My Roomate Has Intentions Chapter 9

The next few days for Claire and Jade were relatively peaceful. Jade suggested that she would drive Claire to her place on the way to and from work, but Claire remembered that Jade had called her to the office and told her not to let others know about their house-sharing. Considering that letting Jade take her to her place would definitely arouse suspicion from people like Grace, she declined the offer and took the subway to and from work every day.

Jade had no way to give Claire a ride, so he started buying breakfast for Claire. Claire would accept the money and transfer it to Jade. However, their relationship did not progress any further and they just maintained a superficial level of friendship.

After Jade finished the project, he had some free time and opened his phone. Sure enough, his friend sent him another message:

【Any recent progress? 】

【No.】

[Are you sure Claire likes girls? ]

Jade stared at the phone screen for a long time before replying: [Not sure.]

[Find an opportunity to test it out. If Claire doesn't like girls, no matter how much you do, it will be in vain.]

Jade turned off her phone. What if Claire was a straight girl? What if... What a terrible if. She stood up and walked towards Claire's office area with the documents. She was bathed in the warm autumn sun, with a warm brown tweed coat draped over the back of the chair and only a white shirt underneath. Claire moved forward a little, and the outline of her shoulders under the loose shirt could be vaguely seen. The soft light reflected on her profile, gentle and delicate. Jade gently placed her hand on Claire's shoulder. Claire turned around and saw that it was her. She smiled as warmly as the sun, her dark brown pupils were shiny. She looked at Jade and asked gently, "Leader, what do you want?"

Jade sat down beside her and said, "It's okay. I came to see you after I finished my work."

The two of them just sat there, neither of them took the initiative to speak. The spacious office was silent except for the gurgling sound of the heater making scented tea. Claire glanced at Jade out of the corner of his eye and saw that she was leaning casually on the sofa chair with the top two buttons undone, revealing her delicate collarbone. The fingers holding the folder were slender, and because they were too cold, the edges of her fingers glowed with a warm white light. The other hand tapped the table regularly, making a soft tapping sound.

"Leader." Claire called her softly.

"Hmm?" Jade responded, her eyes leaving the documents and moving to Claire's face. She was slightly nearsighted and always wore glasses at work. From Claire's perspective, the gold-rimmed glasses shone with a slightly cold light. "It's almost the weekend, does the boss have time?"

Claire was a little nervous when he asked this question. These few days had been dull, and Jade was always busy. She usually went to the company to work overtime.

After she asked this question, Jade did not answer her immediately. The sound of the boiling scented tea was particularly obvious at this time. Claire held the pen tightly as if she was waiting to be tortured to death. She was afraid that Jade would discover her thoughts.

Jade probably didn't feel that he knew her well enough to interfere in her private affairs. She had always been independent-minded and didn't like others to dictate her life. Claire thought sadly, thinking that he was probably going to be rejected. At 800 yuan per ticket, he suddenly felt distressed.

Snapped----

The sound of the folder closing made Claire's heart skip a beat. Jade placed the folder in front of Claire: "I have checked all the data. There is no problem. Please sort it out."

Noticing that Claire was staring at her closely, his deer-like eyes were filled with anticipation, Jade looked at his clear pupils, her heart softened, and she smiled and replied, "If you invite me, then I'm always available."

Listening to Jade's soft voice, Claire felt like he had suddenly fallen into a sea of ​​clouds, his whole body floating.

She agreed!

This was the first official "date" between the two. Claire cheered in her heart and smiled unconsciously. She took her bag, took out the ticket for the butterfly exhibition, and handed it to Jade: "Boss, I have a ticket for the Nanqiao Butterfly Exhibition at 10 am this Saturday. Can you go with me?"

Jade reached out to take the ticket, and Claire's cold fingertips just landed on Jade's palm. Feeling the warmth, Claire stuffed the ticket into Jade's hand and wanted to take her fingers away. Unexpectedly, Jade held her fingertips tightly, frowned and asked: "Why are your hands so cold? Is the heating not turned on enough?"

Actually, I was nervous just now.

Claire has a problem: his hands and feet become cold whenever he is nervous.

"No, it's not." Claire's dry answer obviously did not convince Jade.

Jade originally wanted to pour a cup of scented tea for Claire to warm him up, but then he thought of what his friend said, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He gave up the scented tea and thought of a better way.

She took the bill and put it aside. Claire tilted his head to look at her, as if he didn't understand what she was going to do. The next moment, Jade picked up Claire's hand and placed it in front of her, then lowered her head and slowly moved closer, gently exhaling a breath of hot air, feeling the slender fingers in the palm of her hand. Her hands also changed from being held neatly to having her fingers entangled together. From fingertips to palms, along the texture of the skin, she stroked one by one, and finally touched the vital blue blood veins. She raised her eyes quietly to look at Claire.

If it were a girl, she would probably feel a little uncomfortable or shy and blush.

But Claire didn't.

Feeling Jade's gaze, Claire looked back. Her confused eyes coupled with her upright expression made Jade feel that he was not pulling a human being, but a piece of steel plate.

"What's wrong, leader?" Claire had a smile on her lips. Her voice was originally low and her tone was relaxed and gentle. Jade looked at her and his heart was slightly moved.

Claire is so good, do I really want to drag her into this quagmire? Does she have the ability to lead Claire to continue on this path? After all, this group is a minority. Although society is becoming more and more open, and even same-s3x marriage is beginning to be open, they still encounter various subtle discriminations.

Jade closed her eyes and carefully hid all her thoughts. Claire was very good to her, he was very good seven years ago, and he was even better now.

She suddenly felt sincerely that she was despicable. Claire was nice to her without any purpose, but every time she approached him and every time she showed kindness, it was a long-planned plan.

Jade felt that she couldn't stay any longer. She stood up, but she didn't stand firmly and swayed a bit. "Claire, prepare the data as soon as possible. We will meet at the Nanqiao Exhibition Hall on Saturday. I will rush there directly from the company after working overtime."

"OK."

After watching Jade leave, Claire finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, Jade suddenly covered her hand. Seeing her put his hand to her mouth and feeling her warm and delicate palm with her fingers, her heart seemed to burst out of her chest.

Fortunately, she was a person who did not show her emotions on her face. Claire put one hand on her heart and touched her slightly hot earlobe. She was glad that Jade left in time. Even if it was one more second, she would have found it difficult to pretend.

But when Jade left, he didn't seem to be in a very good mood.

The leader is still a little moody.

Claire rubbed his hands, drank a cup of sweet scented tea, opened the folder left by Jade and prepared to organize the report. However, he could not type a few words before Jade appeared involuntarily in his mind.

Jade's long, exposed calves, Jade's slender waist, Jade's delicate collarbones, Jade's eyes that were full of charm with every frown and smile...

A long sigh lingered in the office. Claire leaned back on the sofa with the folder turned upside down on the table. He was afraid that he would not be able to concentrate on his work until Saturday.

Jade, ah Jade.

*****

On Saturday, Claire got up early on purpose.

She did not wash up first, but went to the kitchen to check, and there was no sign that anyone had been in. Jade must have gotten up early to go to the company, and guessing that Jade did not have breakfast, Claire finalized Jade's breakfast recipe while washing up.

After washing, Claire started to tie her hair, still following the style that Jade had done for her at the beginning. Now she was able to replicate it perfectly. After looking around, Claire felt satisfied.

Today she was wearing warm colors. She felt for no reason that since she was with someone as warm as Jade, she should also dress warmly.

At nine o'clock, Claire went out on time to take a taxi. He bought a pancake for himself and a vegetable sandwich for Claire. There was a row of tables and chairs outside the Nanqiao Exhibition Hall for people to rest, where they could have breakfast.

Claire arrived early, and when Jade appeared, she saw her at a glance. The woman was wearing a burgundy tweed jacket, and her temperament was outstanding, which made her particularly eye-catching in the crowd.

Claire raised her hand and waved. Jade's searching eyes quickly locked onto her. She walked towards him with a smile on her lips. She stopped beside Claire. The pleasant and familiar cool fragrance penetrated into his nose. Looking at the smile on her lips, Claire felt that Jade should be in a good mood today, and his mood also improved a little.

The two of them entered the exhibition hall. Claire had used her spare time in junior high and high school to learn a lot about butterflies. She was glad that that knowledge had not been forgotten with the passage of time. She pulled Jade along the winding corridors, looking at the butterflies one by one, and Claire explained to Jade in a low voice.

When seeing the blue morpho butterfly, Jade said: "I know this better. It's the blue morpho butterfly, right? It's very precious. It's said that because the process is too complicated, the number is relatively small, and therefore the price is very high."

Claire: "Yes, does the leader like the blue morpho butterfly very much?"

Jade looked at the brilliant blue butterfly in the glass frame, and the scene of the past seemed to reappear in front of him. He couldn't help but speak in a light tone, and people could easily hear the nostalgia: "Yes, it was given to me by someone who is very important to me. I don't understand butterflies, and the only thing I know and like is this kind."

Claire looked at Jade who was concentrating on looking at the butterfly, and his eyes moved. Taking advantage of Jade's distraction, he sent a message to his friend: "I want to buy this blue morpho butterfly. Name your price."