Chapter 797: The End...
She placed her hands on his shoulders and looked up into his eyes. "What are you doing?"
"Well, we need to have a complete story for your grandchildren, don’t we?" He grinned playfully, his eyes twinkling with mischief. "How can you say you dated a lunatic until you’ve at least kissed him? Hmm? So, a kiss?"
Lily blinked, her heart skipping a beat. Did that actually sound like a question? She studied his expression and realized it was. Even though he had made the classic move of pulling her into his arms, there was a softness in his eyes. He was waiting, asking for her permission to kiss her. And that was incredibly sweet of him...
But in the few seconds it took for her to gather her thoughts and give him an answer, he seemed to take her silence as a no. He was already stepping away, looking slightly disappointed.
Hurriedly, she tightened her hands on his shoulders, stopping him, and leaned up on her toes. She pressed a quick kiss to the corner of his lips before pulling back just as fast, feeling her face warm with embarrassment.
He smiled at her then, shaking his head with amusement. "Well, okay then, I think that suffices for a kiss at the end of the first date. Goodbye, Lily. I’ll see you later."
"Will you?" The words flew out of her mouth before she could stop them, and her face flushed as he raised an eyebrow in surprise. "I mean... unless you don’t want to see me," she added quickly, suddenly nervous.
Cai shrugged, "I don’t see why we shouldn’t catch up..."
He chuckled, the sound warm and reassuring. She smiled back, nodding. "I’d like that. We can hang out together... only as friends, of course," she hurried to clarify, worried he might misunderstand her meaning. Then, she immediately wondered if she was overthinking it. There was no need to explain, really.