A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 305

Leila felt extremely nervous because Arthur didn’t hesitate at all. He just stared at her with a smile on his mouth corners, looking quite indifferent as if everything was under the control by himself.

‘Gosh! What if he really buys it out and gives it to me a gift?’ she thought to herself.

Leila frowned deeply, her expression stiffened and sweat oozing in her palms.

At this moment, his lips were curled up into a slight smile as if he was trying his best to suppress the amusement.

As if she was facing death, Leila watched the saleslady go to inform the store owner. Finally, she couldn’t stand it any longer. “Ah--” she screamed, shocking everyone in the store.

“Arthur Lane! You lunatic!” After the exclaim, Leila glared at him. “You are not nuts, but I am. Please let go of me. I’m in a hurry. If I can’t make it at six o’clock, I’ll be late.”

“I’m also in a hurry to do something. It’s still early,” said Arthur with a smile, “Don’t you like it? Since you’ve said it, I should give it to you as a gift, shouldn’t I?”

Leila felt that she was almost out of her mind. She suddenly struggled and broke free from Arthur’s grip. Then she hopped away from him. “Please don’t believe what he said. He just came out from the mental hospital.”

After finishing her words, she ran out of the store awkwardly with a blushed face.

She felt extremely embarrassed.

“Hey! Wait!” Arthur strode over and chased after her.

Leila started running in fear.

“I said wait! Who is the lunatic? Haha haha...” He seemed to laugh so happily.

Leila believed that he was indeed out of his mind -- she called him a lunatic but he was still so happily laughing. She frowned, feeling annoyed. Although it was her fault to call him a lunatic if she didn’t say that just now, she wouldn’t be able to get out of the trouble while being pestering by him just now.

“Lexi, if you don’t stop, you can’t blame me for being rude!” On the street, Arthur yelled at her, ignoring the gazes from the passers-by. “Lexi, if you keep running, I’ll kiss you!”

She would be too stupid if she stopped. Leila trotted in a hurry and wanted to escape from here. The man was nuts, indeed a lunatic. Covering her ears, she was running fast.

However, when Arthur noticed that she was going to escape for real, he immediately strode to chase after her. Soon, Leila was caught up with. “I’ve told you on to run away. Stop! Haven’t you heard me? I’ll kiss you for real!”

“What the heck do you want?” Leila was so annoyed by him.

Arthur pressed his lips, his eyes full of amusement. “I’m quite bored recently and I didn’t have much fun. I just wanted to have some fun.”

“Ah?” She hadn’t understood what he meant yet. He added with an evil smile, “I wasn’t asking you to marry me. Just a gift. Don’t you like it?”

Leila shook her head so hard. She pleaded, “No, I don’t. Not at all... Even if you want to have some fun, you can’t do that. If you are too idle, you should go to the retirement home to take care of the elderly. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it and it’s quite meaningful.”

“Really?” Arthur raised his eyebrows as if he had something on his mind. “All right. When shall we go? How about this weekend?”

“Do you truly mean it?” Leila gaped.

“Of course. Since you don’t want a gift and you wanted to escape, I’ll find some fun on others.”

“I’ve never met such a person like you!” Leila felt so helpless.

She raised her head and saw Arthur trying his best to suppress the laughter. As soon as his eyes met hers, he couldn’t help burst laughing into loud laughter.

“Are you suffering from Alzheimer's disease?” Leila rolled her eyes.

He gradually stopped laughing, and then said to Leila with gasps, “Leila, you are so hilarious.”

Leila glared at him irritably, “What do you mean?”

Looking at Leila’s angry face, although there was still a slight smile on his face, he looked serious gradually. “I thought that since you are Macey Hunter’s family, you must be as snob as she is. I’m really surprised to find that you have quite a good character. By the way, are you her cousin?”

“Ehn!” Leila looked at him dully, nodding. “Sort of.”

They used to be cousins, and she told Arthur that her surname was Ross. Hence, Leila didn’t explain any details. “Were you kidding me just now?”

“Of course!” Arthur blinked. “Or what? Do you think I’ll give it to you for real?”

“You can’t do that! How could you trick me in that way?” Leila also laughed. It turned out that he was pulling her leg, which almost scared her to death. Checking the time, she said, “I truly had to go. I have something to do. If you want to help the elderly in the retirement house, I can take you there. How about next weekend?”

“I’m going to the taekwondo gymnasium. Please allow me to give you a ride,” he said.

“No, thanks.” Leila shook her head. Suddenly, she realized what he said just now. “Huh? How did you know I’m going to the taekwondo gymnasium?”

“It’s a secret that cannot be told.” Arthur looked quite mysterious.

“All right. Enjoy yourself. I really got to go. Or, I’ll be late.”

“Are you still angry about what happened just now?”

“Not really.” Leila felt embarrassed.

“Then, let’s go.” Arthur didn’t care if she was willing or not. He grabbed her wrist and dragged her towards his car.

It was the first time that Leila was treated this way. How overbearing this man was! She had told him that she was not willing to, but he still forced her. No wonder he was the vice president of Mr. White’s company. They both were almost the same domineering.

Leila could only sit in his car.

As soon as they got on the car, Arthur’s phone rang.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Leila took a glance at his phone.

While driving, Arthur answered the phone. Leila didn’t listen firstly. However, as soon as Arthur spoke, she was all her ears in an instant.

“Hello, Vincent. Having fun on your trip to Japan? How’s auntie doing?”

It was a call from Vincent, and Leila was sure about it. Although there were many men named Vincent, the one with the name and also knew Arthur should be the only one, for which she was certain.

He was calling Arthur. She wondered how he was doing.

The man on the other end of the line said something.

“Have you seen the entertainment headline? Your family of three on the headline. What a pity that Owen has a famous father like you. I’m afraid he has to be always hiding from now on,” Arthur teased him. “Oh, by the way, what if your dear wife, Macey Hunter’s sister, has seen this headline?”

Leila was in a panic. They mentioned her. It seemed that Arthur didn’t know her at all. That was right -- she didn’t tell him that her surname was Hunter, so Arthur didn’t connect her with Vincent’s wife.

Leila’s body was stiffened, pretending to overhear them calmly.

“When will you come back? No way! That late?”

“All right. All right. Don’t worry about the company business. Enjoy your vacation. I’ll keep an eye on it. I won’t let our business go down. Yeah! I’ll go to the resort myself. OK. Got it. Bye!” Arthur hung up the phone.

Leila stared at the road ahead. The cars kept coming and going, the neon lights flashing. Suddenly, she felt coldness surging in her heart -- the words of “a family of three” were like sharp daggers stabbed into her heart, making her feel quite uncomfortable.

However, Mr. White had told her that it was not his biological son. Should she trust him?

Arthur took a glance at Leila who was sitting next to him, only to find her in a daze. He frowned, wondering why this girl always looked so dumb and cowardly, but she was so obstinate and unruly at the same time, making him feel so conflicted.

Arthur’s dazzling sports car was parked in front of the taekwondo gymnasium. As soon as he got off his car, his handsome figure attracted the attention of the beautiful girls at the door. Let alone him himself, his Ferrari sports car of the latest version would make women crazy.

Leila also got off, and instantly she felt the countless gazes with the hostility. Immediately, she said to Arthur, “I’ll go in now. Thank you.”

“Let’s go in together.”

“No, thanks!” Leila trotted into the gym without waiting for him.

After winking at the beautiful girls, Arthur walked in at an elegant and calm pace. Whenever he had time, he would come here to practice. On one hand, he wanted to work out to keep his health. On the other hand, he liked this sport extremely, because it was a high antagonism sport.

He also came here yesterday. In the morning, he thought that he would meet Leila, but unexpectedly that she didn’t come here. In the afternoon, he came over again, only to find that she was practicing with Coach Koby. After enquiring at the front desk, he got to know that she had signed for a three-month program. Arthur didn’t go to say hi to her and then left. Much to his surprise, he saw her looking at the jewelry outside the jewelry store as soon as he went out of the shopping mall. At that time, the expression on her face was quite weird - envy, desire, and disdain, which kept flashing through her face. Hence, he went over to trick her.

“Hi, Mr. Lane. Here you came!” Vivienne greeted him as soon as seeing him come in.

“Yeah!” Arthur nodded.

Leila was walking on the stairs after greeting Vivienne, and then she heard Vivienne greet Arthur, feeling a bit surprised. It seemed that Arthur was quite familiar with the taekwondo gymnasium. She wondered if that meant that they would encounter each other pretty often in the future.

Tilting her head, she took a glance at Arthur, who was walking on the stairs -- he had the three-dissension features, with a strong suntan. He was around one hundred and eighty-five meters tall with broad shoulders and narrow hips. No matter how ordinary the outfit was, whenever he wore it, it would become a tailored outfit for him.

His lips were always with a faint smile, sometimes evil and sometimes playful. Especially when he put on such a smile in front of women, it looked like a lustful seduce.

“Why did you stop?” Arthur had already stood on the stair shoulder-to-shoulder with Leila.

Leila suddenly returned to her senses, feeling embarrassed.

“If you keep staring at me in this way, I’ll misunderstand. Have you fallen in love with me?” Arthur whistled, quite luring.

“Don’t flatter yourself so much!” Leila retorted with a blushed face. Then she walked upstairs without looking back.

“Don’t run so hurriedly! I’m glad you’ve fallen in love with me. You don’t need to hide it. I’m so handsome, decent, tall, and mighty. A lot of women like me. It’s not shameful.”

Leila snorted -- what a narcissistic guy! However, she couldn’t help curling up her lips, because he was quite hilarious.

Coach Koby had already started training part of the students. Leila went to the dressing room and changed into the taekwondo jacket. When she came out, she saw Arthur was talking to Coach Koby in a taekwondo jacket.

Leila walked over shyly. Coach Koby said, “Hey, Lexi. Come over. Let me introduce someone to you.”

“Okay.” Leila walked over.

Coach Koby pointed at Arthur. “This is my best student, Arthur Lane, your senior. He’s quite idle. I’ll ask him to teach you some techniques later. Come on, say hi to each other.”

“Ah--” Leila was agape. How could it be Arthur? Leila glanced at Arthur and immediately shook her head. “I don’t want him to teach me!”

“Why not?” Coach Koby was so confused.

“Coach Koby, Lexi and I know each other,” Arthur explained with a smile. “She’s my girlfriend. Perhaps she felt embarrassed to have physical contact with me. As you know. She’s a girl and she must feel shy.”

“Your girlfriend?”

“I’m not your girlfriend!” Leila retorted, feeling startled.