Jerry Xiao froze for a split second, and then, loosening his grip slightly, but not completely, Zoey, feeling much more comfortable now, tilted her face up and suddenly suggested, “Let’s go see Titanic together some time, shall we?”
Her expectant eyes caused Jerry Xiao to be slightly stunned for a moment. What did she mean by this, was she indicating that they were a couple?
“Again.” The words that came out of his mouth when he shook his head were these two words.
Say again? Actually, this is just a euphemism for refusal. Hearing such an answer, Zoey also felt that her offer was a bit baffling. She smiled sarcastically, ”Forget it, I just blurted it out. Watching a movie is too much of a waste of time, so it’s fine if I don’t go. I’ll go check on the porridge in the kitchen first, you go about your business.”
She tried to sound as downcast as possible and not show that loss in her heart, but she found it so hard. Sliding off the couch, she walked quickly toward the kitchen.
Jerry Xiao sank his eyes to look at that back, and for a moment, wanted to open his mouth to agree with her. But why should he say yes? Between them, they were not worthy of the word ‘couple’.
…
Zoey drank a bowl of porridge alone. In fact, the taste of the congee was very good, only, alone, she couldn’t help but taste a little tasteless. Tilting her head to look upstairs, only the light in the study was on. She thought for a moment, but still served a bowl and brought it up.
Zoey didn’t knock on the door, but just went in. Sure enough, he wasn’t at his desk, just leaning against a bookshelf not far away, and Zoey could see him standing there with his back to her as soon as she entered.
He had showered and changed into a gray robe. The light fell diagonally on his back, and his whole body was hidden in the dark shadows of the bookshelves. I don’t know if he had heard the push of the door, in any case, he didn’t look back.
Zoey didn’t disturb him either, and only put the porridge down before turning around and taking the door with her to go out. She didn’t turn around, so she didn’t notice that behind her, the pair of deep eyes were always gazing at her, until her figure disappeared behind the door for quite a while, he slowly drew back his sight.
Zoey slept in the children’s room, tossing and turning, worrying that he was working too late to take care of his body. I don’t know if he drank that bowl of congee. It’s always good to pad your stomach when you’re busy too late at night.
After a rambling, I don’t know how long it took, but I finally fell asleep in a daze. But in the wee hours of the morning, Zoey was abruptly awakened by a nightmare.
In the dream, she could not see anything but Jerry lying on the hospital bed. His face was pale and he seemed to be in pain, but there was not a single shinning sound, it was so quiet that it was as if he was out of breath. Every time she wanted to reach out and touch him, to hug him, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t reach him.
It seemed like they were so close, but the truth was that they were that far away. This feeling is so terrible, as if yin and yang are separated …
Zoey breaks out in a cold sweat at such a dream and sits up from her bed in a flash. She immediately lifted the covers and ran out of bed, unable to stop her eyes from reddening even as she forced herself not to think about the horrible things that had happened.
Jerry…
Jerry…
She doesn’t want anything to happen to him …
She ran straight to Jerry Xiao’s room. Luckily, the door to his room was unlocked and Zoey practically rushed in.
In the room, it was pitch black, with only the blurred light of the moon shining through the window. His back was turned to her, so Zoey couldn’t see what he looked like at the moment. Looking at this scene, she only felt that it overlapped with the scene in her dream, and more panic struck her heart.
Tears fell from her eyes at once, and no longer caring whether she would disturb him, let alone whether she should, she lifted the covers and went in of her own accord.
Her slender arms trembled as she wrapped her arms tightly around his waist from behind. Her small face, firmly pressed against his back, feeling the warmth of his body heat, she had a real sense of withdrawal from the nightmare, but the tears could not be stopped from falling.
This series of moves caused Jerry Xiao to turn slightly awake. The warmth and softness of his back and that fresh scent were more than familiar to him. His body stiffened and reacted almost immediately.
What is she doing here in the middle of the night?
But wait …
Why was her back cold? And, her hands, her body, are shaking? Is she crying?
Because of this realization, Jerry Xiao was instantly awake. He turned around, and under the moonlight, her eyes were blurred, but they were clearly glittering with tears.
“You’re crying?” His brow, knit tight. Probing, he was about to unscrew the bedside lamp.
movement, but was stopped by Zoey’s hand.
“Don’t turn on the lights …” she spoke, her voice choked with obvious panic.
“What’s going on?” It was very out of character for her like that.
What answered him, surprisingly, was her lips that suddenly came over. Her lips, cool and trembling, even with the bitterness of tears, but only in panic, landed on the corner of his lips.
His breath caught. Instead, her arms loosened from around his waist, and in the next instant, firmly embraced his neck. By the light of the moon, he just locked his eyes on her small face, and a wave of anticipation welled up in his heart. But she really did not let him down at all …
Her lips, again, kissed.
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In the morning, Zoey opened her eyes out of habit and couldn’t help but smile at the warmth that still surrounded her. He was still sleeping, deeply, and after the night, his lower jaw had developed some light stubble, which made him look sexier and sexier, but it didn’t hide the tiredness.
Unable to resist the memory of her madness last night, Zoey stroked her forehead in annoyance. But what to do? She really didn’t regret it at all. At least, last night, in his arms, she slept more soundly than ever …
Wanted to get up and make him breakfast, but his fingers were still wrapped around his large palm. Not daring to wake him up, he could only carefully, tentatively go to the fingers that were broken.