Chapter 165 - Can You Wait For Me? (1/2)

On the brown leather wallet were carved two Chinese characters which read as... ”Little King.”

Xiu couldn't bring herself to look away as she stared intently at those words without blinking. As if remembering something, she opened the wallet and looked at Darren's id card.

”Regan Darren Salvay...” when she read his full name her eyes couldn't believe it.

”What's with the wallet? And what do you mean by that 'little king' written on it?” a distant voice rang in her mind.

”Regan means little king, duh!” she had replied feeling proud of herself for knowing that.

”Regan also means regal,” he reminded her.

With an ugly look on her face, she said, ”Same thing. Don't spoil my mood by correcting me. As for why I sent it... Mm... I always wanted to send gifts to a friend but I never had any before. You better use that. Or else I'll hunt you even as a ghost!”

”A Goddess haunting a King? That's a story, I'd like to hear,” he had joked back making her stomp her foot in annoyance.

Xiu's dazed eyes regained the focus when Nora's voice entered her ears, ”Xiu, although I know you avoid medicines, I still think you should take pain killers. You look so pale that it is scaring me now.”

Xiu looked at her absent-mindedly and ended up laughing out. Nora raised her brows in surprise at her and before she could ask her what's wrong, she saw a couple of tears trickling down Xiu's face. ”Xiu, what's going on? You're scaring me. Are you that hurt after seeing that photo? Why are you acting so weird?”

Xiu wiped the tears with the sleeve of her shirt and got up. Nora was left stumped while Xiu almost ran towards the door. As she pulled open the door, she was again surprised to see that Darren was standing outside the door but he seemed like he was about to turn around. But hearing the sound of the door, he stopped in his track and looked at Xiu.

Darren looked at her sheepishly while he tried to come up with an excuse, ”I was... Well...”

Xiu didn't give him a chance to complete his words as she hugged him tightly. Darren didn't know why she was being like that but he didn't ask either. He silently stroked her hair. And in his embrace, for the first time in five years, Xiu felt like someone was hers. She always reminded herself that all the love she was receiving was originally for the real owner of this body but Darren was someone from her previous life.

Earlier, she had deliberately avoided accepting that Darren was the same person she knew. Even though she could clearly remember seeing him with Dylan. But she still chose to ignore those facts.

However, now she couldn't do so. That wallet was chosen by her, she especially customized it for the first friend she ever had. The reason why she knew him as Regan was because she purposely tried to avoid attachments and that's why she never asked him about his personal life. Attachments never did any good to her but in the end, she still got attached to a friend she never saw.

”I missed you,” she said softly against his chest.

”Sweets, we literally met just a few hours ago,” said Darren with a perplexed look.