Chapter 71 Having A Good Time In Hainan

With a sandwich in her hand, Mary gazed up at William who had just walked out of the bathroom. Her eyebrows furrowed. "Where are we going today? Is it going to be just the two of us?"

"Yes, and we're going to Ultima Thule." He casually brushed back his hair and sat opposite to her. As he leaned back on his seat, his fingers grazed across the glass table. "The party's still tomorrow. Plus, it isn't like we have plans today, so why don't we have some time to ourselves?"

"You're pulling the 'boss' card again," Mary accused, narrowing her eyes. "You're only using this business trip as an excuse to go out and have fun."

"Right again." He cocked up an eyebrow. Amusement danced in his eyes as his head tilted forward. "So, am I taking that as a 'no'?"

"It's not that," she quickly denied, shaking her head rapidly. "It's just...you just... You pulled it off very well."

"Okay." William simply took a sip from his juice with a nod of his head.

After a long period of silence and hesitation, Mary finally spoke up, "Were you the one who put me to bed last night?"

He shrugged. "Yes."

"Ah..." Her cheeks flushed. Twisting her fingers, she said shyly, "Did you carry me on your back or in your arms?"

"Who said I carried you?" He scoffed incredulously. "I dragged you to the bed."

She coughed and sputtered at his words. The smile on his lips went unnoticed, as he slowly stood up from his seat and said, "Come on then. Let's head to the beach."

What better way to wash out the burning sun rays than to lie on the cool sand and bathe in the vast glistening sea? As Mary sat on the front seat of his convertible, her bright eyes reflected the skies overhead. She could already feel her toes being swept by the strong waves and see how her dark hair glimmer under the sunlight. At the thought, her heart raced in her chest. There was just something about going to the beach that filled her with excitement.

"Open up the roof!" She stood up. As she poked her head out the roof of the car, she could feel the wind brushing the sides of her cheeks. Raising her arms, she cheered loudly, "Ultima Thule, here I come!"

At the sight of her carefree behavior, William couldn't help but laugh. It was rare to meet someone so excited over the simplest of things. With a shake of his

ding all the days he spent in working at his office. At every turn he took, she'd be taking photos right beside him all the time. Maybe the amount of photos he had taken with her could be as many or even greater than all the photos he had accumulated of himself in the last ten years. When they were about to call it as the end of their trip, his shoulders sagged in relief.

On their way back to the hotel, Mary took this time to scroll down her phone and check all the photos one by one.

"What were you even doing when we took this photo?" she murmured to herself, swiping to the right. "You weren't even looking at the camera.

Oh, this one isn't so good either. Our faces are too big.

Hmm...not this one–too many people in the background.

Ugh, even the selfies aren't that great."

William eyed her by the side as she deleted the photos one by one. "You've deleted at least two-thirds of them," he pointed out, disgruntled at the amount of time they had wasted just for her to delete the lot of them.

"Doesn't matter." Mary shrugged, not bothering to raise her head. "It's quality over quantity. The most important thing is that the photos we do have make us look good. I mean, it's useless, if we keep them all and we all look horrible in them. Speaking of, we have to delete this one too."

William sighed exasperatedly as they walked into the hotel lobby.

"Mr. Lan and Mrs. Lan!"

"Hmm?" Mary raised her head at the sound of her name.

Sporting a black suit, Alisa walked towards them and quickly greeted them with a smile.

At the sight of William in his colorful shorts, she hid a smile, finally understanding what he meant last night. She clasped her hands together.

"Miss Zhang." William nodded.

"Mr. Lan, did you have a good time?" she asked.

"It was very good," he replied. Despite using most of their time to take all the photos, he truly did have a great time with her. It was definitely a breath of fresh air.

"Great, great." Alisa sighed in relief. "I wish you both have all the happiness in the world. I better get to work now. See you later!"

"Okay." With a nod of acknowledgment, William led Mary to the elevator.

"She's weird," she muttered.

Although he said nothing in reply, the corners of his lips twitched up into a small smile.