318 Turning Tables (2/2)

He was finally going to apologize for how he had treated her and her mother all these years;

…

After Liling heard the beep signaling that the call had ended; she remained still for a few seconds before she pulled herself from the floor and unlocked the bathroom door; she ran her bath water and pulled her clothes off her body before immersing herself in the tub;

The cold water stung her skin making her shiver a bit; she lay down on the tub till the water covered her face; she wanted to forget everything, even for a second; if she could;

But the more she lay in the water the more the thoughts clouded her head until she couldn't breathe, then she pulled her head out of the water;

She wiped her the water off her face; trying to remove the tear stains; although she was trying hard not to look sad, she was sure that everything written on her face was nothing less than pure agony;

All the while she had thought that Liu Wei would be the one to choose family over her, she had never for once imagined that the tables would be turned around!

She had begged him not to leave her but now she was the one leaving him;

She knew she couldn't let her father die but it hurt so much; it hurt so much that she couldn't breathe; she was almost suffocating from the pain;

Tears were gathering up her eyes again when the door to the bathroom creaked open and Liu Wei stepped in;

''Sunshine ''

The last thing she wanted to hear right now was his voice; him calling her so tenderly and with so much love, her heart squeezed so much that she felt it would bleed; she knew she couldn't take it;

She felt him approaching her; his scent wafted into her nostrils and she quickly lay down back in the tub to hide the tears that she tried her best to hold but it just couldn't stay in her tear glands;

''Sunshine, what are you doing''

Liu Wei asked, his brows creasing;

Her eyes were tightly shut and her skin slightly pale from the cold;

She didn't reply; she just remained under the water;

''What's wrong? You'll suffocate, come up. ''

Liu Wei said looking worried now, seeing that she wasn't moving inside the water;

When Liu Wei saw that she wasn't going to reply; he bent low and scooped her up from the water and carried her in his arms; taking her towel from the hanger, he wrapped it around her and carried her into the room;