She Is A CEO

Chapter 1036 Listening to SlanderProperty © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Eve listened to her sister's words, her eyes getting teary. She couldn't even speak a word.

"Eve, I'm not saying this to criticize you, but your personality is too introverted. Do you really think Mr. Osade has the patience to wait for you? If I'm not mistaken, he should often make intimate gestures towards you. Men treat women they like in this way and you should respond accordingly," Nia advised.

Although Eve was shy, she took her sister's words to heart. Indeed, since they had talked about their feelings for each other, Lauren had become increasingly fond of being close to her. But he... had never forced her.

"Nia, Lauren has never forced me..." Eve said foolishly.

"Silly girl! He still has the patience now but if you want your relationship with him to be stable and strong like glue between two people, then don't always resist him too much or it will cool his feelings towards you and harm your relationship," Nia continued persuading her.

"But I'm not ready yet..." Eve replied shyly.

"Just let things go naturally; what do you need preparation for?" Nia saw that Eve was finally wavering and continued encouraging her, "Just follow his lead."

Eve thought long and hard before finally nodding slightly. She buried herself in shyness without noticing the triumphant smile on Nia's face.

In recent days, Lauren noticed that there seemed to be something different about Eve. For example, when they walked together, she would occasionally take the initiative to hold his hand or when he approached playfully, she didn't always run away every time anymore - he liked this change very much but felt that something was off.

With a sister like Nia, Lauren had no choice but be cautious; he didn't want Eve's original innocence destroyed by Nia.

After just finishing dinner that day, Lauren prepared to take Eve back into her room when suddenly a lot of lanterns slowly rose outside their window. These lanterns were shining brightly against the night sky, making them look very beautiful even causing curiosity in both of them so he called over a servant asking,

"What are those lights outside?"

"Oh those are lanterns. Today is Singles' Day where some young single people have been putting up these lanterns since who knows how long ago, hoping they can find someone special," The servant respectfully answered.

"I see." Lauren couldn't help laughing because Mexico didn't have anything like Singles' Day.

"Yes sir." The servant replied obediently.

Lauren looked at Eve, who was staring at the lanterns with fascination. Suddenly, Lauren had an idea.

"Eve, since you like these lanterns so much, why don't we go up to the rooftop and see them from there?"

"The rooftop has benches and lounge chairs for guests to use. If you don't mind the cold up there, it's a great viewing spot," said the attendant when he heard Lauren's suggestion.

"Eve, do you want to go?" Lauren asked Eve.

"Yes!" Eve turned around excitedly and replied, "These lanterns are just too beautiful."

"Okay, let's go back to our room first and get our jackets. We can't afford to catch a cold," Lauren said carefully.

"Okay." Eve smiled back.

Half an hour later, wearing thick jackets, Eve and Lauren sat on the bench on the rooftop. Behind them was a blue pool of water while in front of them was Athegate's entire night view. The shining lights of each lantern rose slowly but were no less impressive than those on the ground.

Eve had been living in seclusion for a long time; even ordinary lanterns could make her feel nostalgic. Even if it was freezing outside at night, she still wanted to watch them rise slowly into view. Seeing how fascinated Eve was with watching these lights rise up into view one by one made Lauren reach out his hand and pull her jacket closer together around her neck while warning,

"Be careful not to catch a cold even though you love watching this so much."

Even minor illnesses could have serious consequences for someone like Eve.

Feeling warm inside from what he had done for her made something stir within Eve as she leaned over onto his shoulder, which caught him off guard since she usually didn't act this way towards him. "Eve?" Although he didn't dislike having her depend on him like this, he knew that it wasn't really part of who she was as a person.

"What's wrong? Don't you like me leaning against you?" Hearing confusion in his voice made Eve feel somewhat aggrieved. "It's not that I don't like it but..." He couldn't quite put into words what exactly bothered him about this situation.

"Just what is it then?" It seemed that nothing would stop her from getting down to brass tacks now as she stopped looking at all those beautiful lights above their heads, just so that she could look directly into his eyes instead.

"Eve... you're naturally shy but lately you've been more willing than ever before when it comes down approaching me first or being close by my side, which makes me happy of course. But, I hope this change isn't because someone else told you something about us or anything else related because I love who you are. The original you. Not some other version created by anyone else," said Lauren seriously. Hearing these words caused something inside of Eva stir deeply within herself and making all sorts of emotions bubble forth uncontrollably, until they were written plainly across every inch upon face! It was indeed Nia, and Lauren remembered Lucia's warning to him. So he deliberately led Eve to think,

"Eve, did your sister ask you to be more proactive towards me?"

Eve didn't have such complicated thoughts. Seeing that Lauren had already guessed it, she silently nodded and said,

"My sister told me that I'm too shy and that two people who love each other should have a stronger relationship. I've always been too shy to get close to you, which will make us gradually drift apart. After thinking about it, I think my sister is right, so..."

Although she was honest about her feelings, Eve still blushed with shyness while saying these words.

Lauren sighed lightly and took Eve's hand saying,

"Eve, don't you think your sister has ulterior motives in advising you? Since the day I met you for the first time, your personality has always been like this. Your shyness and avoidance. But I like them all. And I never wanted to force anything on you or treat you as a casual girl. If I didn't have patience, then how could we come this far? You really shouldn't change yourself just because of what she said."

Lauren spoke so seriously with gentle brown eyes shining warmly at Eve who suddenly realized how foolish she had been all along.

Yes! She had always been introverted and shy from the beginning but he still wanted to stay by her side without any need for her changing herself. "Maybe my sister only wants what's best for me," but when it came down Nia advising her on this matter, Eve would always believe in her. Upon hearing this statement from Eve, Lauren couldn't help but frown as he realized how much trust Eve placed in Nia unnecessarily.