Imperfect Desires

Chapter 12 Mistaken Rides

12 Mistaken Rides

For the rest of the day, Bo Jiu was running around trying to finish her errands. Because of heels, her calves were hurting but she couldn't complain. A highly educated graduate from Harvard was being treated like an errand girl. That was a real blow to her ego. There were even blisters on her feet by now but she still gritted her teeth and willed herself to move forward.

Her will and pride didn't let her accept defeat before Xiu. She wanted to prove herself. She had to prove that Xiu was wrong. Spark Internation Group didn't make a mistake by choosing her. She was talented and she'd let everyone see that!

As for the other interns, none dared to provoke Xiu at all. If the rumors weren't enough then the way she treated Bo Jiu gave them enough sense. Apart from that, they could see that after treating Bo Jiu to a special sentence, Xiu was quite pleased the whole day. It made them even think whether Xiu was a sadist who drove pleasure from hurting others.

But they weren't completely wrong. Xiu did find pleasure in hurting others now but not the way they imagined. As they say, never push someone so much that they break. Even the gentlest person can lose his temper. She was pushed to that edge in her previous life. Now, all that remained in her was indifference or so she believed.

Around 6 o'clock, while Xiu was arranging her things, she received a call.

"Baby Xiu'er, are you done?" Nora's voice came from the other side.

"Yup. Why are you asking?" Xiu asked slinging her purse on her shoulder.

"I'm right outside your office. Come fast." Xiu opened her mouth to say something but Nora had already hung up.

Without further ado, Xiu made her way down and before even she exited through the revolving doors of the building, she could see a flashy red Ferrari parked up front. Xiu was all too well familiar with that car and the car's owner as well.

The only thing she could be thankful for would be that Nora wasn't waiting outside the car like she usually did. With Nora's jumping and shouting habit, even Xiu would get embarrassed.

However, what made it worse was all the curious gazes of those young employees who had gathered around looking for gossip. Xiu pursed her lips, lowered her head and briskly ran towards the passenger seat and hopped inside.

"Babes, couldn't you use your inconspicuous Audi instead of this flashy Ferrari?" Xiu was looking outside of the tinted glass at the crowd of people.

"When did Audi become low-key?"

Hearing an unfamiliar masculine voice, Xiu yelped in surprise and turned her face. The man on the driving seat lifted his imported sunglasses and gave Xiu was a lopsided grin. Saying that Xiu wasn't familiar with that face would be the absolute lie!

How can she forget the one who ticked her off last night and received a kick in return? Right now though she was in big trouble. She was in the wrong car and that she got to only because of the interior of the car.

Nora had the same model of Ferrari as well and since Xiu was in a hurry to get in, she didn't even bother checking whether it was Nora's car or not.

Dylan was watching Xiu's blank look with interest. He thought the girl looked familiar but where had he seen her?

"I'm sorry! I think I got in the wrong car." Xiu gnashed her teeth and reluctantly apologized. Only because it was indeed her own mistake this time. She turned to open the door but the crowd of the people outside was bigger than before. Everyone was leaving for home after a full day of work. If she opened the door now, a lot of talks was going to ensue.

Xiu despised gossips and didn't want to be part of any. Not anymore. She had gone through enough scandals in her previous life. She didn't need some more to add in that horrifying list. After an intense battle with herself, she sighed out, "Can you drop me at the next juncture? Please!" She didn't have many expectations from Dylan considering he was one of those affluential people that she wasn't fond of.

She wouldn't have made this request if Dylan had recognized her but he didn't. Last night he saw her unkempt look. Now, she was the real deal looking at least in her twenties rather than a teenager he thought she was last night.

Dylan was certainly not a compassionate person like his best friend said. But he had one quality; he had manners. He loved being chivalrous. He would open doors for women, let them walk first. But it wasn't because he thought they were weak. It'd rather be because he believed that women were stronger than men. So, it was his duty to show his respect.

And right now when he looked Xiu's face, although he found no emotions or sincerity in her apology. He still couldn't bring himself to say no. And at any day, he'd blame his best friend for that.

"Fasten your seatbelt." Dylan only said that in reply and eased up the car on the busy road while Xiu texted Nora to meet her at the next junction.

In no time, the car was already parked at the side of the road and Xiu unbuckled her seatbelt. "Thank you. And I'm really sorry for mistaking your car as my friend's."

"Does your friend have the same car?" His question wasn't what Xiu expected but she still nodded and turned to open the door when she heard him mumbling. "I need to change the car."

Xiu didn't pay him any attention and got off. Right behind her Nora also parked the car and came out of the car to give her a hug saying, "Baby Xiu'er, how can you leave me there?"

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"I thought you again brought your Ferrari," Xiu answered while pointed towards the car behind.

"Oh my gosh! This really does look like mine. See even the numbers are the same." Sure enough, when Xiu checked the number there was only one digit difference. Nora's Ferrari had the number 'LEX778' while Dylan's car was 'LEX777'. No wonder she mistook it so easily.

"Forget it. Let's go now." Xiu took Nora's hand and almost dragged her towards the car.

Inside the red Ferrari, Dylan was still wondering why Xiu looked familiar but it dawned on him when he saw Nora through the side mirror. His jaw almost hit the floor. As if putting pieces together, he immediately climbed out of the car and shouted, "Hey, you're that kid I met last night?"

Xiu was about to enter Nora's Audi when she heard Dylan's deep voice. She was planning on changing her views about him after this incident but he had to remind her that he was a jerk!

She fumed back, "Thanks for the ride, UNCLE!"

Nora pursed her lips to stifle her laughter as she started the car. Xiu ignored his bulging eyes and settled in the car. Both girls left Dylan standing there flabbergasted. He wasn't focusing on her calling him 'Uncle' at the moment. Instead, his mind was trying to find the similarities between the girl he saw last night and the one he just met.

How could they be the same? If you ignore the sharp tongue, one might really not be able to find any similarities. She made him finally believe in the idiom he once heard, 'The tongue of a woman is the sword that is never allowed to rust.' Finally, he sighed out in acceptance, 'A bit of grooming can do wonders.'