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Author's notes: Wow, thanks for all the feedbacks guys!

Thank you for your second review Jessi Lynn. I'm glad you think I was able to keep them in character. I was getting a bit worried, 'cause like I said before I haven't seen the entire series.

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Well everyone, on with the story!

Chapter Four: Say what?!

Wufie's cryptic remark caught Sally momentarily off guard. But before she can recover, the young man spoke and surprised her yet again.

"So, what have you been up to these last six years?"

Startled blue eyes blinked at the question. Is he actually starting up a conversation with me? she asked herself.

As Wufei silently watched her, the corner of his mouth quirked up slightly in a tell-tale sign of a smile. When Sally continued to just stare at him, the young man raised an eyebrow mockingly.

Sally saw both actions and thought he was making fun of her. Irritated with herself, she gave a mental shake and told herself to stop acting silly.

"I work for the social services," she now said. "I mostly deal with cases that concerns abandoned or abused children."

"So, you became a social worker like you'd always wanted." Wufei paused, clearly debating about something in his head. Finally making up his mind he briskly said, "Come have a cup of coffee with me in the café and you can tell me more about your work."

At this point, Sally felt like she had really stepped inside the twilight zone. Wufei was actually being nice. The illusion vanished however when his mouth opened once more.

"Look, it's not a hard decision to make," he said with an irritated scowl. "Quit gaping at me like a fish out of water. Either you take the offer or not."

Sally felt her face turn red again. This time embarrassment was tinged with anger. I'm a grown woman now. I refuse to be intimidated by his behavior, she thought to herself. Opening her mouth she got ready to comment on his remark, but stopped when a man with long brown hair approached them.

"Sorry to interrupt, Wufei," the newcomer said cheerfully. "But I thought I should tell you that the cappuccino machine's starting to act up again."

"Don't worry, Duo. I have someone coming in first thing tomorrow morning to look at it."

"I told you that model's no good," teased the other man.

Wufei gave the worker a dark look. "Maybe the staff working it is the one that's no good."

Duo held up his hands in surrender. "Hey, take it easy. I was just kidding."

"Don't you have customers to take care of?"

The brunette was unfazed by the other man's cold glare. His grin widened as he mockingly saluted Wufei.

"Yes, sir," he said just as cheerfully. Duo gave the blue-eyed girl a playful wink before leaving, long braid swinging away.

Sally stared at the worker for a few seconds, contemplating on the conversation she just heard. She looked up at the man beside her and asked him the question that had been burning in her mind.

"You run this place?"

"Actually, I own it," came his gruff reply, still seething at the wink Duo had given Sally. He tried to at least take comfort in the fact that the girl seemed to be unaffected by the other man's gesture.

"Well, half of it at least," he corrected at Sally's astonished expression. "While I was going through college, I worked for a man named Ron Shirin. He owns a bookstore back in New York. The store was quite successful so he decided to branch out. He chose to have one here in the west coast, just to test it out. Since I majored in business and already knew how to run the bookstore, he asked me to manage the San Francisco branch of Altron's. I agreed with the condition of being a partner. It wasn't hard to convince him since he's been looking for someone to take over for him. I guess I'm the only one he trusted enough."

"That's quite an accomplishment for someone as young as you," returned Sally after some thought.

Wufei barely controlled the blush that threatened to spread across his face from the girl's compliment. His face may have remained impassive, but inside he couldn't help but feel somewhat ecstatic at Sally's approval. Just as he was about to remind her of his earlier offer of coffee, the unmistakenable ring of a cell phone pierced the air.

Sally reached inside her purse and smiled apologetically at Wufei before walking a few feet away to talk privately. The black-haired man watched the blonde's animated face as she took the call. He did not care that people saw him openly staring at the woman. Sally was really a sight to behold. He had nearly forgotten to breath when he first noticed her looking through the financial section earlier. In his opinion everything about her defined beauty and grace. He had dreamed and waited for this moment for the last six years and he was going to make sure that he finally gets what he had always wanted.

When she finished the call, Sally walked back to where Wufei was waiting. "I'm sorry," she said. "That was Marimeia, my sitter. Her drama club is having an emergency rehearsal so she can't watch Jax. He's only ten months old and no one's gonna be home. Her dad's working overtime so I have to go pick him up right now."

Wufei was a bit taken back by that revelation, but quickly hid it behind a smirk. "Well now, no one would have guessed that you just had a baby with how slim you look."

She blushed when he ran his eyes over her body then frowned.

"Baby?" she echoed in confusion.

"Yeah, you just said -"

Sally's laughter cut off the rest of Wufei's sentence. He remained silent and patiently waited for her to finish.

"Care to share what's so funny?" he finally asked with some irritation.

"It's just that Jax isn't my son," she explained, wiping a tear from the corner of her eye. "He's my puppy. My house was fumigated a few days ago and won't be habitable until tomorrow. I'm staying at my friend's apartment and no pets are allowed.

"I asked Marimeia to take him in for a while since she loves playing with Jax. He's a little rambunctious so her father doesn't want my dog alone, in or out of their house."

"Where are you planning to take him then?"

"I guess Jax and I will go hang out at the park until Treize gets home at 8 o'clock."

"Treize?"

"Marimeia's father," she answered absently, looking at her watch. "Listen I got to hurry and pay for the books." She started walking towards the check out stand and Wufei went to follow.

"It was really good to see you again," she genuinely told him. "Can I take a rain check on that coffee … some other time perhaps?" She wanted to say tomorrow, but didn't want to appear too eager.

"Hn," he replied. He took the books from her when they reached the counter and put them in a bag.

"Don't worry about it," he said quietly when she reached for her wallet. "It's on the house."

She started to protest, but a single glare from him quickly stopped further arguments she might have had. Wufei accompanied Sally as she walked towards the exit. She stole a glance at the pensive man beside her when they got to the door and mumbled a hasty goodbye.

She stopped suddenly when he gently grabbed a hold of her arm. Something stirred within her at the warm touch and Sally hoped she was not blushing when she looked back at Wufei. She couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed, however, when he let her go.

"Listen," he said thoughtfully. "I'm heading home right now. Why don't you drop off Jax at my place after picking him up? I'll keep him until tomorrow. There's no point of you staying out in the park long after dark."

Did I hear that right? she asked silently at the concern he had displayed. Nah, I must be more tired than I thought.

With a shake of her head, Sally said, "No, really I couldn't -"

"Look, I'll be home all night so I can watch him. And tomorrow, I'll take him outside if you're worried he'd ruin my furniture. I have a big backyard. It's enclosed so he'd be safe." He raised an eyebrow at the uncertain look she was giving him. "What, you don't trust me with your dog?"

"No, it's not that," she quickly assured him. "I mean … the book … now this."

"Geez, lady! Do you have to overanalyze everything?" Wufei ran a hand through his hair in frustration "How about this then? Would it make you fee better if you had to do something for me in return?"

"Like what?" she asked suspiciously.

"How about I keep your dog till tomorrow night in exchange for a few hours of you time tonight?"

"I beg your pardon?!" came the bewildered response.

"Dinner, Sally," he said, his lips twitching in a small facsimile of a smile. "I was referring to having dinner with me."

"Oh…"

"So, what do you say? Spare me some of you precious time and I house your dog for a day in return."

"Um … well, okay I guess," she replied, still trying to recover from the embarrassing misunderstanding.

He reached for his wallet and took out one of his business cards. He quickly wrote his home address on the back and handed it to her before she can change her mind. He eyed his watch then looked at her.

"I'll see you around seven then. That should give you enough time to get Jax and find the place."

Wufei did not wait for Sally to say anything but just turned around and headed for his own vehicle. He grinned inwardly and congratulated himself for his ingenious idea. It was clearly a win-win situation for him. But he wondered how long it will take Sally to realize that he had just tricked her into both having dinner with him and giving him what he wanted in the first place.

Author's notes: I hope I did them both justice. I kept revising the chapter until I've sucked my brain dry. Well, hope you like it! I'll try to work on the next chapter right away, but I'll be pretty busy this month. So it might take longer for me to update, but please just be patient.

Next chapter: Wufei finally spends time alone with Sally, but finds out he wasn't the only one in the running when it came to dating Sally.