But at the same time, Jia Li slipped her hand in his to grasp his fingers. Holding them tight, she scooted towards him, closing the distance between them.
"Now, I want to sit quietly for a while, so can you put that phone away?" saying so, she put her head on his shoulder and shut her eyes.
Tang mirrored her action and leaned his head against the back rest of the seat.
At the wedding
"What do you mean that he has gone? Where has he gone? Wasn't he your responsibility?" Mr. Xie was looking around for Tang when Patricia walked back into the wedding with the empty wheelchair.
"Well, he told me that he had something important to do. So he left," she said, stalling for time.
She had no idea about how would the family react to Tang leaving with Jia Li. She assumed that the woman wouldn't have resorted to going away with him in a hurry if she had been welcome here.
