Chapter 209 I Want to Hear You Call Me Honey
As night fell, the countryside evening was very quiet. In the pitch-black sky, stars twinkled with faint light.
The moonlight was enchanting.
Candice felt her mind calming down in the cool breeze.
But unexpectedly, just as she turned a corner, a strong arm suddenly pulled her into a dimly lit alley.
Candice caught the familiar scent and didn't bother to struggle.
Having been ambushed so many times, she seemed to have gotten used to it and wasn't startled at all.
Brandon looked at Candice's slightly resigned expression and asked in a deep voice, "Not bad, you're improving. You weren't scared this time!"
Candice raised her eyes to look at him. "Brandon, why do you always do this? What do you want this time?"
"I came to find you, to take you away from here!"
Brandon held her wrist and asked quietly, "Elijah and Yasmin have come to see you. Will you come with me?"
Hearing this, Candice looked surprised. "Elijah and Yasmin are really here?"
Brandon nodded. "Yes, they saw your performance during today's filming and were quite excited. They said they wanted to celebrate with you."
Hearing this, how could Candice refuse?
Besides, after not seeing the children all day, she had thought she wouldn't get to see them tonight and had been missing them.
Now that she could see them, what was she waiting for?
Candice urged, "What are we standing around for? Let's go!"
Brandon saw her turning to leave and quickly stopped her. "Wait, are you just going to walk to the village entrance like this? People will see you."
As he spoke, he pulled Candice closer and opened the bag he was carrying, taking out some disguise items for her to put on.
A black hat, black-framed glasses, and a long trench coat.
The weather had recently cooled down, and the countryside nights were even colder.
Candice belatedly looked down at the hem of the coat and asked, "Isn't this coat a bit too long? Is it yours?"
Brandon didn't deny it and said directly, "Yes, it's mine. I didn't have time to prepare clothes for you!"
As he spoke, he tightened the coat around Candice.
A pleasant, faint fragrance immediately wafted toward her.
It was the same as the scent emanating from Brandon.
For some reason, she had a strange feeling of being held in his arms.
While she was lost in thought, Brandon had already put his arm around her shoulders and said softly, "Let's go."
Candice didn't notice his movement at the moment and was quickly led away by him.
Just after they left, Kenna arrived.
She had received a notification from Ulysses to pick up Candice.
But they had missed each other.
Candice was taken to Brandon's car.
After closing the car door, the first thing she did was quickly remove the mask she had been wearing all day.
Only then did she mutter, "This disguise is a bit over the top. I'm not some superstar."
Even Ulysses didn't dress this elaborately when going out.
In the front seats were Knox and Finnian.
The former was driving, while the latter turned his head and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have a clear understanding of your current popularity! You're incredibly popular online now. The public's attention on you exceeds that of the other guests. Your name has been all over the trending news today."
Candice was startled, not expecting others to be in the car.
She asked in surprise, "Why are you all here too?"
Finnian grinned. "We've been here all day."
After hearing this, Candice looked exasperated and couldn't help but quip, "Does the Obelon Group have nothing else to do?"
Were they all so free?
Even the CEO was acting as a crew member.
Finnian said, "We do have something to do! We're here for work! Our company is the biggest investor in this reality show, so of course we need to keep an eye on things."
Candice was dumbfounded.
Now she finally understood why Vance looked at Brandon when making decisions!
However, Candice wasn't presumptuous enough to think that Brandon had invested in this show because of her.
She was just curious and asked Finnian, "What do you mean about popularity?"
Finnian handed his phone directly to her. "See for yourself. From the morning filming until now, you've trended seven or eight times."
Candice thought to herself: Is it really that dramatic?
But she reached out and took the phone to look.
She found that Finnian was telling the truth!
All the viral headlines online included her name.
The earliest was #Uly's family member is his sister#
Then came #Uly's sister guesses hidden task#
#Uly and his sister's painting skills#
#Candice's ancient medical skills#
#Candice discovers cultural relic#
#Treasure Candice#
#Are Uly and Candice blood-related#
#Uly dotes on Candice#
Candice was stunned after seeing all this. "This is too much!"
With so many guests, why was everyone focusing on her and Uly?
She looked again and found that even the trending news related to Ulysses wasn't as numerous as hers.
Not to mention the other guests.
Brandon sat beside her, his tone unreadable. "There are quite a few people who like you now, calling you 'Honey,' 'Goddess,' and 'Wife' everywhere!"
Candice had indeed noticed these three terms of endearment.
But why did they sound so strangely uncomfortable when coming from Brandon's mouth?
Candice couldn't help but say, "Can you not say those three words?"
Brandon deliberately asked, "Which three?"
Candice forced herself to say, "Those three terms of endearment!"
"What? 'Honey,' 'Goddess,' and 'Wife'?"
Brandon said coolly, "I'm just stating what fans call you online. What's wrong? They can call you that, but I can't even say it?"
Finnian in the passenger seat was thoroughly amused and chimed in, "Sister-in-law, you can't discriminate like this. Nowadays fans call their idols these names. There's no reason fans can say it but Brandon can't even mention it. Besides, you two were once actually married! If Brandon were to call you 'wife,' it would be perfectly justified!"
Candice glanced at him and calmly reminded, "But we're not anymore!"
Brandon responded with a casual "So I haven't called you 'wife.' But I can still call you 'Honey,' right?"
His flirtatious words made Candice's ears burn.
She truly suspected he was doing this on purpose and quickly stopped him. "No, you can't call me that!"
Brandon's eyes darkened.
He remembered another person who had called her "Honey" all day in front of him.
After enduring it all day, he asked in a not-so-pleasant tone, "Why not?"
Candice replied irritably, "It's just not allowed!"
Brandon wasn't anything special to her.
Brandon propped his chin with one hand, narrowed his deep eyes, and asked, "Perhaps you'd prefer I use the other two terms instead?"
Goddess and Wife.
"I don't!"
Candice was embarrassed just imagining it.
She quickly said, "In short, you can't use any of these three terms!"
Brandon's expression began to look dangerous.
He suddenly leaned toward Candice, his thin lips almost touching her ear, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Fine, if you don't want me to call you 'Honey,' let's switch. Why don't you call me 'Honey' and let me hear it? How about that?"
Candice's ears were completely numb.
Especially when he used his magnetic voice to ask her to call him "Honey."
For some reason, it had an extremely seductive quality!
When she called her brother that, she didn't feel there was anything wrong with the term.
But with Brandon, why did it become so ambiguous?
Candice couldn't stand it anymore. She raised her hand and covered Brandon's mouth, saying in embarrassment, "Shut up! I won't call you that. Dream on!"
Brandon looked down at her resistant face and said in a muffled voice, "Earlier today, you seemed quite comfortable calling Uly that."
Why couldn't she do the same with him?
Candice's ears reddened as she thought, 'Isn't that obvious?'
Uly was her biological brother.
Calling Brandon "Honey" would have a distinctly "lover-like" quality.
Unless she went crazy, she would never call him that!
In the front seats, Finnian and Knox exchanged glances as they witnessed the two talking sweet nothings as if they were alone.
Had their relationship progressed this quickly?
They were having a normal conversation just a moment ago, and now they were flirting?
Were they going to start kissing in the car next?
"Brandon, we'll be arriving at the hotel soon. If you're feeling any impulses, please control yourself for now. We really can't avoid seeing it!"