Chapter 189 - Just A Mistake? (1/2)

On the other side, when Dylan and Nora were leaving the cafe, Nora stopped in her track and said, ”Dylan, you can leave without me.”

Dylan looked at her for a moment before asking, ”Why?”

Nora looked back at him and replied, ”I can't leave like this. I really want to talk to him. Even if it's just for a minute, I want him to look at me.”

Dylan pressed his lips together and wanted to talk her out of it but seeing the desperation in her eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say anything at all. Instead, he nodded his head and went in the direction of his car.

Even though it was an early autumn night, there was still a chill in the air that made Nora shiver or perhaps, it was her jumbled up nerves. Regardless of which it was, she rubbed her hands up and down her arms and looked at the glass door of the cafe which opened and Qiu Meihui walked out with Xin Xiaosi right behind her.

Both of them were talking happily when Nora's voice was heard, ”Can we talk for a moment?”

Xin Xiaosi's expressions turned somber while Qiu Meihui stared at Nora curiously before she took the box of cake from his hand and patted on his shoulder before leaving them alone to talk. But even after Qiu Meihui went away, both Xin Xiaosi and Nora stayed silent for a good few minutes.

Finally, the silence was broken when Nora asked, ”How have you been?”

Xin Xiaosi scoffed lightly as he said, ”That's funny coming from you.”

”Huh?” Nora was dumbfounded with his reply since she didn't understand at all what he really meant by those words. ”Si, what do you mean by that?”

Xin Xiaosi took a deep breath and changed his look of accusation and questioning to a straight face as he replied, ”I mean you didn't bother asking this in the past four years. Why are you so curious now?”

Nora looked down at her feet and said, ”I wanted to ask but I didn't want to disturb you. Besides, you left so suddenly and I had no way of contacting you.”

”Do you still have my old number?” his sudden shift in question made her brows to crease up as she nodded. ”Can you dial that number?” Nora pulled out her phone and dialed his number which she remembered by heart and was surprised when he waved his phone's screen before her eyes showing the sign of incoming call. ”If you had tried, you could have reached me. Because I didn't change this number even once.” 'In hopes that you'll contact me. Wishful thinking on my part.' He left the last of his words unsaid and turned to leave.

Nora held his arm to stop him and said, ”Yes, I didn't try to contact you but it was because I thought you didn't want to see me or talk to me.”