Chapter 651 Orion Is Pursing Me


    The moment she was done speaking, ir hurled herself around without hesitation and began to leave.


    However, her departure was cut short within just a few steps by the unexpected sighting of a car.


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    Not far away from them, a familiar ck Hummer was parked on the roadside in front of thepany


    building. That wasn''t the only familiar or unexpected sight! ir could also see a man dressed in a


    green military uniform and ckbat boots leaning against the car door; he was smoking a


    cigarette leisurely, and staring in her direction. For all his magnificence, he still wore an expressionless


    face.


    ''Wesley? When did he get here? How long has he been standing there? Damn! Wesley understands


    English; so did he hear what Orion and I were talking about?'' ir wondered inwardly.


    Orion saw the man too. Like an elephant seeing an old foe, he immediately recognized him as the


    person who had all but carried ir away from the pubst time. He took a couple of steps towards


    ir and asked under his breath, "Is that him? Is he that ''one'' person in your heart?"


    Without turning her head around, she nodded and replied in a confident and decisive tone, "Yes, that''s


    him. I''ll be his girlfriend sooner orter, Orion."


    Orion fell silent upon hearing that powerful tone.


    ir herself seemed uninterested in him now. Holding the bouquet of lilies, she walked up to Wesley.


    "You finished your work?"


    Wesley put out the cigarette and threw a fleeting nce at the flowers she was holding in her hands.


    "Mmm hmm. Get in the car." He was his usual tacit self, wasting no words and conveying everything


    shortly.


    "Yes." They walked towards the passenger door. Orion clearly saw it with his own eyes that without


    seemingly any effort at all, Wesley naturally carried her into the passenger seat and fastened her seat


    belt. Then, the soldier walked around the front of the vehicle at a crisp trot and got into the driver''s seat.


    The next moment, the car rolled into the traffic.


    Once they were safely clear of the building, ir nced at the lilies, lost in some thought. A moment


    later, she told Wesley tentatively, "Orion is pursuing me."


    "I can see that," Wesley responded calmly, though his eyes fluttered towards the flower for just a


    second.


    She continued, "I mean we were good friends. But suddenly, he started giving me flowers, and today,


    he gave me a car! He told me that he will give me everything I want. I''m a bit moved."


    ''Moved?''


    His Adam''s apple bobbed. "Hmm." The tone remained t.


    ir began asking his opinion after that. "Wesley, do you think I should ept his love? Should I marry


    him and settle down in Ennd with him? I mean, he treats me well, and we sometimes have fun. His


    mom treats me well too. They helped me a lot when I was in Ennd..." Her voice trailed off. It dawned


    on her that she was especially popr with the elders. It was amusing to think that someone as young


    as her was stealing the hearts of older people.


    Wesley, being the careful driver he was, didn''t choose to answer her question until they had stopped at


    a traffic light. ncing at the flowers in her arms, he then said slowly, "A criminal psychology teacher


    once told me: the more enthusiastically a boy pursues a girl, the more aggressively he will hurt her at


    the time of the breakup. So..." He paused meaningfully and looked her straight in the eye. "I can''t make


    your decisions for you. I can only tell you that you shouldn''t lose your head or yourself. Never put your


    guard down. And always be cautious." This was perhaps the longest he had spoken to her at a stretch


    recently, and each of his words was specially stressed on.


    ir didn''t know how to respond to this outpour. Surely, he was exaggerating, wasn''t he?


    The car fell silent once again. When they stopped at the next intersection, Wesley broke the silence


    once more. "You turned down the job I rmended you for. I think now I know why. Am I correct in


    thinking that you had a backup n from the very beginning? Was hispany your backup job


    opportunity?"


    He sounded calm, refraining from betraying any emotions like he always did. She shook her head. "No.


    When I resigned from the Jin Group, I had no idea that Orion had opened a branch of hispany


    here. It surprised me too."


    This was thest intersection. Wesley said nothing in response and pretty soon, the car pulled up in the


    underground parking lot of their apartmentplex.


    After turning off the engine, he didn''t seem to be in a hurry to get out of the car. ir sat still too.


    The fragrance of the lilies was filling the air of the car, reaching his nose. Perhaps that was what made


    him annoyed and threw him into action. Out of the blue, he grabbed the bouquet from her hands,


    opened the door, and got out. The next moment, he had angrily thrown it into a garbage can.


    As he helped ir get out of his vehicle, he reminded her in a cautious tone, "Since you haven''t yet


    agreed to be his girlfriend, don''t ept flowers from him again. It sends the wrong message."


    "No, it''s not like that. In fact, I didn''t even know why Orion was giving me these flowers at first. When I


    said he didn''t have to, he just told me that one of his friends overseas had sent these flowers to his


    girlfriend by air. For some unknown reason, there was always an extra bouquet of flowers in the bunch,


    and Orion told me that he was giving that extra bouquet to me..." ir exined. That was the truth.


    Besides, it was only a bouquet of lilies, not roses. So ir hadn''t thought too much about it and had


    just epted the flowers every time.


    However, after receiving them every day for a whole week, ir had finally realized that something was


    up; he had a purpose behind this, an ulterior motive of some sorts. And then, he had confessed his


    love for her.


    Wesley said nothing and just strode towards the elevator. But ir could feel that he was oozing with


    anger. Was he unsatisfied with Orion? She ran and hurriedly caught up to him. "Wesley, if you don''t


    want me to ept Orion''s love, I won''t ept his love. I haven''t said anything to him till now."


    She was expecting a response in affirmative. However, Wesley changed his mind all of a sudden. After


    pressing the up button, he turned around and told her in a calm voice, "No. If you like him, then you


    should go out with him. Sure he isn''t strong enough to protect you all the time, but he''s certainly


    wealthy enough to hire top-notch bodyguards for you. So, I guess he''s more or less qualified to be your


    boyfriend."


    One might have thought Wesley was venturing guesses based on the fact that Orion had apany.


    But the truth was, the night that Orion had called ir to the pub, Wesley had conducted a thorough


    investigation on his background. The man hailed from a wealthy family abroad. Unlike several famous


    sons of rich families, he wasn''t a yboy who would fool around with women. Instead, he had led a


    healthy and decent life.


    "But didn''t you just tell me... The more enthusiastically a boy pursues a girl, the more aggressively he


    will hurt her?" ir questioned. She was confused. What did Wesley want? Obviously, he had said all


    that only because he didn''t want her to date Orion. What criminal psychologist would study break-ups


    after all? So why did he change his opinion now?


    "Then don''t break up with him." Wesley proposed a simple solution as he walked into the elevator.


    The response threw ir into a virtual frenzy, since she was unable to understand what he was


    thinking.


    It had been almost a whole week since he hade back to the apartment. She was really happy to


    see him here but right now, they were quarrelling once again.


    As soon as they entered the apartment and ir threw a light-switch, Wesley told her at once, "Listen. I


    came back because I needed to tell you something. I am going for a mission two days from now, and


    it''s a long one. I won''t be back for quite a while. If you need help, contact Curtis. I remember giving you


    his number. Have you kept it?"


    "Yes..."


    Before she could say anything further, she was cut off. "Good. Fix yourself something to eat. I need to


    leave right now." With that, he turned around and was almost through the door when...


    "Wesley!" ir called out.


    He stopped and turned around to look at her. There was something strange about her voice this time.


    "What kind of mission?" she asked. She was wondering why he hade back home just to tell her


    this. Generally, he never told her that he even had a mission, let aloneing back home just for that


    sole purpose. Was this different from the other missions he had gone on before? Was it a more


    dangerous one? Or was it going to take a longer time for him to fulfill this one? So many questions


    popped up in her mind at once that she didn''t even know what to ask. There was an ominous feeling in


    her heart this time.


    Wesley was silent for a minute, then he replied casually, "Just amon mission. Don''t worry about it.


    Anything else?" He wasn''t going to talk much about his mission like usual.


    ir shook her head helplessly. She couldn''t make him talk.


    He opened the door again, and ir called out again too, "Wesley."


    He turned around and looked at her once more.


    Without saying a word, ir mustered up her courage and ran up towards him. She threw herself into


    his arms, stood on tiptoe and nted a kiss on his lips. For some reason, she didn''t feel like holding


    back this time.


    Wesley wrapped his right arm around her slim waist. ir stopped kissing him before he could react


    further, but she held onto his waist and cautioned, "Please take care. I won''t date Orion. I''ll wait for you


    toe back and continue to protect me like you always do, until I find a real boyfriend that I love very


    much."


    Without a word, he tightened his arm on her waist and lowered his head to kiss her. It waspletely


    in contrast to the small peck she had given him. Wesley kissed her deeply and affectionately.


    ir didn''t sleep well that night. She dreamt of him; sometimes he was cold, sometimes he was


    considerate; sometimes he refused her, but then he cared for her too...


    A few dayster, she was working in the office when she received a call from an unknown number.


    "Hello?"


    "Hello ir. It''s me, Megan," the girl on the other end of the line told her with a sob.


    "What''s up?" ir''s voice became cold when she heard who was calling.


    "ir, how are you feeling now? I''m really sad..."


    ir rolled her eyes impatiently. "What do you mean? And don''t cry in front of me. I''m not Wesley. Your


    tears won''t work on me. You can cry your heart out and I won''t feel a thing!"


    Megan stopped crying at once. The transformation was remarkable! She asked, "Uncle Wesley went


    on a mission. Do you know that?"


    "Yes, of course I know that!" ir was a little bit proud when she replied in affirmative to the question.


    Luckily, Wesley had told her about this. Otherwise, she would be super-embarrassed if she had to say


    no when Megan asked her about Wesley''s whereabouts.


    "Wesley and Carlos risked their lives for me. I feel really sorry." Megan sounded smug. There was not a


    single hint of sadness in her voice.