Cynthia reached her hand and slicked back Daisy's hair. Such a gentle move gave Daisy a familiar feeling. Edward also liked to twiddle with her hair, Daisy realized this habit was inherited from his mother's tenderness. No matter how much he rejected her mother's love, his cold heart had already been melted by this love. Blood is thicker than water, the saying goes, and this seemed to hold true now.
The leaves on the trees by the side of the road moved with the gentle breeze, like mischievous spirits dancing wantonly. Kevin drove fast along this road. He felt anxious about what Daisy had said to him this afternoon. He had thought to call Leena to show that he cared, but he always got a busy line when he called.
He licked his chapped lips caused by the dry weather in the autumn, his eyebrows furrowing deeper. He could have gotten off work earlier. But he was delayed by some urgent affair. This was ordinary as a soldier and Kevin couldn't do anything about it. He actually had no time at his disposal.
It only took half an hour for Kevin to arrive at his apartment, he usually would spend an hour in traffic. Obviously he drove very fast. He took a deep breath in front of the door. He had thought to ring the bell, but he paused before pressing the button. He gave up on the idea and took the key out of his briefcase. He had imagined that at the moment he opened the door, he would see a sweet scene as Leena would smile gracefully at him under the soft light in surprise. It was his turn to be surprised, for when he opened the door, what embraced him was complete darkness in the house.
He turned on the light in doubt, the whole room was lit up immediately. He glanced around the room with his sharp eyes. But he didn't find Leena anywhere. His thick eyebrows furrowed deeply. He hurriedly ran to the bedroom on the upstairs, but what was waiting for him was also silent darkness there. A sense of uneasiness rose in him.
Kevin anxiously ran into the bathroom, but found no one. He took out his cellphone and dialed the familiar number. What he heard was still the busy tone. He helplessly turned around and went back downstairs. He was thinking about looking for Leena at her family's mansion. But he had to face Duke's ice-cold face again. And he was not sure Leena would be there.
At the moment when Kevin tried to open the door and go out, the door suddenly flung open. Leena's beautiful and graceful face appeared. Looking at Kevin's handsome face so closely, Leena became flabbergasted for a moment. But soon she regained her composure and welcomed him with a broad smile.
When did you come home? I thought that you might stay at the military base tonight. So I went out to have a walk. I didn't prepare dinner." What Leena said was true, because except for the keys, there was nothing in her hands.
Is your cellphone a decoration for you?" When Kevin saw Leena, he felt surprised. But remembering that he could never reach her through the phone whenever he urgently needed to find her, he became very annoyed and uttered the harsh words in desperation. Last time when she went abroad, he couldn't reach her because she had left her phone in the car. But what about this time? What was the reason behind it? Why was she always careless about everything?
"I... I'm sorry. I forgot to bring the cellphone along. And I'm not a prophet with ability to predict that you will call me. Sorry. Next time I'll consult my crystal ball." Tears began to well up in her eyes. Leena felt hurt by his harsh words. She bit her lip firmly, trying to hold back her tears. She hurriedly walked past Kevin and ran upstairs.
Kevin was dumbstruck by Leena's sudden move, then he followed her steps and tried to catch up with her. But he was too late. When he got to the top of the stairs, Leena shut the door in his face and locked it. She moved quite swiftly, as if she had been trained to do all these movements from birth.
Kevin shook his head in helplessness. He realized that his tone was too harsh as soon as he finished saying it. But before he could offer an apology, Leena lost her cool and stalked off. Even he wanted to remedy the situation, he had already lost the chance. Leaning against the door, Leela slowly collapsed to the ground, the long suppressed tears streaming down from her eyes like broken strings of beads. Wasn't her cellphone a decoration in Kevin's eyes? When did he ever take the initiative to call her before? And when did he care about her?
She stupidly waited for him the whole night yesterday, because she still had a glimmer of hope for him. But she had already become numb and desperate after waiting for him so long till now. From the moment when she came back home from the hospital, she had imagined numerous scenes how she could face him when he came back. But he didn't show up the whole night, and worse, he didn't even call.
Okay, he was a soldier, and probably there were cases when it was not convenient for him to make a call. For that she would not take offense and it was forgivable. But from yesterday night till tonight, she didn't eat anything. She had tried hard to persuade herself to go out to relax a bit, because she worried that her mind would explode with nervous tension, but she didn't think that she'd be confronted with Kevin's harsh interrogation the moment she walked in the door. And this finally led to the burst of her emotions which had accumulated in her heart for a while now. It had been a long time coming.