Teach Me To Hate You - Chapter 31

After breakfast, Mei Ling stubbornly got prepared for work as none of the Lee’s wanted her to leave, she just fainted and they were overreacting.

Getting to the office, her assistant briefed her on the things she had for the day and that included a photo shoot with Lu Yang. They did that every year to celebrate their friendship anniversary.

Mei Ling and Lu Yang met in middle school, Mei Ling had just come back from the states to continue her education so people considered her a foreigner and she was stared at every where she went.

She had learnt the hard way not to look away when she was being stared at, at the time there were bullies in her school since she didn’t like to brag about her background they labeled her as charity case and thought they could easily bully her.

One day they had been staring at her, feeling pressured and trying to avoid the spotlights she looked away and this made the bullies feel happy they tried to bully her by pouring her lunch on her, well they weren’t lucky enough because she single handedly beat them up.

Their parents were called to school and when the bullies parents saw her father they instantly bowed taking the blame this earned her the respect she deserved but her mother was so furious she asked for their expulsion, this was only solved when she told them that she was the coward.

Unfortunately for her, her grandfather who trained her punished her by locking her up in the basement, this left her parents devastated as they were powerless when it came to him, as from that day she learned not to look away and also show that she wasn’t powerless.

So on this fateful day, both Lu Yang and Mei Ling had decided to visit the library and were seated across each other.

Lu yang was dazed by her beauty and kept staring at her, Mei Ling who had been innocently studying felt like she was being watched and that’s when she met his gaze.

Staring back at him intensely, Lu Yang felt awkward as she refused to look away, she kept staring at him making him blush, that day he ran away with a red face making Mei Ling chuckle.

The next time they ran into each other was at his father’s birthday party, her mother had come with her in matching dinner dresses, her hips had been developing same with her boobs, so she looked kinda mature especially with makeup on.

The mother and daughter group attracted attention as they didn’t know who the little girl was until she was introduced as her daughter, of course Lu Yang was able to recognize her even though the make up made her look a little mature.

He followed her everywhere trying to talk to her , she got pissed thinking he was trying to insult her so she slapped him and insulted him, but that was not enough to stop him from pestering her, soon enough they got closer to each other and that was the story of their friendship.

Later in the afternoon, Lu Yang came to pick her up but somehow neither of them felt comfortable or rather Mei Ling was not comfortable and Lu Yang noticed this but he chose not to comment on it making the atmosphere awkward and suffocating.

Lu yang kept doing the things he normally did till they got to the studio, each of them letting out a breathe they didn’t know they were holding.

Work began immediately as time was different now, before they could slack off because none of them were working but now Mei Ling was a business woman and so she had to make good use of time.

Soon the photoshoot started as they switched between different clothes, many businesses used this as a form of endorsement it was a simple win win situation they celebrate their anniversary by endorsing those clothes and then get paid.

At a particular time they were required to take a rather intimate picture, if it was the clueless Mei Ling she’d have done it happily but now it felt so suffocating, she knew Lu Yang had detected that something was off and so if she asked them to change that pose he’d definitely suspect her.

That was what she was avoiding because each time she felt tense or suffocated she couldn’t keep her thoughts to herself and she definitely didn’t want to hurt his feelings only to find out her speculation was wrong.

Fuck Ai Bao for messing with her head! Couldn’t he just pretend he didn’t notice so she wouldn’t act paranoid? Men did bring trouble!

Lu yang grabbed her waist causing Mei Ling to involuntarily take a deep breathe, it was then she noticed that the way he stared at her was just too endearing for being just friends.

“Lu yang” her voice came out breathy.

“Hmm…” His hair fell on his forehead and she instinctive moved it out of his face, both if them were completely oblivious of the camera flashing at them.

“Let’s meet up today okay?” He nodded and she smiled.

“Bring your clothes though” she arched her brows, he had never told her that before.

“What’s wrong? You didn’t do your laundry right?” He chuckled.

“I’m a man too you know!” That was the last thing he said before pulling her closer and sealing her lips.

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