445 For Life (2/2)

”Baobei, don't be stubborn!”

”But I can't promise you without knowing what happened.”

”What?!” Darren exclaimed at her when he heard the whole incident. ”Why didn't you tell me earlier?” He was fuming now. ”Who was he? How dare he touch my girl?”

”Calm down!” Xiu patted his chest and tried to calm him down. ”Your Sweets kicked his ass. I'm a fighter after all. So, you don't have to worry at all.”

”You think that's enough to calm me down?” He hugged her tightly. ”Did you get hurt? How many times I told you to not go out alone. Why don't you listen?”

”I'm really fine. Ying Jie was there at the right time and she helped me out. I was just slightly shocked and ended up passing out. But nothing too serious. I promise.”

Darren still didn't pull away from her. In fact, his arms around her tightened to the point that she was having trouble breathing. But Xiu didn't complain about it. She kept rubbing his back to make him believe that she was alright and he didn't have to worry so much.

”I'm gonna ask Paige to cancel my...”

Xiu placed her hand over his mouth to stop him from continuing. ”You promised me.”

Darren pulled her hand down saying, ”I never promised. You just assumed that I did.”

Xiu put her forehead against his and lowered her voice to an almost whisper, ”Regan, if you keep doing this, I'll really have trouble sharing what's on my mind with you again. I only told the truth because I can't lie to you and I don't want to hide anything either. But if my words are gonna affect you in any way, I'm gonna stop sharing.”

”I just get worried,” replied Darren. ”What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to leave you knowing this?”

Xiu held his face in her hands and said, ”I just got unlucky that doesn't mean it'll keep happening.” She pushed his hair away from his forehead and kissed him. ”Good or bad things will keep happening in life. That's what life is all about. We have nothing in control. But we can't keep living in fear either. Just because you'll stay beside me 24/7, it won't guarantee that nothing will go wrong.”

”But...” he still wanted to argue but did he really think she was gonna let him win? She might have done it if the topic here didn't involve something important which was his life. He couldn't just revolve around her. She didn't want that. She wanted him to have the freedom to choose just like she had it.

”We can't live in fear, Regan. And I can't let you destroy your career just because of me.” Taking a deep breath, she eased up her expressions and went on, ”Besides, you have to work hard now. I'm jobless. How else will you support an unemployed girlfriend?”

Darren smiled gently at her, ”Say it once, I'm willing to support you for life.”

”Don't go back on your words then.”

”Never.”