320 Ex-Girlfriend? (2/2)

”Of course, I can survive! As long as I'll be able to hear his voice three times a day. No, maybe four. Okay, make that five.”

Nora laughed out at her best friend, ”Xiu, why don't you just pack him up and take him with you?”

”That's not a bad idea,” Xiu smiled like a Cheshire cat as the plan started taking form in her mind.

”Xiu!”

”Relax... I wasn't gonna do it. I know that he has to work as well. I can't disturb him whenever I want to,” Xiu acted the understanding girlfriend which was quite difficult to do. ”No matter how much I miss him, we both have to focus on our jobs as well.”

”Ms. Bai, the meeting is about to start but Mr. Qiu is still not here,” Nora heard a panicky voice from Xiu's end.

”Yeah, I know. Give me a minute, I'll be there,” Xiu answered to the speaker before she spoke to Nora again, ”Nora, I'll talk to you later. I have to handle this mess that my stupid boss has created for me.”

”Okay...”

”I'm telling you, he should be thanking his luck for having an understanding sister-in-law like me as his E.A.”

Nora chuckled at Xiu but didn't say anything before hanging up the call. She had already instructed the very best chef of the hotel to prepare a hearty meal for Dylan and Cali. She even instructed her staff to provide the best of the best for them. She looked over at the garden where a special table was set between the flower beds for Dylan and sighed out, ”I can only do so much for you idiot! You better take advantage of this moment.”

”Ms. Cartwright, the guests are here.”

Nora nodded at the girl who informed her and followed her towards the entrance of the door.

Meanwhile, Dylan was trying to read Cali's expressions who actually had just a blank expression etched on her face as she looked at the very special treatment that Dylan was receiving. Even the chef himself came out with the food. And that looked really suspicious to her especially because of how Nora whispered to Dylan and patted his chest so carelessly.

She really didn't want to think about it so much. After all, Dylan had plenty of girlfriends in his life and she wasn't planning on becoming one of those. However, she still couldn't help it.

”Everything okay?” voiced out Dylan finally and as Cali looked at him he went on, ”You don't like the food? Do you want anything else?”

Cali frowned slightly as she looked at one of the most sumptuous breakfasts of her life. She really had no reason to say no it since every single thing on the table was according to her likes. And that was the reason Dylan was feeling so nervous again, he knew she liked all of this but then her expression made him doubt that he maybe he remembered wrong.

”No, it's good. I just don't eat this much in the morning,” said Cali in reply to his question.

”You should give yourself a break today. Trust me you won't regret it. If Nora did this all then I'm certain that everything is gonna be perfect. She doesn't like doing things half-heartedly except for maybe chasing after a certain someone.”

Dylan didn't know why he was blurting that out but he did. There was no way he had control over his own tongue. Seeing her, he just wanted to keep talking and talking. He knew she was a quiet person but he hated the silence between them. Because the silence allowed his brain to think and his brain would only think the worst-case scenarios.

That's why he was either arguing with her or running away from her. However, he was certain about one thing, he hated arguing with Cali. Because unlike Xiu, Cali would always give in to him. She would always lose on purpose and irked him how she loved being so accomodating to him. After all, when it came to be being headstrong, Dylan could bet that Cali was no less than Xiu.

”You seem to know her well,” stated Cali without even realizing that she sounded different.

But how would the clueless Dylan notice the change in her tone? ”Hmm... I actually know her for a long time now. We lost contact for a couple of years but I guess fate is a real thing. I found her again at the most unexpected time.”

”But I thought you don't like staying friends with your ex-girlfriends,” remarked Cali in the most casual tone she could muster up while Dylan choked on his food as he heard her.