Chapter 215: Chapter 215 He Finally Couldn’t Stand It Anymore (3) Chapter 215: Chapter 215 He Finally Couldn’t Stand It Anymore (3) Gu Annan bent his head down and kissed her hair, his voice clear and cold as ice, “Have you made your choice?”
“I don’t know…” she hesitated, still looking down at the floor.
Only her peripheral vision caught a glimpse in the mirror, her waist still tightly embraced.
She really feared he would suddenly get carried away and decide to take her home on a whim.
“What do you mean you don’t know?” His fingers moved upward, hooking her long hair, “Shall we continue trying on dresses?”
“This one is quite nice, but it’s a bit expensive.” Lu Wanwan spoke the truth.
Approaching a six-figure price, she was embarrassed to speak up.
She had wanted to come to this banquet; even though he wasn’t short on money, it didn’t mean he had to be this generous.
She had intended to find something from home to wear, not wanting to spend so much on a dress for just one occasion.
Perhaps because, at such a formal event, it represented the Gu Family.
Gu Annan, as if he hadn’t heard her, surveyed her body with his gaze, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.
The dress suited her, only he didn’t want anyone else to see it.
“Wait here.” He reluctantly let go and walked out of the changing room.
“Mr. Gu, what can I do for you?”
After Gu Annan came out, he selected a more conservative dress.
“Pack the one she just tried on as well,” he said, taking out a card, “and give it to my assistant later.”
The store manager’s eyes lit up with joy as she took the card with both hands.
Gu Annan, carrying the dress he had just selected, reentered and said to the bewildered Lu Wanwan, “Put on this one.”
“Okay.” She obediently took it from him.
He clearly liked the one she was wearing, so surely he thought it was too expensive…
Taking the dress, Lu Wanwan looked at him, how was she supposed to change with him still in the room?
“Hurry up, it’s past five.” He stood nearby, hands in his trouser pockets, leisurely urging her on.
As if recalling a problem, Gu Annan stepped forward and loosened the fastening she had just tied.
Lu Wanwan felt a bit teary-eyed.
Although she still needed someone to help with this dress, the key issue was not the dress, but how was she to change her clothes in front of him?
“Could you turn around?” Lu Wanwan asked tentatively, not daring to outright tell him to leave but negotiating the terms.
Gu Annan glanced over impatiently, “Is that really necessary? It’s not like I haven’t seen it all before.”
“That’s different,” she insisted.
His half-day intrusion into the room had already left her feeling too ashamed to meet anyone later on.
“Then there’s no need to change,” Gu Annan said coldly, his tall frame leaning against a wall, arms folded as he faced off with her, “It’s fine if we don’t go.”
Lu Wanwan had a troubled look on her face, sure that he was still angry.
“That’s not an option either.” She pressed her hand against her chest, anxious the loosened dress might fall, and met his gaze directly, “I can’t change with you here, I’d rather not change at all.”
“You’d rather not go as well?” he asked with an apathetic lift of his eyebrow.
“…” Gu Annan watched her resolute demeanor and couldn’t comprehend this woman at all.
She would work hard to please him, delivering results for that meager salary, yet she refused to directly ask him for money.
She claimed to value her job highly, willing to go to great lengths for it, yet she got hung up over such a trivial matter, willing to forego the event.
After a moment of locked gazes, Lu Wanwan this time was especially adamant, showing no sign of yielding.
With a slight twist of his lips, Gu Annan lowered his arms, “Quickly.”
He left with a dark expression, and in the end, he was the one to yield.
Lu Wanwan changed into her dress and left with him to get in the car, the courage she had in that standoff evaporating without a trace.