Seducing The Ice Queen

As Alice crossed her fingers hoping against hope that she was not too indebted to Adam, her grandmother opened the other gift box. Alice sighed in relief when she noticed that it was small packets of tea. Grandma Ye was very pleased as she looked at the gifts that had been prepared and looked up with a grin," So! You really are a couple! He gives me a tea pot and you give me tea!"

Well, that was one way to deduce something like that! "Grandma, we just want you to both have good health."

A loud laugh echoed in the room," Of course I will have good health after having this tea! And I can see that your man has prepared both the gifts! He has good taste in tea pots and in tea! He chose the Yellow Gold Buds for me."

Alice who had just taken a sip of the Jasmine tea that the butler had poured, almost spit out when she finally realized that Adam had gifted her grandmother tea which was painted with gold! She was going to have him killed! She needed money to expand her business and he was spending it like this! Her grandmother would have loved any good quality tea. She was not a snob!"

After caressing the gift for a few seconds, Grandma Ye passed the gifts to Butler Han with an order to keep them safe and then turned to look at Alice. With a smile she said," Time has a tendency to run away when you reach my age. It feels like just yesterday we were having tea parties with you and your little dolls and now, you are grown up enough to bring me such tea! Thank you, Alice for coming here to your grandmother."

Alice said nothing as her grandmother thought of the past. This was because she did not want to give her grandmother false hope. The little girl had believed the world to be a good place but this older one knew the truth. Grandma Ye sighed at her granddaughter's stubborn silence and stopped talking. The only sound that could be heard after this was the clink of the cup that was placed on the saucer. 

Finally, unable to take the silence anymore, Alice sighed," Grandmother. The company is in the middle of a big takeover and I have to be there to over see it! I will not be able to stay for long."

Grandma Ye understood that this was Alice's way of telling her that she had come here to talk only about what she had been told. Her shrewd eyes stared at Alice and she answered with a smile," I understand. But I hope you can stay longer! I am too old to talk to anyone for a long period of time. I am going to rest now. I have also ad Butler Han prepare your room. If you are able to stay then we van meet for dinner and talk otherwise, this old lady will see you next time. You know the way to your room."

Alice watched as her grandmother who had trouble standing almost ran out of the room with narrowed eyes. She, naturally, understood that this was her grandmother's way of showing authority and there was nothing that she could other than wait. Getting up, she stomped to her room and threw aside her purse before plopping on the bed. A melancholic feeling settled over her as she noticed that her grandmother had kept the room just as it used to be when she used to stay over as a kid. Rubbing her head, she too out her cell phone and first messaged Ximin, letting her know that she was going to stay here. There was no need to tell her to cancel any appointments, because Alice had already expected this and her planner had been empty for today. And then she messaged Adam just because she needed someone to vent her frustration!

"Are you trying to sabotage me? What do you mean by giving my grandmother such expensive gifts!"

"Hey! She is my grandmother in law to be! Of course I have to please her. How is that sabotaging you? I actually helped you with good intentions!"

Alice looked at the message that had come promptly and huffed in disgust before messaging back, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions!" And then not satisfied with just a threat, Alice continued, "And she is not your grandmother in law to be! She is only my grandmother while you are my pretend boyfriend!" This was also not much satisfactory to her and her fingers continued to fly over the screen as she messaged some more," Also, let me tell you, I will not compensate you for this! I am a poor businesswoman and all my money has been invested in business!"

Adam smiled at the many messages that dinged one after another. Wiping the makeup from his face, he drank a sip of water as he let her vent before typing out, "Sigh! You still choose violence!"

"Pretend is just a word! And have you told your grandmother about this word?"

"If you are poor, then I am a beggar, Miss Faye! I know your net worth!" 

Clicking a picture of the glass of water, he captioned, "Drink water and stay cool!"

Placing the phone down, Adam then took off his shirt, changing into a dark black one and sat in front of the mirror, ready for the second part of the makeup done. Their new album contained a series of looks for them and after having shot for the whole day, they were now ready to shoot through the night. As he closed his eyes and let the make up artist do her work, he wondered how she would reply to his pictures. He loved waiting for her messages even if they were random accusations or frustrated chats! His make up was almost done when his phone finally received an answer. And broke out into laughter when he saw what she had sent him! 

Alice had actually sent him his own meme where in one of their games, Felix had thrown water onto his face as part of the game. The camera man had panned the camera to show Adam's shocked face and the fandom had created a meme from it! She actually found such an old meme! It was almost from their initial days when they had few fans! Underneath the meme, she had written, "This is what I want to do with your water."

His laughter was interrupted by the makeup artist who teased him," Adam, you are too good looking! With the cut of your face and my gothic make up, you were looking amazing but just now with your laughter, I suddenly doubt myself and feel as if you are really an age old vampire!

Adam looked up at the dark makeup on his face and realized that what the makeup artist had said was true. The artist had highlighted his eyes to make them look darker and off set the color of his grey irises. A small tattoo effect had been created from his shoulders to the side of his face, making it look as if it was covered in vines. Adam nodded at the look that was dark and sexy, just like the song demanded and he knew just how to use this look to his advantage. 

With a deep smile, he asked," The video is a rain sequence, is it not?"

"Yes."

"Perfect. Let's go shoot." 

To compliment his looks and raise the aesthetics of the music video, Adam had been given a black see through shirt that threw shadows over his pale skin. And as he began the shoot with a mask and rose in his hand, lip synching the words of the song, "I am your darkness, you are my light.." the shoot was soon wrapped up in a few hours. But before he could be wrapped up in a towel to avoid the cold, he clicked a selfie and sent it to her, captioning, "See what you have done! How can you throw water on me? Will you take care of me when I catch a cold?" and then proceeded to grin as he put aside his phone."

Alice had already forgotten about her chat with Adam as she had immersed herself in her work when she was suddenly assaulted with his sexiness. Her eyes widened as she saw the droplets of water that clung to his face and over his chest which was shown in the unbuttoned shirt and then her attention focused on the shirt that was sticking to his shoulders.. And the expression on his face! Alice could feel her mouth drying up even from looking at the photograph! Unable to stop herself, her fingers traced the shape of his face through the photo and her heart seemed to be beating a little unsteadily. It was too hot in this room!"