332 Hide My Embarrassmen (1/2)

Xiu leaned against Darren's door and closed her eyes. Her lack of sleep was finally catching up to her as she felt a painful headache brewing in. It made her want to hit her head against a wall. But she couldn't do that at this place.

”Oh, you're leaving?”

Xiu opened her eyes to see Paige smiling at her in amusement. Xiu's face twitched to see that teasing smile.

”You didn't warn me,” she growled in a low voice with a dangerous edge in her voice.

Paige raised both her hands. ”In my defense, you didn't even give me the chance to say a word.”

Xiu glared at her before she passed by her but not before bumping her shoulder with hers childishly. Well, she had already made a fool out of herself before her mother-in-law, so acting like a rogue before Paige couldn't get her in any worse situation. Paige, however, was actually feeling amused to see her acting like that.

In the main lobby, Nora was shuffling through the magazine pages with a bored look on her face. She really couldn't understand why Xiu asked her to wait downstairs. Usually, Xiu wouldn't mind taking public transport but today, she excessively and intensively refused to do so. First, she asked her to pick her from the airport then waiting here.

She was sighing out in boredom when Xiu's face suddenly appeared right beside her startling her. ”Ah! Xiu! You scared me!” she pushed Xiu's straight face away and rubbed her hand over her chest.

”Let's go,” said Xiu and made her way out.

Nora was left dumbfounded yet again. Something was wrong with Xiu and she could tell that. The blank expression on Xiu's face was like a foreboding. Xiu looked completely different than the little cheery and happy self of hers that just greeted Darren. Now, a very dark aura was surrounding her.

Nora sprinted up to catch up to her best friend. ”Hey, did you talk to Darren then?”

Xiu quirked up her brows, ”About what?”

Nora gaped at her in disbelief. ”You told me that you wanna see him because you have to tell him something.”

Xiu buckled up her seatbelt and stayed quiet in reply. ”Xiu, I'm talking to you.”

”No. It wasn't the right time,” said Xiu as her eyes kept looking outside the window as if she was trying to find something. She looked restless in her seat as her eyes constantly wandered around.

”Oh-okay...” Nora didn't know what was going on but she found it really difficult to talk to Xiu for some reason. As she got on the highway, she asked, ”So, did you get to feed him that bento box that I so painstakingly got for you?”

Xiu shook her head and leaned back with her eyes closed.

”Then why did you make me work so damn hard just to get it?” Nora was brooding now since all her efforts were of no use. ”Should I take you home?”

”Where are you going?” asked Xiu instead of answering her question.

”I'm going back to the hotel,” answered Nora.

As she stopped at a red light, she looked at Xiu who had her eyes closed and tapped her fingers on the staring wheel impatiently. ”I thought you wanted to sleep. You look sleepy to me. And by the way, just how much work did Dylan made you do that you look so sleep-deprived?”

”It's not his fault,” said Xiu calmly defending Dylan without making any fuss. ”I...” she stopped short as she tilted her head and opened her eyes to look out the window again. ”I just couldn't sleep.”