Chapter 49
When sending Shawn the sentence "I'm thinking of you", Vanessa had the "what-the-hell" mentality.
After being bombarded by the screenshots of his chat records for so long, Vanessa felt that she did not need to struggle.
Besides.
She felt that she was just telling the truth and didn't deliberately act.
She was just missing him.
However, there was no reply from Shawn.
So even if she was telling the truth, Shawn still felt embarrassed.
Alas.
Curling up on the sofa, Vanessa sighed and didn't know what to do.
Sophia didn't receive a reply after a long time. She began to urge Vanessa.
Sophia: Have you asked?
Sophia: Ask him if he is free tomorrow.
It was not until then that Vanessa realized that she had forgotten about Sophia's matter.
Vanessa: OK, I'll ask now.
Vanessa: But why do you ask him out tomorrow?
Sophia: To see the art exhibition.
Sophia: I have asked my friend to get three tickets for me.
Sophia majored in art appreciation at University. Although she seldom took classes and almost couldn't even graduate, she thought it was enough for her to deal with an outsider like Lonn.
At least she could make Lonn think that she was an artistic woman.
Vanessa sent a message to Lonn, asking: Are you free tomorrow?
She waited for a long time, but there was no reply from Lonn. Maybe he was really busy.
Vanessa was not in a hurry, but Sophia, who was holding her phone, was a little nervous.
So Sophia didn't notice that her mother was talking to her.
Rachel reached out and knocked on Sophia's phone, "You're so focused on your phone, eh?"
"Well." Sophia raised her head. "What?"
"I'm asking you." While stirring the spoon, Rachel said, "Your father is going mountain climbing tomorrow. Do you want to go with him? Do more exercise. You either sit or lie every day. Keeping your figure depends on going on a diet. It's not good for you."
"No, I won't." Sophia said, "I don't want to climb the mountain with those old men."
"What are you talking about old men? Speak politely. Don't be so rude." Hearing this, Rachel was a little angry, but she wouldn't lose her temper on such a trifle. "And the children including Talan."
"No, I won't." Sophia insisted. "I have something to deal with tomorrow."
Shawn next to them put down his chopsticks and slowly wiped his hands with a towel. His tone was calm with a little sarcasm. "What can you do?"
Sophia was used to his tone. She couldn't refute or say anything.
But today, she had a good plan for tomorrow, so she could not control her mouth.
"Why can't I be busy? I have an appointment to watch the art exhibition."
Shawn smiled and said in an unfriendly tone.
"Really? Who is too idle to accompany you to the art exhibition?"
But Sophia felt that he might be in a good mood today, since he had said so much to her.
But she couldn't tell Shawn that she was going to chase a man.
"Vanessa." Staring at him on purpose, Sophia raised her chin slightly, showing off. "Can't I?"
As expected, she was ignored by Shawn.
The next second, Sophia received a reply from Vanessa, which was Vanessa's chat with Lonn.
Lonn: Tomorrow? I have something to deal with. What's wrong?
Vanessa: Well, nothing serious. It's the weekend. My friend happens to have three tickets to the art exhibition. We're one man short. Are you free?
Lonn: I'm sorry.
Vanessa: It doesn't matter.
When Sophia saw it, she looked sad. In an instant, the arrogant look on her face was gone.
Sophia: Oh... I see.
Sophia: What about the day after tomorrow?
Vanessa frowned and hesitated.
It was OK to keep asking, but Vanessa was afraid that Lonn might think she had something else to say.
Although when Vanessa and Lonn talked before, she clearly expressed that she had no intention of a blind date, they were of the opposite sexes and had little contact at ordinary times. If Vanessa suddenly kept inviting him to see the art exhibition, it would seem that she liked him.
Vanessa: Do you want me to go with you?
Sophia: Or what? If I invite him alone, he must think that I'm not reserved.
Vanessa was speechless.
Vanessa didn't think that Sophia was reserved now.
She thought for a while and took it as doing something good for Shawn.
So Vanessa asked Lonn again.
Vanessa: Do you have time the day after tomorrow?
Lonn: Yep. It's OK.
Vanessa: OK. Shall we meet at the exhibition center at 2 p.m?
Lonn: OK.
When Sophia heard the news, she was in a good mood. After eating two mouthfuls of food, she said with a smile, "I'd better go mountain climbing with my father tomorrow."
Shawn slowly leaned back on the chair and looked at her with arms crossed.
"Don't you go to the art exhibition with Vanessa?"
"No." Sophia's head swayed in a small arc, and there was a shallow smile at the corners of her mouth. "I've decided to go to the art exhibition the day after tomorrow. I'll climb the mountain tomorrow. I haven't seen Talan for a long time. I don't know if he's more handsome."
At dusk, the smell of newly opened Begonia flowers in the yard was brought in by the wind. One would feel relieved to smell it.
The phone on the table suddenly vibrated.
Shawn picked up his phone and glanced at it.
Vanessa: Are you free tomorrow afternoon? Are you going to see a movie?
Vanessa: (An obedient expression)
Biting his lips tightly, Shawn replied: No. I'll work.
Vanessa had just been stood up and came to ask Shawn out.
Vanessa really took Shawn as a back-burner guy.
By the way, Shawn turned his head to take a look at Sophia, who was burying herself in eating.
Shawn was a back-burner guy for Sophia.
All of a sudden, Shawn stood up and tapped Sophia's head lightly with his phone.
"What are you doing?"
Covering her head with her hands, Sophia turned her head and only saw Shawn's back.
She was so angry, but she could only whisper, "Did I provoke him when I ate? Damn it... Mom, teach him a lesson."
Rachel shrugged, "Who dares to teach him a lesson?"
On the other side, Vanessa received the reply from Shawn and became disappointed.
Vanessa thought, "Are you a workaholic?
Why will you work at such a good time?"
Vanessa typed while having dinner.
Vanessa: Let me join you.
Shawn: What are you doing here?
Vanessa: To earn performance.
After a long time.
Shawn: Whatever.
This was the permission.
Vanessa finished the rest of the meal with a smile and hummed when she washed the dishes.
When she answered the call from Emily, she said in a frivolous tone, "What are you doing? Are you missing me?"
"Speak normally. Don't talk coquettishly." Emily got goosebumps when she heard this. "Ask you a question. Is Cheryl, the girl in the class next door, now an Internet celebrity?"
"Yes." Vanessa said, "Quite popular, right? I saw that she has two million followers that day."
Emily said, "Can you get in touch with her? There is product promotion in my company recently. She is quite suitable."
"OK, no problem. I'll ask someone to help you."
Emily frowned at the other end of the phone, "Vanessa, what's wrong with you today? Are you insane?"
"Are you insane?" Vanessa snorted, "I'm in a good mood."
Hearing this, Emily was actually happy.
Emily had been worried that Vanessa was in a bad mood and that she couldn't take it.
But Vanessa's tone was so arrogant that Emily couldn't help teasing her.
"Well, I know you are in a good mood. Someone may think that you have won the grand prize."
After a pause, Vanessa smiled and said, "I didn't just win the grand prize."
"What?" Emily was intrigued, "What happened?"
"Nothing." Vanessa said casually, "I think that Shawn and I are reconciled."
It sounded a little rash to say so. Vanessa added, "Anyway, he is not angry now."
"He is NOT angry?"
Emily screamed, which scared Vanessa so much that she almost smashed the bowl in her hand.
"Why are you so excited?"
It was not that Emily was excited, but in her opinion, any man would be infuriated by such a thing.
To a person like Shawn, it was equivalent to provoking his dignity and self-esteem.
Therefore, when Emily heard that Vanessa failed, she had already prayed for her.
However, it was only after a short time.
How could Shawn not be angry?
Was this the magic of beauty?
Even this could be forgiven?
Emily touched her face, confused.
Vanessa kept talking about what had happened in the past few days to Emily. Emily felt that things were against her three outlooks.
"So," Vanessa said slowly, "I'll work overtime with him tomorrow."
"OK."
Emily had accepted the fact, but she couldn't help reminding her, "Then you don't have to do this. How many times have I told you? You have to be reserved, or Shawn won't cherish you."
Holding the hot water in her hand, Vanessa swallowed the pill and said word by word, "You are still talking about the formulas and laws. I can do whatever I want to do and express what I want to express. Otherwise, what if the opportunity suddenly disappears?"
"And..."
A piece of pill stuck in her throat, spreading a bitter taste. "Must I be cherished if I'm reserved? I was so reserved when I was chased by Jackson before, wasn't I? What about the result?"
This question made Emily unable to refute at all.
"If a man doesn't cherish me because I'm not reserved enough and I took the initiative, then..."
Vanessa sighed, "Then I have nothing to say."
...
In the afternoon of the second day.
Without taking anything, Vanessa went to the headquarters building of Mondred Group with ease.
In this office building with strict access management, for the first time, Vanessa went up to the seventeenth floor smoothly.
When she entered Shawn's office.
He sat behind the computer and didn't raise his eyes until Vanessa walked up to him.
Vanessa stood in front of him.
"I'm here."
Shawn had seen and heard Vanessa, but he just ignored her.
Vanessa moved to his side again and waved her hand in front of him.
"Am I invisible?"
Shawn took off his glasses, looked up at her, and then raised his chin to the side.
Vanessa turned to look over.
There was a sofa.
"Take a seat over there."
It sounded as if Vanessa was asked not to bother him.
Vanessa nodded and went to where she should go.
When Vanessa turned around, Shawn looked at her aggrieved back and smiled.
As soon as the door of the office was closed, it isolated all the sounds from the outside.
Shawn was focused on the screen of the computer, without any sound. If Vanessa hadn't seen Shawn with her own eyes, she would have thought that there was no other living person in this office except her.
At first, she was sitting upright. She had nothing to do. After a long time, she felt tired.
Anyway, Shawn would not pay attention to her, so Vanessa slowly leaned into the sofa.
After a while, there was still no response from Shawn.
Vanessa tried to draw his attention.
She walked to the window, touched the green plants, and then returned to the sofa to spend time on her cell phone. Occasionally, she went to the other side of the window and stretched.
Vanessa's figure kept moving around in the corner of Shawn's eyes.
When Vanessa touched the leaves of the green plant for the third time, Shawn behind her finally made a move.
Vanessa immediately turned around, only to find that Shawn's focus was not on her, but the internal line of the company.
The moment the phone was connected, he raised his head and had eye contact with Vanessa. Then he looked at her and said to the person on the phone word by word, "Book two movie tickets."
On the other end of the line, the secretary asked, "Would you like to book the whole cinema?"
Vanessa looked at him and smiled.
Shawn looked away and said, "No."
The secretary asked, "Would you like me to send you a list of the films being shown?"
Shawn said, "No, you can choose whatever you like."
When Shawn raised his head again, Vanessa had walked to the sofa to pack up her things.
Looking at her every move, he added, "I want a movie I can watch later."
The secretary said, "OK, I'll send the message to you later."
After Shawn hung up the phone, Vanessa had sorted out her things, sat on the sofa orderly, and watched Shawn.
Shawn was also looking at her.
He looked at her up and down carefully and indifferently, as if it was the first time he had seen Vanessa.
A moment later, he even bent his arm to support his temple, and looked at her face carefully.
Vanessa didn't know what he was thinking. She felt a little scared by his look.
"Are you going to watch a movie or not?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Let me see you first."
Shawn was still staring at her and looked down bit by bit.
He looked at her waist, her legs, and finally her eyes.
"I'm not in a hurry."
Vanessa kept thinking.
A few seconds later, she finally couldn't stand it anymore and covered her hot face with her hands.
"What are you looking at?"
All of a sudden, Shawn stood up, walked to her, squatted down, and pulled her hands away.
Vanessa had to look into his eyes again.
Shawn looked at her closely for a while and then smiled.
"I'm thinking if the movie is worth me wasting two hours."
Vanessa was speechless.
...
No matter whether Shawn thought it was worth it or not, he came to the cinema with Vanessa.
Valentine's day had just passed, and it happened to be the weekend. The cinema was still crowded.
But Shawn's secretary had booked a VIP hall, and the two of them went there at the right time. They didn't need to wait and went straight into the movie hall.
But at the entrance, Vanessa heard someone calling Shawn.
"Mr. Yeats!"
Vanessa turned around before Shawn.
Vanessa saw two women coming in together. One of them was beautiful with a good figure and long hair. Although she didn't wear much makeup, her temperament still made her companion inferior.
However, the beauty looked at Vanessa after Shawn turned around.
A few seconds later, she looked back at Shawn.
"I'm Fiona from EM Finance Corporation. Do you remember me? We've met at EM Charity Night."
Hearing the name "Fiona", Vanessa got nervous.
She remembered that the woman whose name was mentioned by Finley on the phone before was called this name.
Then Vanessa finally understood why Fiona stared at her as soon as she came over.
Thinking of this, Vanessa felt a sense of crisis. Quietly, she drew closer to Shawn.
How could Fiona not understand such a silent declaration of ownership?
Fiona looked at Shawn and reached out her hand to him, paying attention to Vanessa secretly.
Shawn didn't know what was going on between Vanessa and Fiona. He said to Fiona seriously.
"Long time no see."
"Yes, I didn't expect to meet you here," Fiona said as she stretched out her hand to Shawn.
Seeing them shake hands, Vanessa gritted her teeth.
Although they only held each other's hand for a few seconds, Vanessa felt as if they had held each other's hand for several minutes. She wanted to separate the two of them.
Fiona wanted to say something more, but the light in the movie hall suddenly turned off.
"Let's go." Shawn dragged Vanessa inside. "The movie is about to begin."
Fiona glanced at the two and followed her friend to their seats.
Coincidentally, their seats were in front and back rows.
However, the seats in the VIP Hall were adjustable with a wide space between the front and back, so Vanessa could only feel the faint sight behind her, but couldn't perceive her movements.
Vanessa fidgeted all the time and didn't pay attention to the big screen at all. The only impression she had of this movie was the name Happy Hours.
On the contrary, Shawn seemed to be very serious.
Vanessa couldn't calm down. After thinking a lot, she suddenly asked, "What would you like to drink?"
There was a retractable table between the two seats, on which there was a QR code. With a scan, food could be ordered and sent in.
Shawn focused on watching the movie and said, "No."
Vanessa said, "Would you like to eat popcorn? "
Shawn said, "No."
Boring.
Vanessa ordered herself a bucket of popcorn.
She didn't want to go to the bathroom halfway, so she didn't order anything to drink.
After a while, someone bent over and brought in the popcorn.
While eating the popcorn, Vanessa focused her attention on Fiona behind her.
Even if it was just her intuition, she was sure that Fiona was not watching a movie, but looking at Shawn.
All of a sudden, Vanessa felt that the person behind her stood up. Her action of chewing popcorn suddenly stopped, and she mobilized the nerves all over her body, motionless.
"We ordered some mineral water."
Fiona patted Shawn on the shoulder and asked, "Would you like it?"
Vanessa bit the popcorn hard and forced herself not to look over there.
She had to pretend to be calm.
"No," Shawn's voice rang in her ears, "Thanks."
Vanessa heaved a sigh of relief.
But the sense of crisis in her heart was getting stronger and stronger. She couldn't rest assured if she didn't do anything.
A few minutes later, Vanessa suddenly handed the popcorn to Shawn.
"Would you like it?"
Shawn didn't even look at her.
"No."
Vanessa felt that Fiona was looking at them.
It would be a joke to be refused like this.
Vanessa picked up popcorn and handed it to Shawn.
"Have one. It's sweet."
Shawn turned to look at her.
The dim light in the cinema still couldn't hide Vanessa's pretentious begging expression.
"Just eat."
She frowned as if she would cry on the spot if Shawn didn't eat.
The picture on the big screen changed frame by frame, making the light and shadow between Vanessa and Shawn flicker.
All of a sudden, Shawn stretched out his neck and lowered his head.
In the darkness, Vanessa saw that he was staring at her and took the popcorn in her fingers by his mouth.
It seemed that his lips touched her fingertips.
Vanessa felt a warm feeling. With the flow of the blood, it spread all over Vanessa's body.
She was stunned for a while. Then she suddenly turned around and looked at the screen.
But she didn't know where to put her hands. She grabbed a few popcorns randomly and put them into her mouth.
When she bit her fingertips, she was stunned again.
Then she quickly lowered her hand and gently rubbed her fingertips.
After a long time, Vanessa didn't say anything.
When Shawn thought that Vanessa had finally calmed down, she slowly turned around and said to Fiona behind her, "We ordered popcorn. Would you like it?"
"..."
Fiona, who had seen everything just now, was a little impressed by Vanessa's being specially pretentious.
"No, thanks."