Chapter 20 - Step #08

"Okay then, Mr. Chen, I'll be leaving first." She said, making Zaki jump in surprise. "Wait. Where?"

"To the market."

"Eh? Why don't you just ask the maids to go instead?"

"No, it's fine. I'll go buy the ingredients myself."

Davi's jolly answer made Zaki feel somewhat amazed. He knew she wasn't going to give up but he didn't expect her to bounce back so quickly after she realised that her plan might not work. As expected of a mighty rock mountain!

"Ohh, okay. I'll go call Mr. Gou to acc---,"

"Ahh… No, no. No need, I can go alone. Don't worry, I'm already used to doing this. I mean, going to the market by myself."

Davi's firm tone, combined with her kind eyes and warm smile, seemed inexplicably hypnotic, making anyone agree with just about anything she wanted. Zaki felt intrigued and just nodded obediently at her without any more questions.

She then turned and started to walk away. But she paused the moment she heard steps coming from the stairs. She looked back and as expected, Sei was there standing like a godly existence, looking at her.

Zaki, who was still standing between the two of them, instantly tried hiding his presence, slowly backing off a little in order to have a better view of what was about to unfold before him. His intrigued self was sure that something interesting was about to happen.

But a long silence passed and Sei didn't say anything. Zaki could only bite his lip hard as he stared at the motionless stone, as sharply as ever. The whole lounge was suddenly enveloped with nothing but silence and the only thing missing were sounds of chirping birds. Zaki was about to burst!

Thankfully, Davi finally walked towards the unbothered, masked frozen ice to break the awkward atmosphere.

"I'm going to buy something from the markets," she said with her usual dazzling smile. However, the cold masked man just nodded at her, making Zaki's mouth twitch as if he was a father who was so disappointed with his son.

Another long silence went by and strangely, Davi started to look awkward. Not because of the awkward and deafening silence, but because of what was currently running through in her mind.

Truth was, Davi already started brainstorming the moment she saw Sei looking at her, not saying a thing. She instantly turned herself into mission mode upon realizing this was a perfect opportunity to execute step #08 which was supposed to be executed on their date.

'Step #08: 'Do simple cheesy things.'

Davi already searched the internet and read almost every article about every cheesy idea that existed on the planet. And surprisingly, the words 'simple kiss' was boldly marked with bright red ink in the long list of words in her mind.

What Hinari also told her, suddenly played in her mind, like a voice recorder; 'a simple kiss on the cheeks is cute and it's a great force to keep the red carpet of flirting rolling forward, you know. Sometimes, it is even more effective than any other intense kisses.'

"What is it?" Sei finally spoke when Davi just stood there motionless, as if she was deep in her thoughts. And of course, his cold voice startled her from her brainstorming, instantly making her feel tense.

"Ahh, nothing… I'm going now. See you later!" she replied, forcing a smile.

The moment Davi started walking away, Zaki felt the urge to go and just smack the wooden man as hard as he could. He was so disappointed that he was about to shout at him. Tch! This damn frozen piece of wood.

However, what happened next made his disappointed self, become energized by 1000% in an instant.

Davi suddenly halted just before she reached the door. She turned back and ran towards Sei in a really fast pace. The moment she reached him, without any warning, she tiptoed and kissed him near his lips before running away without looking back.

That cute scene happened in a flash and the girl was long gone, yet, the two men in the gray toned lounge, stood motionless for a long time. Sei just stood like a frozen statue while Zaki's gaze was scrutinizing him, anxiously waiting for the frozen stone's reaction.