Having been enjoying Liu Xin’an’s tenderness, Bae Juhyun could no longer sit still after hearing those words.
She first pressed both hands against the man’s chest, stopping his intimate gestures.
Then, with a gentle tremble in her beautiful eyes, she grabbed Liu Xin’an’s large hands with both of hers, anxiously rubbing those that could completely envelop her small hands.
Her murmur left Liu Xin’an startled, and then, he looked at her with a smile.
"I have something I want to tell you."
Bae Juhyun’s guilty expression made Liu Xin’an furrow his brows in puzzlement; he wasn’t one to overthink, so he chose to ask directly.
"What is it? Why do you look so nervous?"
Bae Juhyun stammered, her lips trembling from nervousness and guilt, and her beautiful eyes dimmed greatly.
Her usually smiling eyes now looked so dull, and this troubled Liu Xin’an deeply.
Was it because of the public pressure in recent days?
Or was it something S-M’s leadership scolded Bae Juhyun, ordering her to do?
But the latter seemed unlikely... He had just sent a warning to S-M today; unless S-M was crazy, they wouldn’t dare lecture Bae Juhyun and others at this time.
Anxious and heartbroken, Liu Xin’an gently pinched her tender cheek, leaned in to gently kiss the corner of her mouth, and naughtily rubbed his chin against her.
He hadn’t shaved that morning, originally planning to shave before going to sleep after washing up, but he had gotten busy and forgotten about it.
So, at this moment, his chin was slightly stubbly, brushing against Bae Juhyun’s delicate skin, which might have caused her a tickling sensation.
Finding an outlet for her frustration, Bae Juhyun whimpered softly, hooked her hand around Liu Xin’an’s neck, and brought her cheek closer, starting her favorite snuggling.
This way... she wouldn’t have to directly face Liu Xin’an’s face and eyes.
It made her... a little less fearful.
Liu Xin’an gently stroked the long hair of the woman in his arms and was about to tease her a few more times, but then he froze as he heard a sentence that halted his movements.
"I’m sorry, Xin’an... I forgot about your birthday at first."
"I initially didn’t even know... you celebrated your lunar birthday, I always thought your birthday was on June 21st, but... it was only a few days ago that I remembered this."
"Then I panicked and consulted with Chenglu on how to make it up to you, only then did I find out you don’t celebrate your solar birthday, you only celebrate your lunar birthday..."
"But no matter what, I didn’t do what a girlfriend should do, and I’m really sorry, Xin’an..."
"Especially when you prepared such wonderful gifts for my birthday and our anniversary..."
"I didn’t even remember your birthday, and it took me so long to remember, I’m so sorry, I really am..."
Liu Xin’an could clearly feel the trembling body of the woman in his arms, and the warm, wet sensation near his neck.
Unsurprisingly, Bae Juhyun, overwhelmed with guilt, couldn’t hold back her tears.
After listening to Bae Juhyun’s words, he sighed lightly, unfroze his movements, and resumed stroking her long hair gently.
It was this sigh that caused Bae Juhyun, already terrified in his embrace, to feel her heart skip a beat.
Being together for so long, it was the first time she had seen Liu Xin’an sigh toward her.
And from the moved expression on Liu Xin’an’s face just now, it wasn’t hard to see that he had really been looking forward to her celebrating his birthday...
Although the wait was in vain, and the end result was favorable due to some misunderstandings, Bae Juhyun hadn’t missed his birthday after all.
But as Bae Juhyun herself minded,
forgetting about this matter was absurd to begin with.
"Xin’an, are you angry?"
Knowing her mistake was egregious, Bae Juhyun slowly got up from the man’s embrace; her eyes red, she looked at the still-smiling man before her and asked weakly.
Liu Xin’an shook his head, reached for a tissue from the table, and then gently wiped the corners of Bae Juhyun’s eyes with it.
But his gesture was stopped by Bae Juhyun. She threw the tissue aside and took Liu Xin’an’s hand, placing it on her face pitifully as she pouted at him.
"I’m not exactly angry, more disappointed, I suppose."
Liu Xin’an didn’t conceal his feelings. Rather than keep his emotions bottled up until they exploded at a sensitive time, he chose to express them now.
Equal effort from both sides in a relationship is important.
Liu Xin’an wouldn’t trivialize his contributions to just monetary value, but at least there should be some equivalence in terms of thoughtfulness.
Just like the previous 100-day anniversary.
No one had mentioned it, yet they both prepared something for each other tacitly.
Even though the gifts weren’t of equal value, Liu Xin’an, who only received a pair of headphones, held no dissatisfaction or disappointment; on the contrary, he treasured those headphones daily, and if not for fear of Bae Juhyun’s remark, he’d probably wear them sparingly...
Yet, Bae Juhyun forgot such an important day.
To put it another way, Bae Juhyun hadn’t taken the matter to heart at all. Get full chapters from ɴovelfire.net