I Was Young, Dumb and Blind

"So that was your ex?" James Lu leads Elizabeth Liang to the underground parking lot and they got in his car. Elizabeth fastened her seat belt and nodded. "Yeah." He sneered and said, "Your taste in men sucks." He looks good, but his character is really bad. Hearing him say that, Elizabeth smiled bitterly. "My family arranged it. We grew up together." Then she joked, "I was young, dumb and blind." James had heard that phrase before. And boy, was it true. Hearing this, James burst into laughter. "So you were a child bride?" Why does he have to be so crude? "I wasn't even living with him, how was I a child bride?" Mr. Lu, did you go to school? She thought, but did not dare to ask. "Our families arranged the engagement years ago... but, well, now he's in love with my cousin Josephine Liang, you know, the super-popular actress." "So he was your fiancé?" James looked at her somewhat lonesome expression and raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong? Are you upset?" "Would I sound heartless if I said that I'm not?" At the end of the day, Elizabeth couldn't deny that Theodore was the boy she grew up and was in love with and that Josephine was her cousin by blood who had treated her with kindness. But they both betrayed her! Including her love and trust! It would've been easier if Theodore had broken up with her because they've fallen apart. But he went ahead and got together with her cousin, betrayed her, and drove her out of her own house with her uncle's family. She was heartbroken, she was furious, but she couldn't do anything about it. "Mm, I don't think so." James started the car and turned to look at her. "So you tried to hook up with him again while bringing me food?" Even just thinking about it made him mad. He was starving upstairs, while Elizabeth was wasting time with her ex-fiancé in the lobby. Recalling the scene, Elizabeth carefully watched James's expression. "Well... I didn't know he was there." She felt that it was necessary to explain the situation. She didn't know what he had seen. "I was just bringing you a cake..." "So?" Looking ahead, James turned the steering wheel. Thinking of the cake, she began getting annoyed again. After all, it took her hours to make it. "Who knew I was gonna bump into him. The cake was just wasted, no one even ate it." James seemed to be amused by her frustration. He reached out a hand and enthusiastically patted her on the shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll eat something else. I promise that you'll be so happy eating you'll forget all about how mad you are, okay?" ****** "What are we doing here?" Elizabeth looked around this beautifully designed building and asked the man beside her in confusion. Weren't they going to dinner? Why did he bring her to this private styling studio? Not to mention that it was one of the most well-known in A City! What on earth was he going to do? "Don't you want to clean yourself up before having a free meal?" James squinted at her. "Do you know how much you smell like kitchen smoke?" "..." Hearing this, Elizabeth lowered her head and smelled her clothes. She made a cake today, it should only smell a little sweet. What smoke was he talking about? "Then I'll go home and change. Why do we have to be here?" She did not have the money to spend on a luxury like this. "If you're gonna walk beside me, I want you to look appealing." "But..." James ignored Elizabeth and spoke to the stylist who had been waiting at the side for a long time, "Take her, dress her up. I want to see her look brand new in the shortest time possible. Are we clear?" "Understood, Mr. Lu." The stylist replied, "Please follow me, miss."