Chapter 354 - A Rainbow Of Fondness

Everything was well and fine when Xia Ruo Lan was still sticking to Ethan Lee's broad chest as she cried, inconsolably.

All hell broke loose when Xia Ruo Lan raised her head after crying her heart out and venting all her emotions. Looking all meek and pitiful, like an abandoned kitty on the streets.

Peering down at the petite woman who was trying to lift her lips into a smile albeit the glistening tears looming in her reddened eyes, Ethan Lee suddenly felt his throat run dry, drier than the Sahara.

Even his heart was thumping dangerously fast, faster than a bullet train. The sound deafening to his ears.

The man's clear gaze darkening.

Battered into a pity evoking state, Xia Ruo Lan's face was a huge mess at the moment.

She was flushed a pretty pink. Her small face stained with tears made her look like a drenched kitten on a rainy night. Her beautiful pair of eyes were swollen red after crying, resembling large walnuts. Her alluring lips quivered with each word she spoke.

Nothing that Xia Ruo Lan said registered in Ethan Lee's mind, his otherwise proactive brain as though fused out. All his thoughts befuddled.

He had no idea what came over him, like a broken robot his body mechanically paced forward. It was complete chaos. There was no coordination between his body, heart and mind.

In a stupor, Ethan Lee's limbs acted on their own as he painstakingly leaned forward and crashed his mouth on the Xia Ruo Lan's.

Not knowing when it happened Xia Ruo Lan's pink lips were suddenly locked with Ethan Lee's.

She was kissing him, no. She was being kissed by the man!

Xia Ruo Lan's eyes went round in shock. Her blurry gaze was instantly cleared with just a mere touch of their lips. The unshed tears dried up.

The soft brush of their lips brought her back to reality.

It was real.

Ethan Lee, he was really kissing Xia Ruo Lan!

The start of the feathery soft touch had sent a strong feeling of warmth spiraling through Xia Ruo Lan's system, that she couldn't help but confuse reality with dreams. With illusions.

She felt her head buzzing as she crumbled between reality and illusion.

Xia Ruo Lan's heart rate ricocheted as the reality of being kissed by Ethan Lee slowly sinked in.

The next second Xia Ruo Lan found herself closing her eyes fearlessly, but the closure didn't let her see the depressing darkness.

It instead created a rainbow of fondness.

Her tense nerves soon began to relax as she savored the sweet sensations. Her troubles, her guilt, her pain began to melt away, like ice cubes coming in contact with searing hot flames. And the surroundings began to disappear leaving only her, her and Ethan.

Yes! Her and Ethan..

The large calloused hand cupping Xia Ruo Lan's cheek smoothly moved to her nape. She reflexively shifted her slender neck to accommodate the man as his lips caressed hers.

So warm, so loving.

His other hand encircled her willowy waist, pulling her slim body to him. Their hot breaths mingling.

The in sync movement of their lips was in symphony, a slow dance full of passion and wanting left Xia Ruo Lan's brain all muddled up.

Slowly kissing and nibbling, her lithe arms instinctively snaked around his neck, drawing herself closer to him.

Her stylish high heels were a great help, effortlessly allowing her to meet his lips without standing on tippy toes.

Far away from the couple who seemed to have forgotten their surroundings, a sneaky shadow giggled mischievously.

'I knew something was going on between these two airheads!'

With a hand on her mouth, Sera hid herself carefully watching Xia Ruo Lan and Ethan as they kissed like real lovers. Drowning in passion.

Her onxy black eyes glinting with a hint of smile in them. She clutched the phone in her hand as she smiled. She was happy for her friends.

The moment Sera proudly presented ROSE's painting to Ethan Lee, his reaction weirdly intriguing.

'Eh? What's wrong with Et.. Ethan?! He's as white as a sheet..'

Eyeballing Ethan whose face had suddenly blanched at the mention of Xia Ruo Lan, Sera's curiosity kicked. Especially after seeing his aghast expression when closely studying ROSE's painting.

Her radar flicked on!

The otherwise oblivious Sera felt her radar blinking dangerously red, and sirens blaring in her head when she saw Ethan's face pale.

'It's not nothing.. There's definitely something wrong! I have known Ethan for months now. And this is the first time he's openly showed such an intense reaction in front of me..'

At first, Sera didn't suspect anything weird, but Ethan's reactions weren't subtle which piqued her interest. She could even see beads of sweat trickle down his forehead when the air-con was working fine.

Finally, Sera became sure that the man had some really important questions to be answered. Which she didn't have any knowledge of.

Lo and behold!

Just when Sera was racking her brains on what to do, Xia Ruo Lan emerged out like a life saving angel. Her appearance was like a ray of hope.

Ethan Lee's extreme reactions to Xia Ruo Lan's presence got the busybody in Sera moving at a fast pace as though running a marathon, compelling her to stage a drama.

'Hmm.. Let's get out of here first, these guys need to have a serious talk! I'll have to sneak out without arising their suspicion..'

Spouting a random excuse, Sera sounded apologetic as she slipped out of the room, giving Ethan Lee and Xia Ruo Lan the much needed privacy.

For the most part, Sera was just hungry for information after not finding her memory of previous day's occurrence. Anything that could help her retain her lost memory from the other day, she was willing to try.

She sprinted through the doors in haste, and straight to the couch on first floor where her bag was thrown. Inside it sat her mobile phone. She played on her phone for some time before going back to see what's happening.

What Sera didn't expect was to find Xia Ruo Lan and Ethan entangled together, in such an explicit way. Her ears were tinted pink witnessing the couple's flaming passion.

Feeling squeamish, and embarrassed Sera escaped soundlessly to give them more alone time to cool off. Without making any noise she slipped out like wind.

With a low moan, Xia Ruo Lan parted her cherry lips invitingly, Ethan Lee who was biting her lower lip paused abruptly. His actions ceased, his body froze in shock as realization the hit him. It hit him really hard.

'Shit! Wha.. What did I do?!'

The aftermath of kissing your friend's ex, who is also your childhood friend was burdening.