第三章

"Hey! You there, move it and get out of the way!" Ai Sha heard a well dressed man shouting from the street beside a luxury car while pointing a rude finger to another man who appears to be unloading some constructions supplies from a cargo truck parked in the alley next to her grandfather's warehouse. When the other man who appears to be a delivery man did not react fast enough, the well dressed man started cursing and threatening him.

Aisha has just arrived in her grandfather's warehouse to deliver her grandfather's lunch for the day. She knows that her grandfather is a very busy man and usually forgets to eat his meals when he is at work, so when her grandmother called her and tasked her to deliver his food she readily agreed. Her grandfather is supervising and accepting supply deliveries today, and seeing that one of his delivery men is being harassed in the street, Ai Sha cant stop herself from interfering. "Hey to you too Mister! Whoever you are, this is a private alley and is not for public use. Back off or I'll call the cops. You are in private property and you don't have any right to harass the people who works here."

The well dressed man upon hearing this young lady threatening him, looked and was startled at first to see a girl about 15years of age wearing a high school uniform, but eventually recovers himself and started walking towards her. He's thinking, this girl needs to be taught a lesson to respect her betters. The moment he gets near her, the man raised his hands to hit her but the girl dodged to the side and quickly turns and blocks his raised hands made a quick turn again which ended him on his knees with his hand behind his back. "ahhh!" The man screams from pain and no matters how much he struggles he cannot escape the girls hold. He had no idea who this girl is and did not know that she is a well-trained martial arts student from a young age of five. Having been raised to be able to defend herself due to her family's identity and prominence in town, her grandfather has insisted that all grand children of the family should be trained in martials arts.

"Now apologize to him and get out of here" the girl told the well dressed man who is now sweating and grimacing in pain while kneeling with his hands twisted behind his back.

All this happened so quickly that the delivery man the girl saw being harassed did not have time to react; this man is James Go. He is here to deliver construction supplies to one of his grandfather's long time friend and business ally since all delivery personnel were all busy and nobody else is available. James is in his final year in College before pursuing his Master's in Business Administration in the United States, and while in training with his grandfather he sometimes do menial labor himself when needed. This is how his grandfather taught him to be a great leader and businessman. He should be willing to do the work that he expects his employees to do for him.

James saw a girl defending him so fiercely and this stunned him. This is the first time he found himself being defended by somebody since he is usually the one doing the defending especially when it comes to members of the opposite sex. He was concerned when he saw the man walking towards the girl with an ugly expression on his face expressing his intent to hurt the girl. However seeing the girl move so quickly and having the well dressed man on his knees screaming in pain before James could react, James decided to watch what happens next.

"Alright, alright...i ahh..I'm sorry. Ok?, let go ahhh.." After hearing this, the girl quickly releases the man and the man quickly scrambled to get up, quickly got into his car and maneuvers to get out of the alley and drives away.

Only then the girl turned to James and said "Are you okay? I hope this did not scare you from working here. By the way have you seen Mr. Cua? " The girl softly told James, the fierce expression and hard voice while talking to the rude and well dressed man earlier is gone, and now the innocent expression on her face and her gentle manner is the exact opposite of what James has just witnessed this girl is capable of. Fascinated by this contrasting personality and captivated by this beautiful girl, James cant' help but stare at her face. He noticed that her almond shaped eyes have a light brown and green flecks to it with thick eyelashes that deepens and make it seems to be hiding some secrets , pert nose that bespoke of a fun-loving nature and naturally rosy and plump lips that appears seductive and totally opposite of the innocent expression on her face at the moment. This casual observation, and realizing that he is staring, James shook himself and answered " I think he is inside with the warehouse manager..." Before James could continue and add a thank you to his answer the girl quickly left after telling him. "Thanks, have a nice day".

Ai Sha quickly found her grandfather, and after seeing that he is eating his lunch in his warehouse office; she left to attend her afternoon classes in the local High School. Aisha is now in her final year in High School and just came to visit for a quick lunch in her grandparents’ home since her own parents encourages her to visits her grandparents daily during her lunch break in school instead of eating in the School canteen like all the other students. 

While walking to school that afternoon, Ai Sha can't help thinking back to that man she saw earlier who was delivering supplies in the warehouse. He did not seem to be one of her grandfather’s regular employees as she has never seen him before. His appearance does not match with that of any delivery personnel or any employees of her grandfather’s, who does the manual labor. Thinking back, she remembers noticing that he was wearing simple white shirt and jeans with rubber shoes, but all this appears to be designer clothes. He made every efforts to appear simple but his bearing combined with his expensive clothes despite its simplicity screams that this man does not belong in the laborer’s class. His fair complexion also tells a story of a man not use to sun exposure like all the other laborer’s she knew. His face was so beautiful, he looks like a god to her. Despite not having interacted with him longer, Ai Sha felt that she was in the presence of a predator during their brief interaction earlier. There was a leashed aura of confidence, possessiveness and sharp intelligence on that face that she remembers. She also could not hold his gaze for long during that brief time, as she feels her face getting hot, and knows that she was blushing while talking to that man. She has always hated her tendency to blush in the presence of handsome and beautiful boys in her High School, let alone in the presence of that man earlier. She felt so flustered that she probably looked like a fool while running away from him.

Ai Sha sigh to herself, she dreams of falling in love with her very own Prince Charming in the future, but with her tendency to get flustered in the presence of good looking people, especially a man who looks like a god, she knows she’ll probably end up an old maid like her youngest Aunt Millie who always have a sour expression on her face to go with her bad temper. Deciding to forget her brief encounter with that god like man earlier, Ai Sha proceeded to her School as she still have a lots of catching up to do before graduation and she wants to stay in the Honor List after the finals, so she can convince her parents to let her attend Interior design or Architecture next Semester.