Miss Ordinary: I Was Reborn To Love You!

"I'm more amazed by how good your manner was. Aren't you a fan of handsome males?" she tittered and heard Lily laughed in return.

"No-no... Not him. He was too intimidating. How in the world did you become his friend? Aren't you afraid of him? But again, he was so good at treating you earlier," Lily ate her noodles. Slurping sounds rang in the small kitchen.

"It's a long story. Well, the thing is, what should I do with his invitation?" Bella Lim asked. She wiped her mouth that was smeared with the noodles' sauce.

"Hmm, if you're worried about things like today to happen again, you should take his offer. Meanwhile, you could try to woo him. Cough..." Lily almost choked on the noodles when Bella Lim suddenly slapped her shoulder. She drank the water next to her and glared at the woman beside her.

"This is a rare chance! Don't you love him? Your eyes clearly adored him," she said after recovering from the gagged earlier. There was no way for her to ignore the loving gaze in Bella Lim's eyes towards the unfathomable man earlier.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Bella Lim panicked. She focused to eat the noodles on her plate, ignoring Lily's teasing looks.

"Big sister Lily, don't tease big sis anymore. Big brother Eric has helped us many times. We could only feel grateful towards him," little pumpkin tried to save his big sis but the anticipation in his eyes couldn't be hidden with a mere sentence. To him, Lily's remark would be a blessing given by heaven.

Bella Lim saw the hopeful expression on her little pumpkin's face. She didn't know whether to laugh or not. Lily, on the other hand, burst into hysterical laughter. She slapped the dining table several times before groaning in pain. Still, the amus.e.m.e.nt didn't leave her lips.

"God, why is this bitch calling me?" Lily shouted as she picked her phone that was placed next to her plate. Bella Lim who was now washing the dishes looked over. She chuckled when she saw Lily's irate face which enhanced the longer she spoke with the caller.

"Alright, coming!" she heard her replied irritatingly and rose from her chair.

"Bella, need to go. Bitchy Clara is looking for me for the job that supposedly hers. You don't know how terrible the business nowadays. I almost want to quit," Lily blabbered on talking about the changes made by Clara. Bella Lim simply smiled without commenting. Simply Cafe was her past, anything that she would say would mean nothing. Therefore, she preferred to keep her opinion to herself.

"My worry on you has no mean now that the almighty man of Azure has your back. Think over what he proposed. I bet that would be a life-changing experience for you. See ya! Bye little Ryan!" Lily hugged little pumpkin and Bella Lim both at the same time before she walked out of the house and ran towards her mini-scooter.

Bella Lim sighed as she carried little pumpkin inside the house. Little pumpkin was too sleepy now as he could barely lift his eyelids.

"Sleep," she kissed his forehead and saw him drifted into dreams. Then, she took her laptop before leaving the bedroom to the living room. She turned on her laptop and went online to check her email. She was bewildered when she read the sender's name of the new email she received.

"Enlai Gong?!" she gasped. Eric Wu actually sent her an email via Enlai Gong's address? What is he scheming? Wait, so her suspicion was true... Eric Wu knew about her knowing him as Enlai Gong. How was she going to explain this? Bella Lim put the laptop beside her and walked around the house with the hope that she could find a way to explain the matter when he met Eric Wu again.

"Hopefully, not so soon!" she mumbled only to be surprised with the sudden ring of her phone which she left on the dining table in the kitchen. She ran for her phone and almost let it go again when she took notice who called.

'Did I jinx myself?' she inwardly sighed and decided to answer the phone when it rang the second time.

"You received my email?"

Bella Lim was stunned with the first thing she heard from Eric Wu. Did this man want to test her again? If she said yes, it would be her admitting that she indeed knew about Enlai Gong's real identity. If he denied and he asked for another email address, how would she proceed with the lie?

"Bella, we need to be honest now, don't we?" she heard him asked again. This time, it seemed that he was trying to help her let go of the fear in her mind. Being caught up by him was terrible because she had no inkling of what kind of explanation would satisfy him. Unless she reminded him about the incident six years ago. However, that could only make sense if he remembered her, which apparently not true.

"I-I haven't read it yet," she decided to be honest.

She heard him chuckled in the background before his husky voice entered her line of hearing.

"It is a job offer from Enlai Gong to you to become his editor,"

"Bella, this job is offered due to many reasons. However, the most important is the fact that you know his real identity. Second, today's break-in as well as the kidnap attempt; I suspected that it was premeditated. Making you my editor is a way to protect the two of you. Well-- it's Sun Nan and Lu Fei's suggestion," the end of his sentences made Bella Lim's lips curved upward. It seemed that this man loved to give all the credits to others.

He was kinda cute, wasn't he?

Bella Lim hit a chair as the thought made her jumpy. She g.r.o.a.n.e.d in silence.

"I'll read the email first. I'll call you back!" she hurriedly spoke and ended the phone call. She looked at the bluish bruise on one of her toenails. Once again, a groan slipped through her lips.

'You deserved this,' she muttered to herself. She shouldn't think about the man in such a perverse way. Look at what had happened! She scolded herself. It was only after the pain subsided did she went for the laptop on the couch. She sat comfortably, putting her legs on the small table in front of her and read the email from Enlai Gong.

It was decent if not a superior offer! That was her conclusion after reading the whole email. Her job wasn't difficult. Aside from editing his books, her jobs included contacting the publisher and dealt with another miscellaneous task. Well, to others this would be a lot of work, but when she saw the salary offered, she thought that no one would be crazy enough to reject the offer. It was too generous!

Bella Lim was tempted, but the final requirement which was to live with the writer alias Eric Wu didn't register well in her mind. She knew the reason it was written as one of the requirements as the man valued privacy more than anyone, yet, she was afraid to enter his life. She wasn't ready.

Bella Lim sighed as she put the laptop on the table while bending her knees at the same time.

Thinking back, her life was now the opposite of her previous life which was peaceful and satisfying. Now, her life, most probably little pumpkin's life, was in constant danger. She thought she was becoming stronger as she could deal with the upcoming troubles one by one, but nope! She wasn't. She was getting weaker and somehow she had become dependent on Eric Wu.

Eric Wu was another missing piece in her previous daily life, a contrast to the life she was sent as a reborn. In this new life of hers, Eric Wu was a regular. To be more precise, he was now her friend.

If this was a blessing why was she being thrown into problems day by day?

Maybe, her reborn was a masquerade of the punishment she supposed to get due to her sin. In the past, she didn't take care of little pumpkin well. Now, she was being punished by bad incidents trying to steal him away from her.

Bella Lim let out a mocking laugh. One that was directed to herself.

At the same time, drops of tears fell onto her cheek. Now that everything had come to this, Eric Wu's offer was like a life-saving opportunity?

Besides, what other choices she had? All the options she could think of would end up with her life as well as little pumpkin's life to destruction.

It was confirmed. Her decision was.

Bella Lim reached for her phone and dialed Eric Wu's number.

"I agree," she said without any hesitation.

"Good, I'll send someone to fetch you guys tomorrow. Pack what necessary as for stuff like daily essentials, it was part of the benefits as in the contract," his voice was natural, no expression could be adopted from the way he spoke.

"Sure, t-thank you," Bella Lim expressed.

"Well, you're most welcome if you could avoid the stutter. That would be a great help,"

Bella Lim chuckled as he listened to his reply.

"I-I'll try... no, I will," she responded.

"That's good. See you tomorrow,"

"See you," Bella Lim spoke her farewell.

She stared at the white ceiling above her, the motionless fan was the focus of her eyes. She knew her decision would become a life-changing experience to her life as well as little pumpkin, just like what Lily was saying.

Her eyes wandered within the perimeter. Tomorrow, this place would no longer be her home. Should she rent the house? It would be a good plan. Although the salary was a lot, she knew extra cash would be helpful for her future endeavors.

She promised once everything was settled down, she would try to find a permanent living space for them. It would take a long time, but it wasn't wrong to have a goal. At least that would avoid her from becoming even more dependent on Eric Wu.