450 Best Sister (2/2)

”When I see my Sweets, everything I say turns into a sweet-talk.”

”Regan!”

Darren flinched back a little. Okay, he thoroughly got her mad now.

”Relax, Sweets. Calm down! Take a deep breath... I'm just an hour away from the hotel. I'll be there soon.”

Xiu nodded her head. ”Okay. Then let me know when you get there.”

”Wait! Are you gonna hang up?”

”Mm...”

Darren looked at her agape, ”Can't you talk to me until I get to the hotel?”

Xiu gave him a thoughtful look and seeing her smile, he got excited when she burst the bubble with, ”No!”

”Huh? What? Why?”

”You're there for work. Not for vacation! Get back to work. We'll talk later. Bye-bye!”

”Wait! No, don't leave me ye-”

The phone was cut off and Darren was left staring at the screen. When did his Sweets become so heartless? He just wanted to hear her voice some more. Just see her some more. Oh, crap! Now, he desperately wanted to touch her again.

”Xiu, why did you hang up like that? Brother-in-law must be so upset.”

Xiu stared at her little brother advocating for her boyfriend and frowned a little. ”Little brother, when did you become your brother-in-law's little tail?”

”I'm not his tail. I just like him.”

”You usually don't like people this easily though,” said Xiu.

”But I like him. Like a lot. Because he loves you a lot.” Xiu was startled to hear that. ”Anyone can literally see how much he loves you.”

Xiu rubbed his head, ”You're so tiny. How do you even know what love is?”

”I know,” retorted Jackie. ”Brother-in-law looks at you just like dad looks at mom.” Xiu's eyes widened a bit in surprise. ”Dad said when you love someone seeing their face is enough to make you smile. Brother-in-law always ends up smiling whenever he talks about you or even looks at you.”

Xiu pinched his cheeks adorably, ”You, my little genius bunny, are growing way too fast.”

Jackie pushed her hands away from his cheeks as he rubbed his cheeks and asked again, ”But seriously, why did you hang up the call? You're missing him as well.”

Xiu took his little hands in her own as he replied, ”I do miss him. I also know that he misses me as well. But if he kept talking to me, he'll only miss me more. How will he focus on work then? I want to be his strength, not his distraction.”

Jackie gave her two thumbs-up, ”As always, my sister is still the best.”

”And what about me?”