“Jerry, you had to be with that woman, didn’t you? Have you forgotten how she betrayed your brother? You forgot how she fooled around with her brother?” Xiao mother was furious.
Jerry Xiao’s face sank, holding that cell phone, decisively pressing the call button, before turning back to his mother, calmly looking at her, “Mom, don’t worry about this matter, I have my own measure.”
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The whole city is starting to come alive again, and the ice pack in Zoey’s hand is melting away. The pain in her face didn’t seem as pronounced. She fished a mirror out of her bag to look at her face, the redness hadn’t dissipated yet, and she slumped her shoulders in some frustration.
There seems to be no immediate effect.
When Zoeywas worried about what to do when she went back, her cell phone in her bag suddenly rang. She looked at the number flashing on the screen and was stunned for a moment.
Jerry Xiao’s urgent voice came from the other side, “Where is it now?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Don’t ask me what happened, tell me where you are now.”
Zoey looked around before biting her lip, “I’m going to go back.”
“Don’t move, just stay there, I’ll come to you! Tell me the exact address.”
“Jerry, what are you going to tell your mother when you come to me?”
“That’s not something you should worry about. The address!”
Zoey sighs and gives the address.
“Stay there and don’t go anywhere! Give me 10 minutes.” Jerry Xiao gave his word and hung up the phone.
Listening to the beeping busy sound over there, Zoey inexplicably felt the tip of her nose sour. She tilted her head, forced the tears back into her eyes, put the cell phone away, and obediently sat here waiting for Jerry Xiao.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, the familiar car, appeared on the side of the road.
The long figure, on the street dazzling lights, step by step towards oneself. zoey clearly can see that the handsome face, three-dimensional outline taut. He stepped in front of her and didn’t say a word, just leaned down, his long fingers picking up her lower jaw in one swift motion, his eyes roving over that face, his frown intensifying.
“Did my mom hit you again?” One word, hard, as if it had popped out from between his lips.
Zoey could feel the anger that filled him and didn’t say anything, just looked at him somberly.
“Why didn’t you call me? You leave when she tells you to?”
Zoey looked at her calmly, “That’s not my home. She’s the one who owns it, and I can’t stay there.”
Jerry Xiao took a deep breath, bent down and just lifted her bags and grabbed her with one hand, “Come with me.”
“Where to?” Zoey pursued sharply.
Jerry Xiao didn’t even look back, “Find them and argue! You are my woman, no one can kick you out!”
His words made Zoey’s heart skip a beat, and she remained there for a long time, staring at him in disbelief.
“What’s wrong with you? Get in the car!” Jerry Xiao urged. Jerry Xiao urged a. Zoey demure face rippled a very light and faint smile, still did not move, just stood in place looking at him, “Jerry, you forget, you said you are not who I am, we are not each other who. But she is your mother, Sunny Qin is also the daughter in law that your parents have recognized, and I …”
Zoey took a deep breath, the bottom of her eyes, which were rippling with laughter, glittered with light tears, “The only reason we are still together now is because of a deal. May I ask, what qualifications do I have to theorize with them like this? Going back again is nothing more than making a fool of myself. So, please leave me some last dignity, okay?”
Jerry Xiao just pulled the car door open and stood there, watching her tears glisten, watching her commiserate. He threw her bags in the car, flung the door shut, and walked toward her.
With both hands, he suddenly cupped her face and lifted her gaze up to his deep eyes. “You don’t want to jeopardize my relationship with my mother?”
Zoey was stunned for a moment, his eyes so deep, looking down from under her eyes, straight into her heart. Her heart, it turned out, he is clear. The eyes, at first hot up. Eyelashes fluttered gently, the black shadow in front of her suddenly leaned down, cupped her lips, heavy, deep, fervent sucking up.
Without hesitation, Zoey opened her lips and responded to him.
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“You can drive me back.” Sitting in the car, Zoey talks to him.
Jerry Xiao didn’t say anything, just started the car. Zoey looked at him strangely, “We’re going to the movies.” he explained. Zoey looked at him strangely. He explained, “We’re going to the movies.”
Zoey’s eyes twinkled. He sighted sideways and glanced at her, “Get my jacket from the back seat, there are two movie tickets in it.”
He’s, like, ready to go?
Zoey returned to the past to take his jacket to, sure enough, inside is two tickets for Titanic. Heart, floating down, she moved to look at the side face … of the haze in the heart, as if because of these two films, instantly disappeared and faded.
They went to the theater with snacks and ice cream, just like any normal couple. He picked the VIP theater, and because it wasn’t a weekend, they were the only couple in the entire VIP room.
The big screen, right in front of us. Zoey watched the movie with great attention. She lay back in the recliner, absently glancing sideways at the man beside her.
Unexpectedly, he actually put on the 3D glasses and fell asleep there. Love movie, for him, does not seem to have too much resonance. Moreover, recently he was really too tired, his body was not good, now even if he fell asleep, his face could not hide the fatigue.
Zoey quietly took the 3D mirror off his eyes, wanting him to sleep more comfortably. Zoey watched in fascination, her fingers unconsciously flowing over his deep features, her heart throbbing with each stroke.
Zoey let out a cry, and her whole body was carried to his recliner. Before she could make a sound, her waist was clasped by his hands, and with a whimper, Zoey was carried to his recliner. The recliner was spacious enough to accommodate both of them at the same time, and they didn’t feel crowded at all.
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In the cinema hall, dense with the color of love. Under a desperate love, but a pair of lovers entangled figures …
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Jerry Xiao dropped her off at the Baker family.
He never said anything on the way, and Zoey gave him a sidelong glance, thinking there was something wrong with him.
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The car, all of a sudden, stops, and Zoey only then comes back to her senses and realizes that she’s already in front of her house.
Jerry Xiao gripped the steering wheel tightly, that suppressed look that seemed to be brewing something.
Zoey tried to mentally build herself up and didn’t open her mouth to ask first, just carried her own bags in her hands and looked at him with a smile, “I’ll go first.”
“Wait!” He, still, called her to a halt. The hand crossed over and clasped her wrist heavily.
Zoey’s body stiffened for a moment. Could feel that his fingers holding his own, stiff. She smiled the same way, gazing at him, but the words came out much lighter, “There’s something you say …”
In the carriage, it was quiet for a long time. So long that Zoey breathed heavily, almost suffocating.
Thinking, he wouldn’t speak again, he heard his voice, coolly ringing out. He looked up, those eyes, fixed on her, with coldness in them, “Zoey Baker, from now on, we’re done!”
Zoey had prepared herself for this, but it was still a shock to hear him say it out loud.
Her eyes reddened at once, but she stubbornly squeezed out a smile, “When you say that, does it mean that if we meet again in the future, we’ll just be strangers?”
A simple sentence, but she paused several times before completing it.
“Yes.” Under his eyes, there was a growing indifference.
“I know.” Zoey’s lips rose higher and higher, “I’ll see you later then.”
She pushed open the car door to go down. Looking at that back, Jerry Xiao’s eyes tightened, and his hold on her wrist just wouldn’t let go.
Zoey turned her face, but he was staring at her, there was struggle, pain, and suppression in those eyes. Zoey finally couldn’t hold back the tears and looked at him, “What the hell do you want? If you’ve said it’s over, why don’t you let go?”
Why are you still letting her go like this? It was as if he was the one who was truly abandoned, he was the one who was truly hurt! She, completely unable to understand …
“Why don’t you ask me why?” He finally spoke, his thin lips taut.
Zoey laughs with tears glistening, “There’s only one reason to stay together. But there are millions of reasons to break up …”
“Indeed.” His grip on her wrist slackened a little, a little. Looking at her sideways, the luster in those eyes hid down, gradually, no longer can see those complex emotions from earlier, instead, only chilling coldness remains, “The Baker family’s project is on track, and I … am completely tired of you! ”
The words fell, and he released her completely. Zoey froze for a moment, her face as pale as death. Tonight when watching the movie, she was even stupidly happy like that, but it turned out that she didn’t want to, but he was just playing a game with himself. Give a piece of candy, but later it was a heavy slap in the face.
Without saying anything, without even shedding a tear, Zoey pushed open the car door and walked away, never looking back at the man in the car that she loved with all her life.
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Jerry Xiao did not immediately drive the car away, just disheveled leaning on the driver’s seat. Hidden face, dense street lights, a mass of haze shrouded his whole body. Lying there on his back, his eyes sideways, always staring at the bright lights of the Baker family.