chapter 200

Lucy replayed his words in her mind. But this time, she imagined Eric talking about her.'She will always be mine.''She can be as rude and hurtful as she likes.''I will give her everything I have.''She doesn't need to find another man to pamper her because I will pamper her to no end.''She is the only woman for me I will ever accept. If it's not her, then it cannot be anybody else either!"Suddenly, she felt as if blood rushed up at full speed, making her face bright red. Imaginary steam escaped her ears. She felt her heart loudly hammer in her chest. Her cheeks heated up to finally realize that Eric's words were meant for her.Eric gently pulled her face and kissed her forehead. The soft sensation of his lips made her feel as if she was floating in the air.He lowered his gaze and stared at her beautiful, misty eyes that shone under the faint violet light."I told you. I don't talk to other women. I don't talk about them either. I don't touch them. The only woman whom I will ever touch and kiss and talk about will always be you."She trembled.Lucy didn't know how to contain these overwhelming feelings attacking every cell of her body. She raised her head. His sincere gaze shook her heart.I am really so dumb! Ben is right! How could I have misunderstood my Boss? How could I think that Boss hurt me? Idiot, idiot, you are just a big idiot, Lucy!"E-En…" she guiltily said, "I am sorry for misunderstanding you, Boss."Eric pulled her into a warm hug. "Don't apologize. I only like it when you smile. You can think or do as you wish. I won't be angry or disappointed with you."Lucy felt an urge to cry.How could any man pamper his woman so much? Even though I misunderstood him and lied to him, he didn't get mad at me at all.He said I can do as I wish. So if I lie to him again, he won't misunderstand me? How can anybody trust so deeply? After all, it's only been a month since we've known each other...Lucy always knew that under his stiff and impassive demeanor, Eric was absolutely adorable and a kind person. But his words tonight made such a deep impact in her heart that she felt it impossible to contain her love for him. Her heart seemed like a small place now to accommodate her overwhelmingly budding feelings for him.They stayed silent like that for a few minutes.Lucy faced him and grinned. "Haha. I always wondered why you would agree to take that crease woman as your wife? I was right! You have good taste after all! Hahaha!"Eric's lips tugged into a relieved smile as he saw her laugh. After so many days, he felt for the first time now that they were talking just how they always used to. As the misunderstandings cleared up, so did all their inhibitions.He curiously asked, "Why do you call her a crease woman?"Lucy fumed as she thought back to that time in the store. "Boss, you won't believe just how mean and rude a woman she is!"As she grumbled away all her complaints to him, his gaze darkened to know that kathy acted rudely to Lihua."And your Grandma! She humiliated Uncle so harshly! How could any mother be so mean to her own son?"Eric didn't comment on that. He wasn't affected much. He never talked to Elvis because Elvis always refrained from talking to him. He had already made it clear way back in his childhood that Eric would neither talk to nor meet him and his mother, Mary."Uncle is so sweet!" She pouted. "How can anybody have the heart to yell at him like that?"His mouth twitched. "Sweet? Sweeter than me too?" He questioned."..."Boss is competing against his own father…She sighed. She giggled and pinched his cheeks. "Of course Boss is sweeter!"Joy bloomed in his heart and he nodded."But now I understand why Boss is so handsome and cute! It's because of genes! Damn gene power is amazing. Uncle is so adorable so his son is adorable too!"Eric tilted his head.From how much he knew about his father, he never got the impression that he was adorable."I see. It must be true if you are saying it.""Hehe," she clapped her hands once, "And I am so glad you didn't choose kathy. She is rude and would have made you so poor!"Eric smiled and cupped her cheek. "En. I will always choose you."She blushed."Shall we cut the cake then?"She felt emotional. "En. Boss, so you always remembered today...I-I thought I was the only one…""I will never forget anything related to you."That was it. Lucy died as her brain was overloaded due to her Boss's flirting.Ahhhh I must have done some really good deeds in my past life that I met Boss in this life, she sobbed.As all the misunderstandings cleared out, she suddenly remembered a very important point."Boss, what about the engagement?"---