The Reluctant Bride Book II - Chapter 92

Roses.

Qiao Tan Yuan sat in her office reviewing the last couple of reports she had left before her departure date.

‘Beautiful red roses for a beautiful woman,’ Quan Zheng Hao said.

Qiao Tan Yuan looked up, and was annoyed to see Quan Zheng Hao.

‘Get rid of it,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘I hate roses.’

Quan Zheng Hao sat opposite Qiao Tan Yuan, and put the red roses on her desk.

‘Do you hate roses or the giver?’ Quan Zheng Hao asked.

‘What’s the difference?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

‘There’s a significant difference,’ Quan Zheng Hao said. ‘If you hate roses, I can replace them with your favorite flowers. If you hate the giver, my heart would be devastated.’

‘I hate the giver,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘No matter what you give me, I’ll hate it. Are you satisfied?’

‘Unsatisfied,’ Quan Zheng Hao said. ‘Why can’t you see my sincerity? Besides, you owe me.’

‘What do I owe you?, I’m joking,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘This island belongs to a friend.’

‘A friend?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

Qiao Tan Yuan only met a couple of Gu Jiao Wu’s friends. There was a lot she didn’t know about Gu Jiao Wu like how he became friends with Ling Hu, and someone who owned an island.

‘How did you meet your friend?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

Gu Jiao Wu sat up and looked at Qiao Tan Yuan.

‘If you’re curious about my life, does that mean you’ve decided to accept my proposal?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.

Qiao Tan Yuan thought about everything that happened. Her panic when she thought she and Xiao Bao were kidnapped, and why Gu Jiao Wu brought her to the island.

‘Gu Jiao Wu, if you brought me here to convince me to change my mind then you can keep dreaming,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said.

‘Four years ago, I didn’t take you on a honeymoon,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘I brought you here to make up for not taking you on a honeymoon.’

‘If you feel you owe me then you can marry another woman and let me free to marry another man,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said.

‘Qiao Tan Yuan, is it that hard for you to believe me?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.

‘Yes,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘I don’t believe you now, and I won’t believe you in the future.’

Qiao Tan Yuan wanted to provoke Gu Jiao Wu enough to make him leave. But there was nowhere for him to leave to on the island. He sat on her chair, pulled her onto his lap.

‘Seven days,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘If after staying with me here for seven days you still won’t change your mind then I’ll let you leave.’

‘Really?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

‘Yes,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘If in seven days you won’t believe me then I’ll take you home.’

‘What about Xiao Bao?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

‘Xiao Bao… will return to the Qiao Mansion with you,’ Gu Jiao Wu said.

‘You can’t break your promise,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said.

‘Um, I promise,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘But I have one condition.’

‘What condition?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.

‘For seven days you can’t say no to me,’ Gu Jiao Wu said.

Qiao Tan Yuan blushed.

‘You…’ Qiao Tan Yuan said.

‘If for seven days you don’t say not to me, I promise to take you home,’ Gu Jiao Wu said.

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End of Chapter Ninety-Two