Chapter 771 - Seventy Hundred And Seventy-one: Wait For Him (2/2)

While all this was going on, Ailee was busy making conversations with her relatives when she felt someone's intense gaze on her. The gathering was organized in the garden, so whoever that was instantly ducked behind the walls of flowers at that corner.

Ailee would have waved that away as an unnecessary shy admirer stealing a glance at her when it suddenly hit her and her eyes grew wide at once. That couldn't be him, right?

”Excuse me,” She said to the girls who were surprised by her gesture. They were just about to ask her opinion on the conversation they were having, however, Ailee had already disappeared before they could stop her.

Ailee went after him with sharp, strong strides. That bastard, how could he just come and leave like that? How dare he play with her emotions like this?

”So this is it, huh? What's left of our relationship?!” Ailee shouted after Neon who stopped at once.

She caught him in the lawn and he was in a dark hood that blended with the night. Ailee would have almost missed him if she hadn't been observant.

”I came to say goodbye,” Neon said, without turning to meet her.

”You do have a weird way of saying that,” Ailee snarked. She then crossed her arms across her chest saying in a cold voice, ”Why don't you turn around and tell me goodbye than be the coward you are right now,” she hissed.

It took him a while, but when Neon turned around, Ailee's heart broke. He looked so worn out. There were dark circles under his eyes and he wasn't as okay as she thought he would be.

”You look miserable. Is Jennifer giving you a tough time?” Ailee forgot all the anger she held against him, concerned instead.

”Is not easy adapting to sudden changes,” was Neon's response, intentionally avoiding her gaze.

”You know you could still come back, Neon. We could have your mother In a better hospital and you could visit her as much as you want, she wouldn't even notice your presence. But you would have us as your support -” Ailee was still suggesting when Neon interrupted her.

”You know why I can't come back, Ailee,” He shut his eyes and then reopened them confessing, ”I love you too much to stop now and I can't do that to you -”

”I like you,” Ailee confessed to his shock - her shock too, ”Perhaps, not too much as you feel for me. But I definitely don't want you to leave me, Neon. It's going to be hard, convincing our parents but like Allen said, I have to take the bull by the horn to get what I want,”

By the time Ailee was through, she was expecting him to say something but he just kept staring at her like she had grown horns or something.

”Neon -”

Neon strode over to her and put his lips on her, kissing her hard and long. This time, Ailee kissed him back with every fiber of her being as if afraid she was going to lose him. Or maybe she knew she would lose him.

By the time they pulled away, the both of them were panting and Neon leaned his forehead on hers. He said, ”I need to go and it's not just because of us,”

”Neon -”

”Listen to me, Ailee. This is not just about the both of us. My mother, Jennifer, needs time to heal and your mother Reina needs time to heal from the shock as well. I can't do this to Reina by dating her daughter and you need time to process what you feel to me as well,”

” Neon, please - ”

”Don't think twice about what I feel for you, Ailee because I'm coming back for you. It will be years but I'll come back better and stronger - and when everyone has forgotten that I was once your brother,” He swore to her.

”Oh, Neon,” Ailee cried, embracing him for one last time because she knew she would not be seeing him again for a long time.

But she should wait - and hope her heart doesn't waver.