Chapter 339 - Sisters (2/2)
The words held more than their meaning, across from her Lei Zhao reached and caught her hands, squeezing them softly to comfort her and she squeezed right back.
Yue Yan smiled at the gesture that passed between the two of them but it was a rueful smile that said her mind was a million miles away in dark waters ”I still can't get used to it, the amnesia is not helping”
”Oh my God” Yan Mei couldn't stop the gasp that spilled from her
”I'm still alive” Yue Yan replied, but her smile was bitter
”I'm sorry for ruining the moment.” Yan Mei scrambled to apologize but she waved it off.
”No, I'm just happy to be here, and that brings me to the second promise Lei Zhao made to change my mind”
”Anything” was the reply
”Careful what you wish for,” Yue Yan warned with a soft laugh before getting serious, her eyes riveted on hers, ”he promised me I would be getting a cool sister to hang out with”
Yan Mei smiled, she couldn't quite help it, tired, faded, and exhausted, Yue Yan looked so brave and hopeful with those words that she found that there was only one response to it ”I guess you better rest and get your strength up sis, I'm a very demanding sister and I'm sure you have a million things to see”
Yue Yan smiled, a huge expression that exposed her teeth and drew attention to the faint glimmers of tears in her eyes ”thank you so much Yan Mei , I'll be the best sister ever”
An hour later when Yue Yan was nestled comfortably in bed, while she and Lei Zhao were ensconced in his study, sitting in the loveseat in each other's arms she heard the words again ”thank you so much, Yan Mei”
”Don't, don't thank me, love, I'm only being a decent human being.” She murmured, enjoying her closeness and warmth.
”There are so many reasons for you not to entertain the thought and you would be perfectly within your own rights” he replied, his voice raw with a curious quality.
”I know who she is to you” she replied as if that was all that mattered
”An ex-girlfriend” he replied acidly, it wasn't exactly true but that was splitting hairs.
”A good friend, a tie with the past, and even if she wasn't, I couldn't have done anything else than what I did” she retorted, chasing the last of the tenseness away.
”You're a better person than I, I don't think I would have been that kind to your ex-husband.” He confessed, his voice a whisper between the two of them
She shook her head, rustling her cheeks against the fabric of his c.h.e.s.t before she nestled back into his embrace ”I can't ask that of you”
He kissed her forehead ”you are perfection”
”Besides I can't hate her for the crime of loving you, I did exactly the same thing. Plus, I can just tell we're going to be close friends and that's everything in my books” she pointed out easily.
”I don't deserve you” he countered,
”You do and I love you”
”I love you too!” his voice vehement with conviction