I AGREE TO YOUR PROPOSAL

AT LIU’S INDUSTRY

Ethan walked in as the board of directors stood, waiting for Mr Liu to arrive before they could start the meeting.

“ Mr Zhuang, let’s begin” Ethan said.

“ What about Mr Liu?” Zhuang asked.

“ Sorry Mr Zhuang but Mr Liu has something urgent today, therefore I’ll chair the meeting on his behalf” Ethan replied.

His reply stared up some murmuring amongst the directors.

“ What a coincidence. I’ve brought some team from the animation department so they can meet Mr Liu but too bad he won’t be present” Zhuang replied.

“ It’s no big deal Mr Zhuang, we can still talk about the project” Ethan replied with a smile.

“ Let’s begin” He added and they all sat down, paving way for Ethan to begin with his explanation  of the project.

Steven on the other hand paid attention to everything going on in the meeting from his office.

Too bad he couldn’t attend it personal.

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Yan barged into Liu’s industry and stopped on getting to the receptionist.

She hit her hand hard on the counter making the receptionist who turned out to be lady to look up.

“Excuse me ma’am, how can I be of help to you?” The receptionist asked.

“I want to meet Mr Liu” Yan replied.

“ Do you have an appointment with him?” The lady asked.

“No” Yan replied sharply.

“But I need to talk to him about something important” Yan added.

“Sorry ma’am but Mr Liu’s schedule today is packed. If you want to see him, please make an appointment” The lady replied.

“Tell him Yan Yunqi is here to see him” Yan said impatiently.

“Sorry ma’am but……

Yan didn’t let the receptionist finish her sentence and she made her way towards Steven’s office.

“ Excuse me ma’am” The receptionist yelled, running after her.

On getting to Steven’s office, Yan barged in.

“ Liu Zhichoa” She called, anger visibly written on her face.

Steven looked up and on seeing who it was he almost hissed.

The receptionist entered immediately.

“Am sorry Mr Liu, I tried stopping her b…..

Steven signaled the receptionist to use the door and she bowed before leaving.

Yan walked up to Steven and hit her palms on the table, bringing her face closer.

“ Ever since, you’ve been disturbing my peace with unnecessary, useless gifts and sending guards to follow me up and down, can’t you give me a break” Yan asked, angrily.

Steven paused the video which was playing on his laptop and removing his ear pods, he stood up.

He walked up to Yan, his hands slide into his pants pocket.

“ Hurry up, am busy” He said coldly.

“ You’ve been paying full attention to my everyday life, I don’t seriously think you’re busy” Yan scoffed.

“ I have only one request from you. Quit sending me gifts and stop bordering my life” Yan snapped angrily.

“We’ll talk about this next time. For now, I’ve got work to handle so you may leave” Steven said and was about heading back to his chair but Yan grabbed his wrist.

He shot her a glare, enough to make a mighty warrior succumb to his feet but Yan cared less.

“ This girl is undeniably fearless, isn’t she?” He scoffed inwardly.

“ An not done yet” Yan snapped, letting go of his wrist.

“ You must give me a satisfactory answer today or else me ain’t going anywhere” Yan added.

“Why won’t you stop bugging my life?” Yan asked.

A smirk formed on Steven’s lips and he started approaching closer.

“I can stop bugging your life, if you promise to marry me” Steven said and with every word he said, he took a step forward while Yan took a step backwards.

He stopped, staring intently into Yan’s eyes.

Yan swallowed hard on seeing how close their faces were and for sometime she felt intimidated.

If not for one thing because of the gap between her and Steven.

He was way way taller than her and comparing the both of them is like comparing a goat to an elephant.

“ I can’t believe am really this short” Yan cursed inside.

She muster up some courage and looked up at him, raising her feet to see if she could cover the intimidating gap between them.

“ Why should I marry you? I don’t even know who you are” Yan asked.

“ Because am handsome, outstanding and blind” Steven replied covering the distance between their faces that their lips could barely meet.

Yan tilted her hand backwards to make sure their lips wouldn’t  meet and at the process she lost her balance and was about falling.

She grabbed Steven’s tie for support and both of them fell but luckily they landed on the coach with Steven on top of Yan.

But unfortunately their lips met and their eyes widened in shock.

For the first time in his life, Steven could feel his heart racing.

For the first time, his heart was beating rapidly like it was gonna burst.

He jerked up from Yan when he thought his heart will soon explode.

Yan stood up staring at him with widened eyes, her finger placed on her lips.

She gasped loudly on realization of what happened and she felt like crying.

“My…first…kiss” She shuttered, staring at her lips.

She grabbed her bag and ran out of his office.

Steven on the other hand just stood staring blankly at the door, his heart racing.

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Yan headed to visit her brother who lives across Street 151 Huaming West Road.

On getting closer to his apartment, she overheard some people discussing and she quickly hid  by the pillar.

“ I’ll get the money, keep my sister out of it” A voice said and Yan recognized whose voice it was.

Who else if not Elan, her elder brother.

“ We’ve found your sister. Don’t think we’ll leave her to live a peaceful life if you don’t pay us the money” Another voice said.

“ Listen, she has nothing to do with the debt. I’ll pay it off” Elan replied.

“ Pay us? Can you really do that? RMB 5million is a huge amount of money?” Another voice said and Yan’s eyes widened.

5million?!!

“What on earth was Elan thinking borrowing such huge amount of money?” Yan muttered.

She didn’t know what to do.

She felt like strangling her brother and at the same she felt really sorry for him.

“Am sure he must have borrowed the money to take care of me” She thought.

Not knowing what to do, Yan turned and left.

Her body was moving on the road but her mind and soul was far away in another realm.

“ How will Elan be able to pay off such huge amount of money? What am I gonna do?”

The question kept ringing in her brain until a car’s horn brought her back to her senses and she could see drivers yelling angrily at her.

She got to the dorm and entering her room, she slumped to the bed, letting out a frustrating groan.

Thinking of what to do, an idea popped up and she quickly sprang up.

She shove it off quickly.

“ What will he think of me? Am not that desperate or am I?” She asked.

She laid back in her on realization that it was the only option.

           LATER THAT DAY

Yan stared at her phone as she didn’t know where to begin.

She exhaled deeply, ensuring herself to calm down and she dialed the number on her phone.

“ Hello” A deep muscular voice answered.

“ Can we have a one on one discussion about the marriage proposal?” Yan asked.

“ Ok, come over, I’ll send you the location” The muscular voice replied ending the call.

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Yan stood before the door, staring blankly at it.

She can’t believe she’s actually at his door.

She breathed out deeply before exerting pressure on the door bell.

She did so twice before the door flung open revealing Steven.

Yan stepped in but Steven stopped her on her track.

“Change your shoes” Steven said coldly.

Yam removed her shoes, slipping her foot into the flip flop before her.

“Why are you suddenly interested in my proposal?” Steven asked, transferring a good amount of water from the jug into a cup.

“ I need your help” Yan replied and Steven shot her a suspicious look as he gulped down some water.

“ Can you lend me some money if I marry you?” Yan asked not wanting to beat around the bush.

“ How much?” Steven asked.

“ RMB 5million”Yan replied and Steven glared at her.

“ I can assure you that I won’t fall in love with you. I promise to fulfil my duty as your wife and I don’t need a real marriage” Yan blurted out.

“ And I’ll pay you back slowly” She added.

“ How do you intend on paying me back as a student?” Steven asked, placing the cup on the counter.

“Am earning little now, but am healthy and will live long plus I’m smart. I’ll eventually pay you back even if it means doing that my whole life” Yan replied immediately.

“ Is this girl serious?” Steven thought, glaring at her.

“And what about my personal life?" Steven asked with folded arms.

“ Your personal life, not my business. I don’t care what you do in private and whether you have interest in women or not, that’s fine with me” Yan assured and Steven frowned his eyebrows.

“Did I ever said I have no interest in women? “ Steven asked.

“ Why would you want to marry someone you don’t even like then?” Yan asked and Steven almost hissed.

Yan suddenly gasped.

“ Do you have a secret illness that prevents you from getting married, like OCD?” Yan asked and Steven glared at her.

“Let me make it clear to you that am healthy, have my organs functioning and have interest in women” Steven snapped approaching closer while Yan stepped back until her leg hit the coach and she lost her balance.

Once again, she grabbed Steven by his collar for support and both of them fell to the coach.

Their lips met and once again Steven could feel his heart beating rapidly.

He felt like soon it was gonna burst out from his chest.

Both of them became lost staring at each other with widened eyes until they heard the sound of something fall to the ground, snapping both of them back.

Steven looked up immediately and his eyes almost popped out.

“ Mom” He exclaimed………………