Tangled Up In Blue

It was an especially warm night in Ye City.

Malcom Quan drove through the neighborhood, passing through all the other familiar trees and houses. Finally, he arrived at his apartment. Getting off the car, Malcom went up to the door and pressed his finger on the scanner. The door then opened with a slight beep and click. Much to his disappointment, he saw the bright hall was empty. "Poppi?" he called out.

There was no answer. 'Where did you go?'

After closing the door behind him, he put the documents in his hand on the sofa and went upstairs to the bedroom.

"Poppi?" he shouted once more. "Where are you?" When Malcom Quan had reached the bedroom, he saw that there were the clothes of a woman strewn across the bed, and heard the the sound of running water in the bathroom.

Splish, splash! Splish, splash!

Just then, he faintly heard the voice of a woman coming through the crack of the bathroom door. Shortly afterwards, the person inside had turned the water off. Malcolm Quan looked in the direction of the bathroom reflexively. The door was only opened by a couple of inches. Nevertheless, he could easily see the perfect, curvy figure inside.

"Damn it..." Malcolm Qiu cursed in a low voice as he loosened his tie. As his hand reached for the door knob, the door suddenly swung open. "Poppi Qiu..."

"La la la... Aah!" Poppi Qiu was humming to herself when she came out of the bathroom. A bath towel was wrapped around her body. When she saw that Malcom was there in the bathroom, she was surprised and jumped back, her melodious humming turning into a scream. Her hands instinctively went to her face to protect herself, thinking that the person in the bedroom was an intruder.

"Oh, shut up!" Malcolm Quan snapped, but soon after he felt guilty for startling Poppi and making her scream.

"M... Malcom?!" Hearing the familiar voice, Poppi Qiu opened her eyes with lingering fear. She blinked, unbelieving that it was indeed Malcom in front of her, and adjusted the towel on her body. "When...When did you get here? You scared me to nearly half to death... Can you tell me first when you're going to come over? I thought you were a serial killer or something!"

"Serial killer?" Malcolm Quan couldn't help but look at Poppi Qiu from the bottom up. Poppi Qui's legs were tall and slender, her skin smooth and fair. There was a beautiful pink flush on her delicate face, and her eyes were big and lovely.

Immediately, Malcom Quan withdrew his gaze. "You're too confident in yourself," he mumbled.

hip. "Why did you even break into my house in the first place?" Poppi said, raising

my home," Malcolm cast a cold glance

sly look in her eyes. "What are you doing home, honey?" she said, her

dubiously as he cast a sharp look

aren't we?"

He turned around and walked to the door. "Go downstairs," he said, looking back at Poppi, "I have something

half an hour to do my skin

looking back, the tall figure disappeared at the corner

shoulders indifferently and sat in front of her dresser. There, she gently applied moisturizer on her neck and arms, quietly humming to herself.

his thin lips pressed tightly into a fine line. The

of the chandelier complimenting the coolness of the coffee table. But, the coldness of the table could

the table towards Poppi. "See if there is anything else you would like to add

slight smile as she took the documents. As she read the words on the first page, she raised her eyebrows. "This is the prenuptial agreement. My lawyer isn't here though. Does this

Shen has seen it

pages casually. "Huh.." she mumbled as she read over a page.

seat, his knuckes white as he tightly clasped his hands in front of him.

has changed into two years? I thought we

for another extra year," Malcom explained with a straight face, "Besides, this time, after we sign this, you can be

you be so sure that you

long time since he had seen Poppi face to face like this. Malcom knew how beautiful Poppi was, but he couldn't

top of the three years before that? Don't you think it's a bit too long?" Poppi protested, as the sly smile that Malcom hated so much surfaced on her lips, "Am I not a bit on the losing side of this agreement? I'm not quite

double your monthly living expenses," Malcom said sternly, a hint of disgust flashing through his eyes. With a deep sigh, he continued, "And, you are allowed to go around on dates and get a boyfriend. As long as you hold up your part of the agreement and keep

be surprised, "That's great! You should have said