Before she could finish her sentence, his lips had already fallen on her cheek, kissing loudly and firmly, "I also really, really like you, sister. In this world, apart from mom, the person I like the most is you, sister."
She stared at him blankly, feeling as if her entire soul was lost in his smile at that moment.
"Sister, Kyle will be good, whatever you ask me to do, I will do, so you must always, always like Kyle, okay?"
Mabel Quinn was awakened early in the morning by the ringing of the phone. She groggily answered, "Hello, who is this?"
"Who are you? This is Kyle’s phone. Wait, are you Mabel Quinn?" came a somewhat unfamiliar male voice on the other end.
Mabel was startled awake, realizing she was holding Kyle Kinston’s phone, and the caller ID displayed the name "Dorian Howards."
"Are you Dorian Howards?" Mabel asked.
"Yes," came the affirmative reply, "Are you with Kyle now?"
"Yes, but he has a fever and is still sleeping, so I accidentally took his call," she said.
She then heard Dorian’s somewhat off-key voice on the phone, "He has a fever?"
"Yes, because he got caught in the rain last night, so..."
"Where are you guys now? At the Kinston residence?" After receiving confirmation, Dorian said, "I’m coming over immediately. If Kyle wakes up, no matter what strange behavior or words he exhibits, remember not to make a fuss!"
With that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Mabel’s response.
Mabel blinked, pondering over the strange behavior or words Dorian mentioned... could he be referring to Kyle’s delirious state due to the fever?
Setting the phone aside, Mabel glanced at the still-sleeping Kyle Kinston on the bed. His serene sleeping face indeed matched the word "angel."
Peaceful and harmonious, it felt cruel to wake him.
She extended her hand, gently touching his forehead. Although the warmth seemed slightly less than yesterday, there was still some heat. Thinking of last night, the intimate gestures between the two while he was in that state, she felt an inexplicable guilt. Well, it was his child-like demeanor that evoked it, even though he was actually 8 years older than her.
Dorian Howards arrived quite quickly, reaching there in just over 20 minutes. Kyle Kinston was still asleep. Dorian urgently asked, "How did he get caught in the rain?"
"I’m not sure. His bodyguards just said that after visiting the grave yesterday, he barely spoke and then bought a ticket to rush back. But last night, he stood in the rain outside the Kinston residence without coming in. I don’t know what happened," Mabel said. If she hadn’t accidentally seen him standing in the rain yesterday, who knows how long he would have stayed out there.
Dorian looked seriously at the still-sleeping Kyle Kinston, and he could more or less guess why his friend stood in the rain yesterday. It was probably because visiting the grave yesterday brought back some childhood memories Kyle didn’t want to recall.