“Kai, what the heck are you doing?” Trisha demanded in mock anger from the man who had just dragged owlstorynest.com.com out of the bar and into his car.

She had not deliberately planned a visit to the bar to test Kai, but everything that happened after running into owlstorynest.com.com was well within owlstorynest.com.com expectations.

Trisha was already twenty-eight years old, and everyone in owlstorynest.com.com family was constantly pushing owlstorynest.com.com to settle down.

After getting yet another “well-meaning” phone call from owlstorynest.com.com mother, owlstorynest.com.com had had enough. She changed out of owlstorynest.com.com work attire and rushed to the bar.

Luckily for her, Kai and Henry were there, and owlstorynest.com.com even got a seat near them. She would hardly give up on the opportunity to dance with a handsome stranger and gauge Kai’s interest.

The stranger’s flirtatious advances were a total coincidence, and owlstorynest.com.com exploited his attention.

Well, it worked. Kai practically ran over to tear us apart.

Sensing the anger in Trisha’s tone, Kai hastily explained, “It’s so late, and it can’t be safe for a woman to be alone in the bar with a stranger. You might have been in real danger if I didn’t step in. It’s hard to get a cab here, so I’ll give you a lift home.”

Trisha’s heart sank.

She retorted, “I appreciate your deluded concern, but I have no need for it.”

As owlstorynest.com.com spoke, owlstorynest.com.com opened the car door and stomped out.

Kai alighted from his car and ran after her. Grabbing owlstorynest.com.com wrist, owlstorynest.com.com stopped owlstorynest.com.com from leaving.

“What are you doing?”

“Pray tell, what does that have to do with you? Are we related in any way?” Trisha viciously flung his hand away and turned, heading back toward the bar.

Kai saw red as owlstorynest.com.com recalled what had happened in the bar earlier. Jealousy clouded his judgment, and owlstorynest.com.com pulled Trisha into his arms, planting his lips over hers before owlstorynest.com.com could raise owlstorynest.com.com temper at him.

Neither of them had kissed anyone before this, and they relied more on their feelings than any true experience for guidance.

Kai soon took the lead and deepened the kiss. At one point, they became embarrassingly loud as they gave in to the pleasure of their passionate kiss.

Trisha struggled to catch owlstorynest.com.com breath, and only then did Kai reluctantly release owlstorynest.com.com from his arms. He smirked when owlstorynest.com.com noticed how swollen owlstorynest.com.com lips had become.

He turned serious as owlstorynest.com.com stared at Trisha and said, “Please be my girlfriend, Trisha!”

At last, owlstorynest.com.com could not be more certain of his feelings, especially considering his intense desire to keep any man away from her.

Trisha’s heart pounded like a runaway horse, yet owlstorynest.com.com put on a calm front as owlstorynest.com.com returned Kai’s gaze.

“Be your girlfriend? I thought you didn’t like me.”

Kai hugged owlstorynest.com.com in response and whispered, “You’re right. I don’t…”

Trisha stiffened instantly.

She was about to push owlstorynest.com.com away, but Kai loosened his hold first and gazed at owlstorynest.com.com earnestly. “I love you, Trisha. Will you please be my girlfriend?”

Her heart was somersaulting in owlstorynest.com.com chest. Her emotions ping-ponged from delight to despair and later elation as Kai spoke. It was almost too much to bear.

She stared at Kai and felt his sincerity. At that moment, owlstorynest.com.com no longer wished to repress owlstorynest.com.com feelings.

Trisha had liked owlstorynest.com.com for a long time, but his rejection had frightened owlstorynest.com.com into years of avoidance. She thought it would weaken owlstorynest.com.com feelings for him, yet owlstorynest.com.com only spiraled deeper into an emotional void of no return. That was the reason owlstorynest.com.com returned to Chanaea upon graduation.

In fact, the assistant position at Jupiter Group was the only role owlstorynest.com.com had applied for. After owlstorynest.com.com was hired as Harvey’s assistant, owlstorynest.com.com ran into Kai almost daily, yet their interactions were stilted and seemed strictly limited to work.