72 Will You? (2/2)

after quite some time, liu zijian started to worry. he felt some kind of moist on his chest. he tried to look at han meixiu's face but when he tried to distance himself a little, she would hug him tightly as if she didn't want him to see her face.

in the end, he just let her do what she wanted to do and waited for her to calm down.

he slowly bowed his head a little and kissed the top of her head as one of his hand was gently caressing the back of it while the other was wrapped around her body. it was as if he's telling her everything's okay, he's just here.

he didn't say anything. he felt she's definitely crying. the feeling of wetness got more and more evident by the minute.

without lifting her head she called his name.

”zijian...” the restlessness she felt earlier started to disappear little by little. once her heart calmed down, she found her voice again.

”hmm?”

”will you leave me?” she gathered her courage to ask this question. although she's afraid to hear his answer, she wanted to know. she braced herself for whatever answer he would give her.

”why would i leave you?” he was surprised with her question. where did this idea come from? what did the two women talk about?

”you won't?” she finally lifted her head to look at him wanting to be sure if she heard it correctly and not just a pigment of her imagination.

”i won't” he simply answered. her eyes were red and a little swollen, clearly indicating that she indeed cried. her fan like eyelashes were still wet. probably because she buried her face on his chest, there was no evidence of tears on her cheek but his shirt was damped.

”even if..” han meixiu couldn't continue her sentence as liu zijian gently kissed her.

”there's no if. i won't leave you.” he simply whispered while cupping her face using both of his hands as his thumb was tenderly caressing her cheek covered with pink tinge.

”you won't go back on your words, right?”

”no, i won't” he answered and slightly shook his head while his eyes were looking intently at her.

”thank you.” she said and she quickly gave him a smack on his lips . she smiled and hugged him again enjoying his warmth and his scent that already grown on her.

'he won't leave me.' she happily said to herself. but then she remembered, what if there's another woman.

she lifted her head again and asked him.

”what if there's another woman?”

”what do you mean another woman?” he perplexedly asked her in return.

”another woman who will be more suitable for you than me.” she explained. her eyes that were eagerly waiting for an answer were clouded with worry.

he didn't understand how could there be another woman who would be more suitable for him than his wife.

”will you leave me then for her?” she continued her question since liu zijian didn't answer right away.