Chapter 378 - Any Man

"What do you mean?" Mia restrained herself from reading his thoughts but at the same time, she had the urge to do so. 

''What I mean is I am…'' Han Jian stepped towards her, his well-built body towered over hers and she stepped back from him, for the first time cowering in front of him like never before. There was something about the way he looked at her that made her uncertain. Her legs tangled up in the carpet and she found herself falling but her hand was gripped by his warm palm and in the next moment he pulled her up, ''It was not included in my plans initially. It was all temporary that I wanted.'' 

Mia could hear the sounds of her heart racing in her chest, ''Come on, stop joking,'' She laughed to ease the tension in the atmosphere. 

''I am not joking today. Neither was I joking that day,'' He pulled her up such that her body collided against his. Letting go of her hands, he caught hold of her waist. 

"T-That day?" Mia gulped. 

Han Jian Yu tilted his head to the side as he looked into her eyes, ''When I say that I am falling for you, I mean it.'' 

Mia's eyes widened slightly. She was quick to open her mouth, ''But I don't-''

"You don't? Then why are you here?" Han Jian Yu asked, his voice low and deep, ''You are an arrogant girl, Mia. I see you as someone who won't lower herself for anyone. You are prideful, stubborn and so detached from everyone despite being close to them.''

Mia narrowed her eyes, ''Have you been studying human psychology?" She asked, ignoring the beats of her heart which had picked the pace by this time. 

''It is not human psychology that I have been studying. It is you,'' Han Jian Yu said as he looked at her. 

Mia opened her mouth to say something but she closed it not finding the proper words. To her, he was the kind of man who detested such things… feelings and emotions, everything held no value to him. Perhaps, that had made it easier for her to approach him without worries. 

"The kind of person you are, would you lower yourself to go after a man who told you that he is leaving but when in truth he didn't?" Han Jian Yu asked her, ''I didn't leave neither did I go back to you but this time, you are the one who came after me.'' 

Mia averted her gaze, not looking into his eyes this time, ''It's your man who brought me here. He kidnapped me.'' 

"Are you the kind of woman who would be kidnapped?" He raised an eyebrow. 

''He was strong,'' Mia blinked as she looked back at him. 

''Did he hurt you?" Han Jian Yu asked. Danny was indeed strong. 

Mia looked into his cold eyes before shaking her head, "What I want to say is I didn't come here looking for you willingly.''

''But you stayed here willingly, didn't you?" Han Jian Yu asked while looking at her expressionless face, ''You could have left but you didn't. Why?" 

''I didn't leave. Does that means I have feelings for you?" Mia smiled at him, it was a sarcastic smile, ''You fell so hard for me that you are finding excuses to make yourself believe that I love you as well? It's pathetic.'' 

His grip on her waist loosened. 

''It should have ended as a one-night thing but we clicked so I stayed with you," Mia stepped back from him, ''But do you think you are expecting more from me?" She asked. 

Han Jian Yu glanced at her blankly, ''So, you would do all this for any man you would come across?" 

''Any man, trust me,'' Mia nodded, ''Any man I like or I prefer, I would do this for them. Caring for them and from staying with them to sleeping with them.''

There was a moment of silence between them. She did not get her eyes off him and he held her gaze as well. Her hazel eyes were clear, there was no hint of lie in her eyes. One would not be able to differentiate whether she was telling the truth or manipulating a person with her faked words. 

''Get out,'' Han Jian Yu said, his voice was low. 

Mia picked up her clutch and her phone from the coffee table, ''Sure thing.''

The urge to control her powers snapped and as she reached the door, she heard the distant voice in his mind, 'Please don't go….' 

Her palm which was resting on the doorknob paused and she closed her eyes, "It was nice meeting you,'' She said nonchalantly and sealed her powers before stepping out of the place. 

'Bang' 

As the door closed, Han Jian Yu stood rooted to his spot looking at the closed door with a glint of hope in his eyes. But with each passing second, the hope died down. 

She, never came back. 

He closed his eyes and his finger curled into a fist, a hint of a mocking smile appeared on his face. Did he expect her to come back? He asked himself.

He did. He expected her to not leave in the first place. 

He was probably waiting for some words like 'No, I didn't mean what I said' or 'I was in a bad mood so spoke nonsense' or 'I don't like you now but we can get to know each other' or perhaps 'I do have some feelings for you'…

He had expected such replies from her when he finally decided to lay his heart bare in front of her but her 'I would do this for any man. Caring for them, staying with them and sleeping with them' came out of nowhere, hitting him hard.

There was a restlessness that he felt in his heart, which he was unable to explain or bear. She left.. The thought of it fazed him more than he ever expected.