Chapter 381: Long Engagement
Rui distanced himself from Cali since that last encounter with her when they kissed. All that happened was too alarming for his plans regarding their relationship. He had a fair understanding of her feelings towards himself but being the kind of person he was, he couldn’t help but still think all of it was her infatuation and not love.
He also thought of her to be immature and very young. Though somewhere he felt attracted to her and her warmth touched his heart in many ways, he yet could not accept his feelings for her.
Every time he picked up his mobile phone, he saw a lot of missed calls and unread messages from Cali, but he ignored them all. Even Jean was sulky at him because he clearly told her not to disclose his available schedules to Cali or else he would replace her for being disloyal.
He wanted to leave as soon as he could, but a few more things remained to wrap up before he could go to country V. He volunteered to stay there to coordinate closely with Chad. He would personally monitor the extensive project that Yang Globals group had been establishing there. It would be a good alibi and a good excuse as well to stay out from Cali’s sight.
[Are you avoiding me? Sorry about the kiss. Promise I won’t do it again. I will refrain from asking you for any tutorial or help about it. Please don’t ignore me like this.]
He cursed, reading a particular message from Cali.
"Is she planning to ask others instead?" he mumbled as he analyzed and interpreted the other text messages. He knew that Cali was in her prime age where she was getting curious about a lot of things, especially about relationship matters and goals.
Jean came inside his office, and still with a long face, poured him some tea.
"Jean, I will leave soon so stop sulking and don’t make me feel bad about it. I don’t wanna leave you having a grudge against me." he jested with a smile.
One of Jean’s brows lifted as she said, "You should at least talk to her and properly say your farewell. Do you know how bad she will feel if you just disappeared without telling her at least something? Tomorrow will be your formal engagement ceremony with her. Cali told me you two have an agreement and she will understand you whatever will happen later, but still show her some respect as her fiance."
Rui of course knew that, but he felt that it would be better to leave Cali hating him in her heart rather than not because he knew she was a very stubborn woman. She was the type of girl who would cling onto him and keep going around him, if they parted ways in a good way. Cali would only stop clinging if she somehow hated him.