Chapter 239 - Its Only Tuesday... (1/2)
”As long as you don't mind loving this weird me, I don't care about anything,” replied Darren and it was all that took for him to score a goal and make Xiu speechless. He took a moment before asking, ”By the way, where is Nora?”
Xiu frowned at his question. Not because he asked about Nora but because from Sunday, he'd been asking about her way too frequently and it was only Tuesday now. Why was he so interested in knowing about her whereabouts so suddenly? Meanwhile, though Darren was trying to seem disinterested, he really couldn't hide that he was indeed interested in this matter involving Ah-Si and Nora. He needed an explanation and that too from Nora herself.
”Baby, why are you so interested in my best friend? Aren't you worried that I'll get jealous?” spoke Xiu with a crushed look on her face.
Darren flailed his hand trying to deny it, ”Sweets, I'm just curious. Nothing else. I promise.”
”You acting like this even more suspicious,” said Xiu. But seeing Darren panicking, she chuckled at his reaction and said, ”Aiyo, I didn't know you're that easy to tease.”
Darren pulled his chair beside hers and held her face in his hands. He didn't speak for a good minute, only looked into her eyes. ”Only you can tease me this easily. Because you have no idea how scared I am that you might leave me.” 'I don't even wanna give you a single reason to leave me behind again. Not this time!' He didn't say the last words out loud.
”Huh?” Xiu brushed his hair off her forehead saying, ”Where can I run off to? I have nowhere to go. Literally nowhere.” As she recalled something, her eyes looked anguish, ”Are you saying that because of what I did in my previous life? Did I really scarred you so bad?”
Darren held her hand, shook his head and placed a kiss on the back of her hand and while his lips linger there for a while as he said, ”It isn't just about what you did as Chen Xiu.” His forehead leaned against hers as he said, ”I have only lost people in life. Nobody stuck around for my sake even when they were supposed to.”
Xiu smiled at how she could see his vulnerability. It made him seem so human and real that she couldn't hold herself from leaning down to kiss him. He also had insecurities. It wasn't the first time, he so straightforwardly told her that he was scared of losing her. He had said that before as well but this time, it meant so much more to her.
”I'm not going anywhere. Even if you ask me to leave, I still won't,” replied Xiu with certainty before brushing the tip of her nose with his and saying, ”Now, let me finish my breakfast. See, you make me forget everything with that stupidly handsome face of yours.”
Darren propped his elbow on the table and supported his chin on the palm of his hand as he kept looking at her eating with a smile lingering on his lips. She ate so calmly now unlike the clumsy version of hers earlier. Now, she looked like a Persian cat taking her time savoring each and every bite.
Xiu tried calling him but he didn't listen, she hit his arm to get his attention, ”Where are you? I called you so many times.” Darren touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment while she continued, ”Whatever! What I want to know is, what do you think are the chances of Dylan believing my reincarnation story?”
Darren straightened up as he asked, ”You want to tell him?” Honestly, as much as he wanted to have this little secret of their own, he just couldn't help thinking about Dylan. Dylan was the only person who deserved to know this secret, at least that's what Darren believed. It was really difficult for him to keep secrets from Dylan and this was a huge one that concerned him as well more than Darren would like to admit.