CHAPTER 7

Lu had chosen a nice restaurant, just the right place to have a conversation, amongst other people but with enough privacy not to be heard by others. "Hi," she said when he arrived. "Thanks for agreeing to meet me."

"I was actually looking forward to meeting you again, Kelly." She smiled at that. "I... probably should have collected your number, I wouldn't have taken an entire week to reach out to you."

Lu was surprised, she hadn't even made a move yet and she was sure he was flirting with her. But she didn't want to play with it, she had to keep everything professional. So she brushed it off with a little laugh and decided to change the topic. "So, tell me more about yourself, where are you from? What do you do?" She didn't care about this though, but it was essential.

"Will you like to eat something?" He asked instead of answering her question. "Don't worry, you can ask whatever you want to later, I'm not running away." Felix really wanted to pursue something with her. Though he knew he shouldn't be so fast, but he was already picturing himself presenting her to his parents. But he also didn't know much about her. She could just have asked him for dinner purely for business and he his main purpose for showing up was just to see her again. "How about you tell me about yourself," he said to her, after the waiter had left.

"There's really nothing interesting about me. I just do what I do. I'm from Australia by the way, move over here after high-school to study. My parents and siblings are still live in Australia. I was to return back after college, but I decided to settle here and...help. The amount of kids on the street today..." She shook her head sadly. Lu had thought of answers to everything she thought he was going to ask. A part of her felt guilty though. They really were kids who were struggling on what to eat daily, and here she was trying to convince her man to help, when the money wouldn't even go to those kids he thinks he would be helping. She shook her head again, but this time to wipe the thoughts away, she needed to focus.

When she looked up, Felix was watching her deeply, the expression on his face gave her no clue to what might be running through his head. She wondered if she should say something and opened her mouth to speak, but no words, she was speechless.

He was a really beautiful man, she couldn't deny that. His big brown eyes were enough to draw anything in. He was the kind of person you met and knew you could immediately trust. Just like she already felt he trusted her. She was uncomfortable under his gaze. At the moment, she couldn't believe the thought running through her mind, but she wished he wasn't the one she had to dupe.

Most of the guys she had operated on in the past were mostly arrogant, always showed toxic dominance, Lu loved to operate on guys like that. Sometimes, she would lay on her bed at night and start to imagine the anger on their face when they realized she had scammed them. It gave her satisfying pleasure.

"I would love you help the kids, Kelly. You know I grew up in a...rich family." For a moment, Felix was about to reveal that he was royalty. "So, I never really knew other people went through this. One time, going to school, I remember seeing kids my age just sitting by the roadside. Silly me, I always thought they didn't go to school because they are stubborn or dumb. It was only as a teenager that I realized why they didn't go to school. From then, I've tried to help in anyway I can."

"That's nice." She smiled.

"Yes. My family and I...launched a project in 2017. We were able to build enough homes for these kids, and schools. Things are much better over there now. So, you don't have to hesitate to tell me about your project, I'm open to help in anyway I can."

"Thank you," Lu muttered avoiding his eyes. "Uh... let's just have lunch? We can discuss this another time. We should at least get to know each other first." She couldn't talk about it, at least not now.

As if on cue, the waiter returned with their lunch.