Chapter 112 - W For Sweets (1/2)

Settling in the backseat of the car, Darren saw Xiu curled up in a corner with her head lying against the window. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be sleeping peacefully as the street lights fell on half of her face to illuminate it in a dreamy way. There was a rare calmness on her face which Darren usually didn't find.

'She was like a little queen

with a tornado of emotions left unseen.

With the burden of unheard shadows of sweet sounds,

she was trudging the path to heaven like a may queen.

Her defying pain was left unfelt

It touched the bottom of her soul

Just to open her whole.

Ah! She was indeed a little queen.

A chaos we called madness

And a recipe of a beautiful disaster.'

Darren stared at her face illuminated by the street lights for a little longer before extending his arm and with his hand on the side of her face, he placed her head on his shoulder. As he was brushing her hair away from her face, he heard her voice, ”Hate to break it to you but I'm not sleeping.”

Xiu was about to lift her head when he pushed her head back on his shoulder and said, ”You could have pretended that you're sleeping.”

”I could but I didn't want to lie,” replied Xiu sincerely. Finding a comfortable position, she added, ”I'm just super tired. My weekend lazy self has gone through a pure agony today. I find it cruel rather than complacent.”

Darren smiled at her answer and with his hand gestured for the driver to start their journey. ”If you had mentioned the name of your boss, I'd have made sure that he would never even dare to call you out on Saturday.”

Xiu found his support sweeter than any word. ”Mr. McSpicy, as much as I loved those words, let me be clear. My professional and personal life have a clear line. It's like a tightrope I'm dancing on but I still enjoy it this way.”

Darren didn't say anything in response since he didn't know how to. After all, what she said made sense. He never mixed his professional life with his personal one, how could he ask her to do something that was against his own principles and conscious?

”I'm gonna be honest with you about one thing,” said Xiu when she didn't hear anything from him.