Chapter 314 - Cuddle (2/2)
”Thank you. Today was… not that great, but you made it better. You always make it better,” she told him sincerely.
Liam patted her knee over the blanket, warmth flushing through him at her words. He was glad that he could do that for her because she did the same for him. After a long and tiring day at work, she was always able to perk him right back up, like he was full of energy again. She breathed it back into him.
”I believe that everything always works out in the end, no matter how impossible it may seem,” he told her. He was an optimist. He tried to search for the good in everything because there would always be rays of sunshine through storm clouds eventually. He didn't want her to think that the darkness would always linger.
”All I see in you is good,” she murmured softly.
”You're good too. It doesn't matter what anyone has ever said before,” Liam pointed out to her. He knew that she had heard some awful things about herself, but people could say anything without meaning or truth. It was hard for her to differentiate at times, but Liam wanted to ensure she knew the truth.
She wasn't useless or a failure. She wasn't going to be a nobody when she left college. She was a beautiful and smart person with a bright future ahead of her. Liam could see those things so clearly, and he wished that she could too because it was in her very character to be bold and ambitious.
Ying Sheng bit her lip briefly, her mouth curling up slightly at both sides. She let go of him briefly to lay down, but she reached her hand out to him, beckoning him with her eyes.
”Are you busy right now?” Ying Sheng asked him.
Liam gave her a curious look as he took her hand, wondering what was on her mind. She was often up to something, but he didn't mind her spontaneity. In fact, he admired it and her drive to go off the destined path every once in awhile.
”No, I'm free. Why?” Liam asked her, feeling her start to pull on his hand. Before he knew it, she pulled him forward enough to make him topple down next to her.
”Good,” Liam merely replied as she reached over to grab her television remote on her nightstand. She switched on the television set up on a small entertainment stand in front of her bed before inviting him under her covers. ”Let's cuddle.”
Liam felt his face warm up at that, but he wasn't about to tell her no. He kicked his shoes off and eased himself under her sheets, still wearing his button down and jeans from work. He watched her scoot across the mattress into his arms, prompting him to envelope her in them.