When Qiao Yu came out of the shower, he saw Xia Ning leaning on the headboard reading a book.
He sat under the blanket and looked at the book in Xia Ning’s hand.
“When did you start liking Buddhism?”
Xia Ning stopped turning the page to fix her eyes on those abstruse sentences in the book. When she heard him open the bathroom door, she took a book casually to disguise her nervousness, paying no attention to what book it was.
“This book is very abstruse. I will give you an easier one to read next time.” Saying so, Qiao Yu took away the book from Xia Ning’s hand, “Don’t read at night. It’s bad for your eyes.”
Looking at the man beside her, Xia Ning asked lightly, “Why do you like Buddhism?” As her gaze fell on his chest that was half-exposed, she became uneasy and immediately looked away.
Qiao Yu held Xia Ning’s cold hands to caress them in his palms as he whispered, “My father liked it.”
Xia Ning shuddered. His father?! She remembered that his father passed away five years ago. In fact, she had always been avoiding that matter. But frankly speaking, the death of his father was the trigger of the complete breakdown of their relationship.
At that time, when she learned that his father had passed away, she wanted to go to his father’s memorial service. However, Gao Yang told her that his family did not know her existence at all. Now, she still remembered her feeling of shame and despair at that time.
Although he married her, deep inside, he did not think of a long-lasting relationship with her. Regardless of responsibility or pity, he did not include her in his future at all.
She was a human being, not anyone’s pet. As she gave love, she wanted to gain it. Moreover, they had a child.
To her, the child had always been a proof of their love!
But in the end, she found out that so-called love was only one-sided.
“I’m sorry to remind you of those sad things.” Xia Ning whispered.
When Qiao Yu saw her sad expression, how could he be unaware of what she was thinking about?
That was his sad memory and also her murky past.
“I’m sorry. I know that no matter what I say, I cannot change the fact that you gave birth to Enoch while risking your life.” Qiao Yu held Xia Ning’s hands tightly as he whispered, “I was actually determined to keep you by my side then, even if you stayed with me only because of the child at that time. If my father and I had not had the car accident on that day, those things would not happen after that.”
Xia Ning’s gaze fell, she did not say anything. Things were hard to predict. What was the use of saying these words now?
“Do you know? While drifting between life and death, I was only thinking about you.” Qiao Yu looked at Xia Ning and whispered, “I had a long dream in which you wore a white wedding dress to marry me. Our child had been born and we lived together happily as a family.”
That was once her dream too. Xia Ning’s eyes lowered slightly as she asked, “Were you hurt badly in the car accident?” If she knew that he had a car accident at that time, she would not be that sure of his engagement to Jiang Xinyi, and thus would not despair.
Qiao Yu looked at her and whispered, “I had been lying in the intensive care unit for a month. And only fully recuperated after two months of rehabilitation. I kept calling you but never got through. When I found you in Britain, you wanted to divorce me.”
Xia Ning looked at him, “Qiao Yu, shall we not mention the past?”
“Okay, I won’t mention it.” Qiao Yu directly drew Xia Ning into his arms as he whispered, “It’s good as long as you are by my side.”
Xia Ning leaned on his chest, heard his strong heartbeat and closed her eyes slowly.
Qiao Yu kissed her forehead softly with loving care.
She was the apple of his eye. He could only hold her in both hands carefully. But it was what he most wanted to do in his life.
When his emotions increased to the extreme after a long time, he approached her ears to ask hoarsely, “May I?”