Sara hiccupped. Her face turned blazing red also. Did Mister Li just say he wanted to kiss her? Maybe she heard wrongly. She was sure she heard wrongly.

Everything was too much for her that she found it difficult digesting it all. First, he just said he likes her, then he asked her to like him back in a hurry, now, he wanted to kiss her? Muchen"s temerity was still unbelievable to her.

He wasn"t asking for permission. He was simply telling her what he was going to do. He was telling her he wanted to kiss her. "What should I do? What should I say?"

Muchen"s gaze moved from Sara"s eyes which kept darting sideways, to her clenched fist which was shaking.

He tried not to smile when he spoke "I"m sure it"ll be awkward if I do it now since we"re still a bit far from your place. So let"s save it till I drop you off. You can easily run back inside once we"re done. Deal?" He winked at her.

Sara couldn"t help scoffing at his audacity. She had never met anyone as shamelessly brazen as Muchen was. She finally gathered her wits to say something "You are so..... audacious"

Muchen smiled warmly at her and ruffled her hair. "I know"

Sara looked out the window as he started the car again.

What? He was going to kiss her? He should try it then! She was going to put him in his place. What nonsense!

Despite all of her inward tantrum, her heart kept pounding as they gradually approached her place. Did he really mean it? Was he really going to kiss her? It suddenly struck her that she hadn"t still washed her hair and she gasped loud enough for him to hear.

Muchen tried not to laugh when he heard her gasp. Was she getting tensed now that they were almost at her place?

Her hair! She hadn"t washed it properly. When she arrived home that morning, she hadn"t met her father or Joreen at home. Joreen had obviously gone to school but she didn"t know where her father had gone to by that time. She only a.s.sumed he was still running around because of their new apartment which she hadn"t gotten the chance to visit. She had spent her entire day trying to organise the smoothest way to ruin those idiots. It didn"t even take her up to five minutes before she finished showering. Talk more of was.h.i.+ng her hair.

The bend Muchen took suddenly reminded her that they were almost at the Chus residence. She breathed a sigh of relief when she didn"t see any sign of reporters around there. She had expected to b.u.mp into some after her video and even when she got home this morning. But no one was there. Sara concluded that they were tired of waiting outside her apartment that was why they had left. Serves them right. Annoying fellows!

"We"re here!" She heard Muchen announce.

Sara just nodded at him then she suddenly remembered something. On the night of Mo Dachuan"s birthday, Dexi had told her the same thing when the car arrived at the mansion, and her response had been "I can see that, I"m not blind"

But now, she had simply nodded to Muchen. What was so different about Mr Li that she couldn"t just discard him like everyone else?

She turned to face him when he stopped the car. She was determined to put an end to all of this.

"Mr Li.."

Muchen also turned to face her, wondering what was up with her all of a sudden. No no.. He didn"t like this side of her at all.

"You said you liked me?" It was more of a statement than a question but he nodded in affirmation.

"You"re making a mistake" She said firmly.

"I like making mistakes" He answered back.

Sara closed her eyes when he finished. Inhaled deeply, and opened her eyes again. Why can"t he just understand?

"Sara w.a.n.g, do you hate me? Do you want me to stay away from you?" He asked when he noticed she wasn"t saying anything else. "Is that why you always try to push me away?"

Sara became more tensed. She didn"t hate him. She also didn"t want him to stay away from her. But if she admitted it, then it would be trouble for her. "I am worse than you think. I am a very bad person"

"I told you I liked bad girls." He said without hesitation. "Sara w.a.n.g. You were the one who made a mistake by coming to me first. You"re really mistaken if you think I"ll let you go"

"What... what... are you talking about?" What did he mean by she came to him first? She had gone to that hotel because of those idiots. So what was he saying?

He led a hand to her face and felt her hot skin despite the cold weather. "I liked that hood, and the lollipop, and the way you made those men wail." His voice grew lower and lower while her face grew hotter and hotter. "I liked everything you did that day. You were like a fairy, a gangster fairy"

He remembers! Sara"s eyes shot open. He remembered her from that time. Desire shone in his eyes as he inched closer and closer to her. It was at this point that Sara remembered he had said he was going to kiss her once she got home. She also remembered she told herself she was going to put him in his place. But now, she couldn"t do anything. She was just stiffly staring at him.

Now, this was the Sara that Muchen liked the most. The confused Sara.

When she thought he was finally going to kiss her, he stopped midway.

"What happened, is my hair smelling that bad? Why did he stop?"

Sara w.a.n.g, you were supposed to put him in his place! She reminded herself.

Muchen suddenly laughed. "Sara, look" He moved the hand from her face to point at his seatbelt. "She"s jealous"

Sara noted that the seatbelt was pulling him back and almost laughed out.

"What do we do? I"m so lazy I can"t take it off right now?" He scratched his forehead to feign confusion.

Sara was beginning to wonder what he was implying before he signalled her with his index finger and spoke in a quiet voice "Come closer"

Before Sara could protest and call him crazy for ordering her about, she found her body already moving towards him as if she was hypnotised.

Muchen was surprised to see her actually inching closer. "Sara w.a.n.g, you can"t run from me"

With one final smile, their lips met. In a long wet kiss....

He didn"t mind her inexperience and just took the lead instead.