She wears a red sweater with a light collar. Medium-length black hair pinned over the ears, and the tips of the hair fell on the top edge of the collarbone. Her facial expression was still a little overwhelmed, and a pair of dark eyes looked at him in surprise, her lips still half-open. At this moment, Nicholas suddenly felt that he had come twenty-three months late. If he had come to London the day she left Liverpool, perhaps there would not have been so many entanglements and twists and turns. He sighed inwardly and turned his head to look at the name tag on the door.

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A few years ago, it was his name written on it. Now, it's hers.

Nicholas pointed to the name tag and the girl a few meters away and said, "It seems that nothing has changed here except that the name has changed." He said and glanced at the office, almost exactly as he remembered. And here have been two managers, Bielsa, and then her.

"Oh yes, I've always wanted to redecorate, like add a shower, but haven't found the right time yet. Lu Ling's expression finally returned to normal, she also glanced at her office, and then she looked at him, "Merry Christmas, Nick! Why are you here?"

Nicholas took a few steps inside and shrugged his shoulders, "You don't answer my phone, I don't have a choice." ”

"You called me?" Lu Ling frowned, walked to her desk, and didn't see her phone, she remembered that she stuffed it into her coat after replying to Pat's message. She walked to the hanger at the door and pulled her phone out of her coat. There was indeed a missed call.

"Sorry, I didn't hear that. She looked up and said, "But you can call my office." ”

Nicholas was already pacing in front of her board, and he didn't seem to hear her, moving the pieces of the players on her board. This back was so familiar, Lu Ling was stunned for two seconds.

And on the tactical board, a 352 formation has come out.

"Hey, Nick, this is my office! That's my tactics board, you don't have the right to ......"

He said, "God, it's hot. As he spoke, he unbuttoned his coat and took it off, still wearing a suit inside.

Lu Ling walked over, he didn't look at her, still staring at the tactical board, but handed her the coat with one hand.

Lu Ling didn't answer, and turned his face, "I'm not your assistant." ”

Nicholas then looked at her slightly annoyed face, then shook his head with a smile to himself, and threw his coat on the couch behind him.

"You can beat Manchester City like that. He told her.

Lu Ling looked at the tactical board, in fact, it was similar to her original thinking. But she wasn't going to tell him this. She squeezed away the man next to her, "You're interrupting my work." And ......," she looked at him, "how the hell did you get in?

Nicholas took two steps back and loosened his tie, "The security guard at the gate knows me. I sympathize with him, I have to work on Christmas night. As for the password in the building, I know it, and to my surprise, you haven't changed. Your security is really poor. He looked up again, and she was staring at him. He smiled slightly, "If I really disturb your work, you can get busy with yours first, and we'll talk later." ”

Lu Ling pursed his lips. Actually, she doesn't have any special work to do. She had been staying in Harrington, mainly because she didn't want to go to Amber's Christmas dinner.

But what does Nick do? Just because she doesn't answer his phone? But, as she said, he could have called her office.

Lu Ling suddenly smiled, his eyes full of mockery, "Let'marriedorjusthavesex really, Nick?Do you know how many men told me this in one night when I went to a nightclub when I was twenty years old?"

God, you're so pretty, let's get married, or just go to/bed. The point of this kind of pick-s is never that we get married, but in the second half of the sentence, I just want to have a one-night stand with you.

Nicholas looked at the girl in front of him and smiled suddenly, "Christine, are you trying to tell me that you have never lacked suitors?"

"It's okay if you understand that. Lu Ling turned around and rearranged his formation, "I'll ask again, one last time, Nick, what do you really want? Why are you here?"

Behind her, his exaggerated laughter was heard, "Why don't you tell me how you want me to answer? What's wrong? What did I do to make you fall in love with me again?"

Lu Ling turned around abruptly and glared at the Spaniard, "So you drove four hours from Liverpool to London, on Christmas night, on your own thirty-seventh birthday, just to provoke me? Are you crazy? Have you forgotten that you still have a game to play tomorrow?"

He didn't speak, just looked at her. There were waves in her brown eyes, but she didn't know what kind of waves they were.

Lu Ling bit his lower lip, "Maybe I should ask you out." With that, she turned around again.

Every name on the tactical board becomes blurred. There was a dead silence in the office, and Lu Ling felt that he was faint, as if he could hear the wind and rain outside. Is it the ears that are deceiving her?

He'll go. He's always been so proud. She asked him to leave. She thought.

But a minute passed, and she didn't hear any movement.

Lu Ling turned around.

He smiled at her. It's his usual charming smile. For a moment, she couldn't tell for a moment how sincere his smile was.

The Spaniard then raised his right arm and unbuttoned his suit jacket. He took off his suit jacket. Then, one by one, he unbuttoned his vest and took it off. He loosened his tie again and took it off his neck.

When he began to unbutton his white shirt, Lu Ling panicked.

"Nick!" she cried, "what the are you doing?"

Nicholas was still unbuttoning his shirt and didn't look up, "If I'm a woman and you're a man, and I take off my clothes in front of you, what does that mean?"

"Oh my God, are you trying to seduce me?" Lu Ling couldn't believe it.

"Correct answer. If you tell me to stop, I'll stop, I'm going to be sent to the stands tomorrow, and I don't want to have any more QPR managers suing me for sexual harassment or anything like that. After he said this, the buttons of his white shirt were unbuttoned, and he took off his shirt and went naked.

Lu Ling turned his face away.

Nicholas saw her blushing, he smiled and began to unleash his belt......

"Nick!"

He ignored her and pulled out his belt.

"Stop!" Lu Ling shouted.

Nicholas stopped all movements. He looked up at her. There was a slight smile in the dark brown eyes.

Lu Ling's throat moved. She walked over to him.

Before she could get to him, he pulled her into his arms, and without hesitation, he kissed her.

Her hands were still on his pecs, but she immediately wrapped her arms around his neck.

This kiss was him attacking from the start. She's not defending either, she's also attacking.

So familiar taste, so familiar touch, so real, yet so unreal.

No one is thinking. Everything happens after reason.

However, it was all short-lived.

Lu Ling left the man's lips, and she pushed him onto the sofa.

Nicholas wowed, she had straddled him.

"So, that's what you want? No problem. We can go to my house right now. But I've got to be clear, I never stay overnight, and you'll have to leave when you're done. She looked into his eyes and whispered to him.

Her voice and tone were soft, but every word struck Nicholas's chest.

"Babe," Nicholas called.

"Can't be in my office, sorry, now this place is sacred to me. After Lu Ling finished speaking, he was about to get up from him.

Nicholas wrapped his arms around her waist tightly and didn't let her move.

"I'm serious...... Nick, I won't ......"

"That night, I was in London. He interrupted her.

Lu Ling looked at him with doubts in his eyes.

"The farewell battle of Loftus Road. That night, I was in London. I saw you crying on TV...... I'm in London, I want to hug you, I want to kiss you, I want to tell you, don't cry. I waited for you at your door for two hours. But what I was waiting for was for you to go to Patrick's house with him...... Before that, I didn't sleep/sleep with other women, I was stupid, I lied. ”

Lu Ling opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He looked at her face and continued, "In Edinburgh, in that library, I heard you tell Patrick that you liked him...... And many more...... If you want to hear it, I can tell you. He touched her face and asked, "Did you throw away the necklace I gave you?"

Lu Ling shook his head.

"My whole heart is yours. I only love you, I have never loved anyone else, and I will never be. Have you forgotten?"

Lu Ling looked at Nicholas, she knew how difficult it was for him to say these words.

"Why are you crying?" Nicholas wiped away his girl's tears, "Now, you know what I want." ”

"Nick...... Did you know that our breakup was a damn misunderstanding?"

"I know. But you're already with Patrick when I figured it out. Nicholas pressed the tip of his nose against her, "It's stupid for us to get married or just do/have sex, but I'm not kidding in the first half of the sentence." ”

Lu Ling had tears in his eyes, "So, do you not only want to talk to me, but also propose marriage?"

"No, it's not a marriage proposal, babe." Nicholas pinched her nose, "I don't have a ring, and I don't get down on one knee. ”

"In your heart, I'm so cheesy?" Lu Ling sniffed.

"No, you're not cheesy. But I'm a cheesy man, I want to get down on one knee, I want to give you the most beautiful ring, I want to beg LLU to marry me. So, not now. Still, it sounds like if I proposed now, you would say yes?"

Lu Ling was stunned, closed his eyes and kissed the man in front of him.

She muttered, "Let's reconcile." You're not allowed to go back to Liverpool tonight!"

"One more thing, I want to be honest. He bit her upper lip and said.

"What?"

'If it weren't for us playing West Ham tomorrow, I probably wouldn't be in London today. ”

"Fair enough. Lu Ling smiled slightly, this is Nick.

****

Getting out of Nicholas's car, Lu Ling suddenly remembered something.

He had already gotten out of the car, and she walked up to him, kissed him on the lips, and said to him, "I need to go and say hello to the other side, and I said yes to Pat." ”

Nicholas didn't respond to her right away, just kissed her.

After a while, he let go of her, "Go ahead, don't keep me waiting too long." 166 Reading Network