thoughts, the siblings continued to argue, "To hell with Samual! And who is Bai Zhao? I have barely met him and you want him to be my fiance! Let me tell you Shantao, I am not getting married to a stranger!"

"Well, I and grandpa both think that Bai Zhao is fine for you! You chose Samual in the past didn't you? And you saw what happened! Bai Zhao is trustworthy and he is not going to stop you from carving your career!"

"Well, if he has so many qualities then why don't you marry him?"

By this point both the brother and sister were involved in a fierce battle of wills and had started gathering a lot of attention from passers by. Fearing the the two kids in front of him were about to start fighting, Kieran decided to step into the melee and just as Zirui screamed, "Bai Zhao is not my fiance!", Kieran interrupted, "Yes! I am her fiance! Or at least going to be!" And then placed his hand around Zirui's shoulder. 

Mo Shantao and Zirui both turned their heads in unison at this declaration! At this point, Shantao realized that they were arguing in public and covering his bleeding nose with one hand, he glared at the two people and walked away.

But Zirui was not so calm. Just as she was about to blast him for making use of the situation and lying, her mouth was covered by Kieran who hissed,"Zirui! This is your workplace and you don't want to cause a bigger scene here! Let's go somewhere in private and talk."

"Fine! We will go to my office and talk!"

Kieran followed a limping Zirui into the Faye Group building and then to her office where turned on hi the moment the doors were closed and snapped, "Kieran Rowe! If you think that you can lie your way into becoming my fiance then you are highly mistaken! How dare you lie to my brother!"

"Well, I did so that I could save you from getting engaged to that Bai Nao!"

"It's Bai Zhao!"

"I don't care what his name is! I was only trying to help you! If you are really interested in that guy, then you can tell your brother that I lied! Anyways, I can't believe that you had the bad taste of falling for a scum like Samual Faye! No wonder you call him a snake!"

As Kieran spoke more, Zirui glared at him thoughtfully! The man was really smart! Bai Zhao had been someone she had been trying to get rid of for a while. And if Kieran was willing to help her then why not?

Nodding her head, she extended her hand and said," Fine! Then from now we are engaged! Let's shake on that!"

Kieran looked down at her small hand and catching it pulled her in close for a quick kiss before stepping back and announcing," You get engaged with a kiss and not a handshake. And now it is time for me to go! Take care my dear fiance.."

As Kieran walked away, Zirui touched her lips and had a feeling that she had been duped....