Chapter 45 - You Love All Alone... (1/2)

We always heard that there are only two types of love:

Intimate love and platonic love.

But people like Yu Kim believed there is a third type of love:

The one-sided love.

And it's the most beautiful one.

You feel the moments alone.

You feel the happiness alone.

You feel the pain alone.

And...

You love all alone...

Li Qiao was not planning on listening to Yu Kim. He took yet another step away from her. Yu Kim narrowed her eyes at him. "Li Qiao, get your damn a** right here before I drag you myself."

Li Qiao's eyes widened at her loud voice. But the words were not shocking at all. They were more amusing. But the surprising fact was; It had been years, she stopped calling him Li Qiao. She always stuck with Sir or Mr. Li. Too formal. As if creating a barrier of ranks between them.

But the amusement in Li Qiao's eyes was swapped with plaintive glint as she held his wrist and dragged him to the sofa and almost pushed him from his broad shoulders to take a seat.

"Give me your hand." Her voice held authority making Li Qiao extend his hand obediently.

As she dabbled the disinfectant on his cut, he winced in pain. He had to bit down hard on his tongue to stop that damn scream from escaping. If every person is strong in their own way, every person is weak in their own way as well. Strength and Weakness are not that different.

Some people are just too good at hiding their weaknesses and some are good at hiding their strength.

Yu Kim had glistening tears in her eyes threatening to fall any minute and to hide them from Li Qiao, she kept her head stooped low. She was in as much pain as he was just by seeing him hurt. Or maybe her pain was worse. Because it was her heart that was bleeding while his was only a hand.

Keeping her head down had an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage was that she didn't notice the way Li Qiao's gaze held accusation for her in them. He was looking at her as a sacrificial lamb looks at the butcher.

But the disadvantage was that she also missed how the feeling in his gaze shifted as he saw her trying to blow a loose strand of hair away from her eyes. With his other hand, Li Qiao picked that strand and languidly tucked it behind her ear. Her body stiffened at the sudden contact of his callous thumb with her earlobe. She was surprised but Li Qiao took it as her disapproval.

"Sorry." He mumbled under his breath keeping his distance. She didn't see the hurt in his eyes while she used the gauze to wrap his wound.

A worker from the cleaning department came during this period and started cleaning up the place without making any noise.