Chapter 341 - Her Story (2/2)
She absently noted that they were now under the covers while wondering how long he had been awake. She yawned and received a kiss on the forehead before he settled back into his embrace, too sated to keep her eyes open, she slept.
When she woke up again, she was alone and his spot in the bed was stone cold. A first into the rest of the house proved he was long gone, in the kitchen she discovered Yue Yan attacking a stack of pancakes with gusto.
The past few days had been eventful to say the very least, sure she had her misgivings about her new house guest and had chosen to keep a respectable distillery away but she had encountered her in the living room one of those days after she returned from work and they had taken the time to truly talk with each other.
Sure, she felt the meeting had been orc.h.e.s.trated, something about the way she had sat there had informed Yue Yan that she had been sitting there for a long time waiting for her to come home.
Even as they passed pleasantries between the two of them Yan Mei wondered if it was absolutely necessary for the two of them to become friends. The house was big enough that the two of them didn't have to meet if they didn't want to, they were polite with each other and she felt that a bit of space between them despite her former relationship with her husband was not remiss but her house guest had dogged attempted to blur those lines.
Yue Yan had greeted her, her voice chipper but with an undertone of exhaustion. However, there was no missing the determined look in her eyes.
Yan Mei remembered being taken aback with the force of that look, her own exhaustion making her willing to get it over with instead of deferring it for later.
”I'm sorry to disturb you but we need to talk.” The request was timid but determined.
Yan Mei had acquiesced easily, dumping her bag and keys on the cabinet table just inside the door and went to sit beside her house guest.
Her eyes had trailed he face again noting the pallor, the fine tremor that she struggled to control and the faint look of hurt. Yan Mei had seen that look and she couldn't help it that her heart stuttered.
Yue Yan had looked like she wished she was anywhere but in that living room and she couldn't help but sympathize with her in that moment. She'd seated across from her and patiently waited for the girl to start.
After a moment that almost stretched to breaking point Yue Yan said, ”I'm sorry for all of this. I wish we had met in a much better situation” gesturing vaguely at the both of them. The words she had left unspoken was that she wished she wasn't so weak, so dependent on her good will.
Yan Mei had nodded curtly, but refrained from replying. There were no right words that would be well received just yet, not from either perspective.
”I'm a lucky girl to have a friend like Lei Zhao, and he's been a great friend since forever. Did he tell you about what he did for me?” Yue Yan had asked softly.