‘HOW TO MAKE A MAN FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU IN MINTUES!’ was the title of the book. Ella didn’t really like any of the chapters, but thought maybe the author with her long history of relationships knows more about the mystery of love. The book was very hellish to read…especially for someone who never really liked to read. Ella turned to the chapter she book marked title ‘Seduction will guarantee you his undying love!’ Step 1: Sprinkle the room with rose petals
Step 2: Lit the room with candles
Step 3: Wear something sexy
“Okay, so my room is sprinkle with enough petals to cause me allergy…let’s see step two, lit the room with candles…” Ella murmured to herself wondering where she put all her birthday candles.
“Mom?! Where are the leftover birthday candles?” Ella opened her door and yelled downstairs.
“It’s in the kitchen with all the other birthday stuff!” her mother yelled back. She rushed into the kitchen and opened the cabinet, the birthday candles were hidden behind all the paper plates and birthday napkins. With a happy jump, Ella grabbed a few of the candles and ran up to her room.
After pushing her term papers and weekend homework to the side, Ella carefully lit the short thin candles and placed a few on top of her computer desk and around the room.
“Okay, rose petals…check, candles…check…now wear something sexy…”
She looked in the mirror and saw what she was wearing. Sweat pants and over size t-shirt…definitely not sexy at all! She rummaged through her closet and still could not find anything she thought was sexy. Opening her door again she hollered,
“Mom!”
“Hmm?”
“Do you have any sexy clothes?” There was a brief silence and then she saw her mother heading her way, there was something in her hands.
“Sexy clothes for what?” Her mother asked one eye browse rose.
“Don’t worry mom, I’m not having sex.” Ella responded and took the bag from her mom.
“Aren’t you going to be late for work?” She asked hinting that she wanted to be home alone. Ms. Chen ruffled her daughter’s hair and whispered,
“I trust you.”
“Aww mom, I trust you too.” Ella whispered back with a grin.
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Chun arrived at Ella’s house with a dozen roses in his hands. Smoothing his collar shirt and running a hand through his trendy hair style, Chun grinned. He knew he look good. He rang the door bell once expecting Ella to open the door like she normally does but she didn’t. He rang the door bell twice and still she did not open the door. Lifting his wrist up he check his watch again, he was on time. Chun took out his cell phone to call Ella just as the phone rang; she opened the door and smiled invitingly at him.
“Chun, come in” She said excitedly grabbing his arm and pulling him after her.
“Um…this is for you.” He said thrusting the roses in her face. Ella took the bouquet and on her tip toe kissed him briefly on the cheek. Chun’s eyes widened surprise by her affectionate kiss.
“Let’s make beautiful memories!” Ella shouted and started giggling, her eyes staring ahead as if she was avoiding eye contact with him. With a frown, Chun followed her.
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Ella groaned inwardly, she could not believe she shouted ‘let’s make beautiful memories!’ what the heck did that mean anyway? As she and Chun near her room, Ella tried to remember all the steps in the ‘how to seduce your man’ chapter. She opened the door gently and yanked Chun inside the room and with a bang she closed the bed room door. Chun jumped at the loud sound, swung his head toward the door and reach out a hand to open the door but Ella stopped him.
“Chun! I have something to tell you!” Ella screeched and grimaced at how harsh the words came out. It was suppose to be gentle and sweet…why didn’t it come out sounding gentle and sweet?
She moved closer to Chun and locked her arms around him; with her eyes closed and mouth puckered she got on tip toed for a kiss.
“Um…Ella, what are you doing?” Chun asked nervously staring at her puckered lips and closed eyes. Ella did not answer, she waited patiently for his kiss…but the silence dragged on and still no kiss.
Hmm…I wonder if I’m missing any steps…what was next after bringing him to my room? Ella thought to herself.
“Oh wait! I forgot something…stay right here Chun!” Ella ordered and leaped over toward her computer and quickly pressed the ‘play’ button, immediately a romantic song echoed throughout the bed room.
‘Ella, I think you’re supposed to dance for him…’ she frowned, was that in the book? She couldn’t remember what steps it was on. It was…dance then show him your sexy clothes! Ella nodded proud that she remembered the steps.
“Chun?”
“Yes?”
“Sit on the bed and watch me.”
“Okay.”
Chun sat on the bed and watch Ella standing in front of him with a blank look. She walked closer to him and grinned nervously. She closed her eyes and counted to three…and tried to remember the video she watched last night. It was called “Dance to seduce your man…” it came with the book.
One…
Two…
Three…
With her eyes still closed she started swaying to the music. Right foot out, then left foot out, then raised one hand up in the air then swing the head and pouted the lips to look sexy…then gently licked the bottom lip and shyly peeked at him…he should be seduced by the dance right about now. Ella opened one of her eyes and saw Chun laughing with his arms over his stomach, there were tears rolling down his face as he tried to muffle his laughs.
She frowned, that was not supposed to happen! Wait…I forgot the most important thing! Sexy clothes! Ella grinned excited. Chun will definitely be seduced once I show him what I’m wearing! She thought with a smirk. Still dancing Ella managed to loosen her bathrobe and dropped it on the floor.
Silence….absolute silence…
Then laughter exploded from Chun’s mouth and he rolled off the bed onto the carpet laughing so hard he held himself in a fetal position.
“Hey! You’re not supposed to laugh!” Ella whined wondering if she missed any steps. She glanced down at her sexy clothes…she had on a shirt with the face of a beautiful model wearing a sexy bikini and the pant had the sexy long legs of the beautiful model printed on it.
“You’re lucky I’m wearing this…look at how beautiful her body is!” Ella chided.
“What are you doing?” Chun asked still struggling to stop laughing.
“Seducing you!” Ella answered truthfully. She knelt on the carpet next to Chun and asked,
“Did it work?”
“No”
“Oh…are you hungry?” She asked feeling defeated and hoping to distract him from her disastrous seduction plan.
“Yeah.”
“Okay, help me blow out all the candles in the room and I’ll make us something good to eat.” Ella said already blowing the candles closest to her. Feeling a little sad because of her ‘Seduction failure’, Ella did not see the wistful look in Chun’s eyes as he stared briefly at her, the corners of his mouth lifting up in a half smile.
