Me After Meeting You

Ian got up almost immediately, and then walked out of the room without turning back.

Billy and Amber were both somewhat startled. The two looked at each other, and then the former quickly ran out after him.

Amber was slower than both of them, and by the time she put the tea set down and rushed out, they had already gotten into the elevator. As the doors closed, the only thing she glimpsed was Ian’s expression, calm as water, his eyes like two cold stars.

He was exuding an unusually cold atmosphere. Ever since Billy had met him, he’d only been like this once before, when someone had thrown a woman onto his bed.

It was so ominous that it felt as if misfortune was about to strike. Billy felt a sudden exhilaration. He believed, with unusual self confidence, that the unfortunate person wasn’t himself.

But when Ian’s feelings became particularly intense, anyone nearby could be implicated. Billy didn’t want to be that person, so he hugged his chest with both hands and made a pitiful trembling motion. “So cold, so cold!”

He curled up into a corner of the elevator, looked at Ian, and with a cautious tone, asked, “What made you so angry all of a sudden? It wasn’t me, was it?”

Ian glanced at him indifferently.

Billy patted his chest in relief. “Thank goodness it’s not me.” He guessed again. “Then was it Dr. Camille who made you mad? Gosh, I’m not happy either. My stomach started hurting right after I ate her food. Ouch, it really hurts-”

He wasn’t exaggerating when he said this, because his stomach really was hurting, the food was simply so tasty that he had overeaten!

Billy moaned as he clutched at the elevator wall. But this time, Ian didn’t even spare him a glance. Once the elevator stopped and opened its doors, he took the lead and walked out without a look behind him.

Billy followed him out in a rush, and successfully climbed into the driver’s seat before Ian. When he was unhappy, you definitely couldn’t let him drive. This was a lesson that Billy had learned after an uncountable number of bloody tears.

Luckily, Ian didn’t fight for it, and casually sat down in the backseat. After he entered the car, his head drooped down, and he looked at the two hands on his knees.

Billy asked, “Where to?”

“The Mei manor.”

“Okay. Ah, The Mei manor?” The manor was where they had agreed to meet Ansell. Ian had been disinterested in the whole affair, and it was only when Billy had pleaded with him relentlessly that he had finally exited his house.

This time, when Billy heard Ian directly ask to go of his own accord, Billy was really very surprised.

But Ian didn’t seem to want to give him an explanation. He kept staring at his hands, his expression a profound mystery.

Billy was afraid that Ian might suddenly have an outburst during the drive, so he didn’t dare to provoke him any further, and drove around honestly. In his heart he was thinking, ‘What on Earth happened to this guy? He got mad at the drop of a needle. He was clearly fine before, even when he saw that man lying on Amberi’s couch, and he was even acting coyly with Dr. Camille right before that.’

That’s right, the tone that Ian had used to tell Amber he was hungry, was totally just him acting coyly.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

And even after they had finished eating, the man on the sofa was still just lying there motionless. Since Ian hadn’t paid any special attention to him even when he was hungry, he surely wouldn’t after he was full and satiated.

And, as for Billy himself, he had just been sitting there, waiting for tea, so it couldn’t have been him either.

Out of the three of them, after eliminating two parties from the list of possible offenders, it could therefore only have been Dr. Camille. What was she doing then? Taking out the tea set. After she touched the tea set, Ian had suddenly left without saying a word.

Could it be that the tea set had been given to her by that guy?

Billy immediately thought that he had stumbled upon the truth, and his pity for Boss Axton deepened infinitely. His reactions seemed to be a bit strange, he didn’t care at all upon seeing a stranger sleep there, but when he saw a gift that he had given Amber, his reaction had been so extreme!

Billy was still wallowing in his self delusions when he suddenly heard someone ask from behind, “Billy, was your love with Carol one sided?”

Billy was so surprised by the question that the car swerved in a huge S-shape. Luckily for them, there weren’t any cars on the road just then, or he’d have caused a big accident.

Billy quickly pulled over by the roadside, turned around, and fiercely yelled, “F*ck, who would love that wench one sidedly! Can you not speak of trash like that?”

Ian stared back at him calmly, asking, “What does it feel like to have that kind of relationship with someone?”

Billy stared at him, his face looking like it was about to burst like a balloon, but then his anger deflated in a quick puff. He took out a cigarette, gave one to Ian as well, lit both of them, took a few deep puffs, leaned against the car seat, and finally said with a somewhat sore tone, “It’s a terrible feeling, and you want to just forget about it. However, you won’t ever be able to let it go, because aside from her, you’ll never find another woman who can enter your gaze.”

After hearing his words, Ian fell silent again, as if he were thinking hard about something.

Billy glanced at him superciliously, and then maliciously said, “What, have you finally felt the taste of unrequited love after being dumped?”

“I’m not at that point yet.” Ian thought about it for a moment, and then replied, particularly truthful, “But I do very much want to have sex with her.”

Billy choked on his own cigarette, to the point that tears were streaming down his face. He pointed at him in disbelief. “You ….”