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The soft body, still warm from alcohol, and that unfamiliar scent, unexpectedly crashed into his arms.
Isabella lifted her head and her hazy gaze met his face, suddenly bursting into giggles.
Like a cat that has successfully stolen fishy, cunning and adorable.
She reached out her slender fingers and hooked them around his neck, while the index finger of her other hand, with a slightly cool touch, slid slowly from his forehead, along his straight nose bridge, and finally stopped at his tightly pursed thin lips. Her eyes, in that moment, went from drunken haziness to a hazy and focused state..
Those beautiful blue pupils, reflected in the living room crystal chandelier, looked like two deep and mysterious blue lakes, and also like two gentle whirlpools. It seemed to have a deadly attraction, as if it wanted to suck his soul in.
The air became quiet and thin in that moment.
James felt his breath inexplicably pause for a moment. He could even smell the sweet scent of alcohol in her breath, mixed with the fragrance of her perfume, subtly entering his nostrils. The next second, her rosy lips. slightly pouted, and without warning, pressed straight towards his lips.
At that moment, James clearly felt his heart skip a beat.
He suddenly came to his senses and almost rudely pushed her away. A hint of panic flashed in his eyes, which he had not even noticed.
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“Heh, he tugged at the corner of his mouth, trying his best to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, “Where did you learn this set from a man in the bar?” Isabella was pushed back by him, her high heels almost causing her to fall again, but she was not angry, instead she laughed even more happily.”
She steadied herself by holding onto the arm of the sofa, tilting her head and speaking with a hint of unconscious provocation: “Do you like it? James, do you like me like this?” Do you like it?
In James‘ mind, the image of her in the bar, surrounded by all kinds of men, smiling and charming them, kept popping up uncontrollably.
A nameless anger surged up from the bottom of his heart, burning him with inexplicable restlessness in his chest, causing his temples to throb incessantly.
He forcefully tugged at the tie that was constricting his throat and growled in a displeased tone, “Don’t like it!”
“Shameless!”
“Go to bed!”
She ignored him and moved closer, her moist peach blossom eyes blinking.
“But… didn’t you used to love going to nightclubs the most? James, all those bright lights, all that passion, didn’t you used to enjoy it all?”
“Why didn’t you like me like this?”
Her voice lightly grazed his heart like a feather.
James furrowed his brow even tighter, impatiently waving her hand away. “If I don’t like it, I don’t like it. There’s no need for so many reasons,” he
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said, then turned to walk upstairs, but his wrist was once again firmly grabbed by her.
“What do you like then? she asked vaguely, her breath reeking of alcohol.”
James paused, turned his back to her, and said in a cold, hard voice, “There is nothing I like.”
Isabella did not give up, her slender fingers tightened a little more, as if afraid he would disappear into thin air.
“Where is the person you liked?”
The air seemed to have frozen for a few seconds.
James hesitated for a moment before squeezing out a few words from hist throat: “There isn’t either.”
“I don’t believe it! Isabella shook her head, her hair brushing against his arm, causing a slight itch.”
“Did you think the same way when you were drunk?”
James was always arrogant: “I never drink, and no one dares to force met
to drink.”
Isabella heard the words and muttered softly, her voice as light as a dream: “Just try getting drunk once and you’ll see…”
“That feeling… was very uncomfortable…”
“Thought I could feel better, but my heart followed my stomach and felt
even worse.”
“Got drunk… only then did I realize who I love.”
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After she finished speaking, she unsteadily let go of his hand and barely managed to stand by leaning against the dark red wine cabinet next to her.
She stood still, watching his back, the beautiful blue pupils gradually filled with an overwhelming sadness that could not be dissolved.
“James, if there ever comes a day when you get drunk, remember to tell me the answer.”
