Chapter 1111 A Blind Date (Part One)


    "Leena, what''s the matter? Are you sick?" asked Kevin with a look of deep concern marring his


    features. She wasn''t in the bedroom. So he came upstairs when he saw the light was on in this room.


    Strangely, she was knocking her head against the keyboard. Why? Did she have a headache? What


    was going on?


    "Err… I''m fine. Where''s Miss Ye? Did you send her home already?" Leena asked as she quickly closed


    the chat window. She didn''t want Kevin to see what was on the screen. It was a private conversation.


    "No, I just sent her downstairs. What are you doing?" He craned his neck to get a better look at the


    doing up here?


    "I was chatting with a friend for a bit. Do you want some fruits? I''ve got some cut up. I could fetch a


    te for you," Leena answered, a bit awkwardly. Her face flushed. She was afraid that Kevin would find


    out her little secret. And that wouldn''t do at all.


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    "No, I''m not a big fan of fruit -- you know that. Anything you want to ask me?" Kevin took a seat on the


    floor, and then met Leena''s gaze. Though he wondered why on earth she would have chosen Korean


    style for her workshop decor, it wasn''t the right time to ask. He needed to exin something to her.


    "You tell me. Should I ask you anything? Or is there anything you haven''t told me?" she asked. Holding


    his gaze, she tilted her head.


    "So the ne doesn''t bother you, then?" Kevin pressed his lips together firmly. He thought she


    would at least ask why he had gotten back sote. But the only thing she asked was whether he''d sent


    Louisa home, not anything more about his rtionship with the girl. She also didn''t ask about the


    ne like he imagined she would.


    "What ne?" Leena drew a deep breath quietly. The question was too sensitive to talk about right


    now. It was a real sore spot. So she pretended not to know about it. Ignoring it was the best way to


    keep her sanity right now. She really felt like running off so she wouldn''t have to talk about it.


    "Nana, you know what I''m talking about. Please don''t run off. We need to talk. At least give me a


    chance to exin." Kevin put his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to look directly into his eyes. This


    time, there was no escaping it. She had to face it, and so did he. And they''d do so together.


    "Fine. Since you seem to have something to say, spit it out. I''m your captive audience." She smiled, but


    it was a joyless affair. It had a taste of bitterness behind it that she couldn''t hide.


    "I bought the ne as a birthday present for Louisa. A friend picked it for me. Remember that time I


    went away for training? Yeah, that''s when he bought it for me. It''s just a birthday present. I promised


    her I''d get her a gift. And I did. Whatever else you''ve heard, it isn''t true." Kevin said every word clearly.


    He didn''t want her to misunderstand a single syble. It was an honest gift, and he was regretting ever


    giving Louisa a present.


    "I know that. And I believe you." Leena smiled sweetly to him. She had seen the ne when he''d


    juste back from training. She thought it was a gift for her. She tucked it away, resolving to act


    surprised when Kevin gave it to her. But instead, he gave it to Louisa, while he didn''t get her a thing.


    How could she not know anything about the ne? What she didn''t know was why he sent the


    ne to Louisa. There was a lot to unpack there. Why would he give it to that girl, and not to her?


    And Louisa didn''t make her feel any better about it. She made it seem like it was a gift from Kevin to


    prove his love to her. Themander''s daughter was very good at finding people''s weak spots and


    exploiting them.


    "You know? So you know that it was a gift from me?" He frowned slightly and began to search for the


    answer in his mind, wondering how Leena would know anything about it.


    "Yeah! I happened to see it the day you came back. But I didn''t know it was a gift for Miss Ye." Leena


    then it went missing. And then she found out he bought it for Louisa.


    "Why didn''t you ask me about it? You must have felt pretty bad when the ne was gone. And I


    didn''t give it to you. I''m sorry." Kevin felt really guilty now. He couldn''t do anything but hold her gently in


    his arms. He kissed the top of her head. He knew clearly how she would feel when the neckace was


    missing. She would have all kinds of suspicions about whom he sent the ne to. But she just held


    those in her mind all this time. She must have felt nervous those days. All this made him look like a


    cheater.


    "Because I care about you. And I wanted to trust you. If I asked about it, you''d probably think I was a


    jealous woman. Or that I cared more about things than people. So I figured that you''d be mad at me, or


    you might feel that I invaded your privacy. So I pretended everything was okay, and then it might end


    up being okay. It''s better than having you resent me." She knew that men really valued their pride and


    dignity. She would never do anything to hurt a guy that way. So she kept it bottle up.