Chapter 379 - Did They Breakup?

"I mean to say that.. Sera can't take care of Xia Ruo Lan since she's exhausted after a long and tiring day!"

Realizing his mistake, Lucifer almost bit his tongue in exasperation and attempted to explain himself in a clear voice. There was no trace of prior nervousness on his face.

When Lucifer turned to Sera as he spoke, his gray orbs were intently gazing into hers as though asking, no, pleading her to play along with him.

"Let's.. Let's just wait till Xia Ruo Lan sobers up and then we'll decide what to do. Hmm?"

Seeing through Lucifer's plans, Sera pulled herself together and decided to have some faith in him.

The way Lucifer was clumsily tackling and dodging only revealed how much, and how badly he wanted to spend time with Sera, alone and away from everyone and everything. Just the way he had promised to her earlier on the hotel's rooftop.

The man's easily comprehensible thoughts made Sera laugh in her head, for his efforts as well as her own foolishness for being doubtful him. After all, Lucifer has always been loving, attentive and caring towards her.

As per Sera - Lucifer is the perfect male species around her - as a lover and a man except for the way he keeps acting mysteriously every now and then. That's the only thing that irks her the most.

After what seemed like more than half a day had passed, Ethan Lee finally reacted to something Sera and Lucifer said.

"Ok.. Okay, I agree with Sera.. She's right!"

Nodding his head, Ethan Lee turned to Sera and stuttered like a toddler who is recently learning to speak.

The truth of the matter is that Ethan Lee is traumatized by the night he'd spent in the hotel room with the drunk Xia Ruo Lan. And he seriously wouldn't want to repeat it again for a thousand years. Thus, the man's reluctance to answer Lucifer's earlier question.

Soon, the waiter brought a steaming bowl of mouthwatering broth to help Xia Ruo Lan sober up.

Seeing Lucifer pick up the cutlery to feed Xia Ruo Lan, an enthusiastic Sera proffered to assist her. Under his gloating gaze that was glaring at her impishly, she managed to finish feeding Xia Ruo Lan the whole bowl, coaxingly.

Slowly, Xia Ruo Lan's hazy eyes cleared up, although she was still a little tipsy and heavy headed.

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On the balcony.

Ethan Lee assisted a groggy Xia Ruo Lan out in fresh air to help clear her head. For some reason his heart was feeling quite anxious.

The wind wasn't strong outside. It was calm and soothing. The pair sat in silence for a long time. Neither said a word to each other.

After coaxing Xia Ruo Lan to drink the bowl of broth, Sera wanted to return back to her room. Saying that she was feeling very sleepy all of a sudden. Also the party had long ended.

And Lucifer, being the perfect gentleman readily volunteered to escort the lady to her room.

Sera looked like she was in a bad mood, so Ethan Lee didn't insist her to stay with Xia Ruo Lan. And agreed to this arrangement without any objection.

Firstly, Ethan Lee didn't want his friend to spend more time with his ex-girlfriend and hurt his own heart in the process.

To Ethan Lee, it doesn't matter even if they still love each other. He'd promised himself long ago that he won't let Lucifer and Xia Ruo Lan hurt each other as well as the people around them, again.

The history mustn't repeat itself!

With a big heart and an equally big smile on his face, Lucifer held a glum looking Sera's hand in his as the couple made themselve scarce.

"Xia Ruo Lan? How are you feeling now?"

Glancing askew at the dainty woman in a soft chiffon pink dress and a large coat wrapped around her, to keep her warm, Ethan Lee asked. His hand gently shaking her shoulders to seize her attention to him.

Turning to face Ethan Lee staring grimly, Xia Ruo Lan squinted her eyes to get a clearer view of his face.

"Lu.. Lucifer?!"

Slurring her words, Xia Ruo Lan leaned on the chair while dangling her long legs like a three year old.

"I'm not Lucifer!"

Furrowing his pair of sculpted dark brows, Ethan Lee bitterly replied. The man's expression as though he'd swallowed a big fat housefly.

He couldn't understand one thing. If Xia Ruo Lan really loved Lucifer so much that she'd keep chanting his name after getting drunk, every single time.

Then why did she leave?

Why did they breakup?

Shaking her head, Xia Ruo Lan chuckled to herself while Ethan Lee simply stared at her in amusement. He was dumbstruck to see her behave so clingy after consuming alcohol. Normally she is the type of person who'd treat you like air.

She's that ruthless. And he's experienced it firsthand. That's also one of the reasons why he treated her indifferently in the past.

"Okay, you're not Lucifer.."

Giggling like a naughty little girl caught in the middle of mischief, Xia Ruo Lan softly repeated Ethan Lee's words. Her eyes sparkling.

"Good, now tell me how are you feeling?"

Sighing inwardly, Ethan Lee started to treat Xia Ruo Lan like a child as he praised her. He himself found the situation laughable.

A serious expression formed on Xia Ruo Lan's face as she heard his question. Her expression slowly transitioned to a silly smile that looked rather mesmerizing to him. Her rosy lips akin to pink rose petals were moist, laden with her saliva as she licked them while speaking, like fresh morning dew.

"I'm feeling good, great.. I feel like I'm flying in the sky!"

Raising both her hands in the air, Xia Ruo Lan mimicked a flying bird.

Snapping back to his senses, a helpless smile formed on Ethan Lee's thin lips. He smacked his forehead for thinking that she looked beautiful just now!

Watching the uber professional Xia Ruo Lan like this, Ethan Lee couldn't help but sneakily record her actions on his mobile phone, capturing all her foolish acts in the form of a video.

"Let's see if you can laugh like this tomorrow.. Heh!"

Chortling merrily, Ethan Lee seized this opportunity to poke fun at Xia Ruo Lan next morning.