957 Apology and Compensation (2/2)

They were given by the man she loved after all. This was also the first time that he had intentionally given her presents to cheer her up.

”You like them?” he asked, his tone sounding suspiciously awkward and uncomfortable.

She smiled. ”Yes, thank you. I love them.”

He cleared his throat. ”Good.”

Silence.

Long Jinjing hugged the teddy bear while smelling the flowers.

”Sorry for making you cry.”

Her eyes widened and she stared at him in surprise.

”I didn't mean to hurt you. That's not my intention.”

She looked away from him and blinked rapidly, trying to prevent herself from crying again in front of him. She could only nod, not trusting herself to speak any words without losing control of her emotions.

”I'll, uhm, put these flowers in a vase,” she said before hurrying away to do just that.

”Alright. I'll take a shower while you're doing that.”

While she was choosing a vase from the display cabinet in the living room, she saw him heading to the bathroom out of the corner of her eye. When he entered the bathroom and shut the door behind him, she hugged the teddy bear more tightly, crushing it in her arms, and then grinned like a stupid idiot while looking at the bouquet.

Even though she understood that these were nothing more than his compensations to her due to guilt, it was fine with her. She might be pitiful but what could she do about it?

She loved the man.

Underneath the happiness from receiving the presents, however, was sadness and the pain of her broken heart.