Chapter 35 - Sense Of Humor (1/2)

Darren had just left the hotel gym with his attention solely on his mobile screen. His brows were furrowed in concentration as he read through the content of the email. His attention was broken the moment, he heard the loud 'splash'. Instinctively, he had lifted his eyes and looked around.

Much to his surprise, he found Xiu's furious figure having an outburst of profanities. The expletive words oddly didn't match up with her innocent-looking face. And yet, she didn't look like a shrew when she pounced on that man.

”Ouch!” Darren even closed his eyes as he saw her kicking the man's 'plonker'. ”That must have felt like hell.” He bit out with a shake of his head.

But what really amused Darren was the scene that unfolded after that. The way she hugged and pleaded with Nora made him smile on instinct. That friendship tugged at his heart. He had already gathered from their earlier encounters that Xiu had a razor-sharp tongue which had no mercy when it was let loose. But she was also an honest person who knew where to draw a line.

”Mr. Salvay!” Darren's gaze broke away from Xiu and Nora as someone called him. He turned to see one of the hotel employee coming his way. ”I was about to come to your room.”

”What for?” Darren asked in confusion.

She extended a black folder towards him saying, ”Someone left this for you at the front desk.”

Darren took the black folder from her hand and said, ”Thank you!”

The employee smiled and replied, ”That's my job. Besides, our Manager wanted to know whether we should extend your staying period like usual?”

Darren looked where Xiu was but didn't find her there anymore. He felt a bit disappointed but he shook it off as he said, ”I'll let you know.” The employee nodded and turned to leave.

Keeping his attention on the black folder, he went back to his Presidential Suite where he found his best friend pacing around frantically. Paying no heed to Dylan, Darren opened the folder and checked the content inside.

”Daz! Where were you? I was waiting for so long?” Dylan complained as he saw Darren not even lifting his head to spare him a glance. Darren's sole focus was on the information lied before him on the coffee table.

”I was at the gym,” Darren replied offhandedly to get Dylan off his back.

Dylan sat beside Darren on the sofa and said, ”Dear bro, do you know what happened?”

”I wonder...” Darren started as he flipped through the set of information languidly. ”Did you finally realized that you're a woman stuck in the body of a man?”

”Darren!” Dylan shouted at him for such an inappropriate remark.

”Don't be ashamed. I always had a hunch. Don't worry, I'll still love you as much as I do now,” Darren replied just to piss off his best friend even more.

”Daz! Don't get on my nerve!” Dylan gritted out through clenched teeth. He was so infuriated by Darren's words. Did he have to insult his only best friend like this?

”Fine, I'll stop now. Tell me, what happened?” Darren placed the contract back on the table as he

”Not telling you anymore!” Dylan huffed back in anger.