212 Nothing to hide (1/2)

Enveloping her in his arms, he held her tightly against his chest. Only after inhaling the oh! so familiar scent of hers, did he finally believe that she was real. His mind was at peace after a long time.

Jia Li could feel Wei's galloping heartbeat and that was making her feel even worse. Did the guy not hold a single shred of grudge against her for walking out on him so unceremoniously? Why did he have to be such a nice man? She lowered her defences and sighed in surrender. Her arms came around his back to return the warmth which he was providing her.

”I have missed you… terribly,” she surprised herself by uttering those words.

But it was true. She had missed him, his wise council, his calm presence, his friendship!

Her unexpected admission reverberated through his entire body before reaching his heart and settling there. He broke the embrace to look down at her.

”Let's go grab some coffee. Then you can tell me all about how much you missed me,” he said with an endearing smile.

She nodded her head. Wei kept his arm wrapped around her shoulder, lest she disappeared again.

Suddenly, it struck her, ”what are you doing here?”

Wei's expression turned solemn and he explained about his father's rare heart disease and the fact that they had been here for his operation for the past couple of weeks.

”Oh, I can't begin to imagine how stressful would it have been for you to face this all by yourself. I hope he is better now. Has your mother managed to cope with it? It must have been a traumatic period for her as well,” she said in concern.

He smiled at the same old Jia Li, always worrying about others.

”Dad managed to keep himself strong yet stoic through the entire period. That helped me handlemy emotions better, I guess. My mother has… err, managed to tackle the situation as ably as she does other things. Now that the doctor has declared the operation a success, I can breathe a sigh of relief,” he told her with a shrug.

She gave him a smile of reassurance, ”I am sure that he will recover fully real soon.”