"You stay here," instructed Hyson to Raelle. "I'll come back after watching the parade."
"Then I'll stay here with her," said Shui Xian.
"Of course," said Hyson.
"You," Shui Xian pointed at Zhai Yanjun. "Go with Fai and don't let him get hurt in the crowd."
"I'm not that fragile though," grumbled Hyson.
"Let's go," Zhai Yanjun didn't give him a chance to refuse again as he held his shoulder and pushed him.
Raelle watched them leave and turn to Shui Xian, "Why did you ask Zhai Yanjun to come?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
"And you think Hyson and I fell for your lie?"
Shui Xian pressed his lips together before shaking his head, "It's true that he called me because he wanted to take us out for a meal that he promised you. As for why I allowed him to come here with us, it's because he wanted to get close to Fai. Since it's not easy for him to have free time or have an excuse to come and find Fai, I just helped him out a little." He looked at Raelle cautiously, "Did I do something wrong?"
Raelle looked into his eyes, "No. That's not what I meant."
"It's good as long as you don't think that I did something wrong," Shui Xian breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment, he mentioned, "I didn't think Fai would be so happy to come here."
"It's not that difficult to make him happy," replied Raelle. "He seems like a complicated person but that doesn't change the fact that Hyson's happiness comes easily. Even if you won't offer it, he'll find a way to happiness on his own."
"Do you want to eat something else?" inquired Shui Xian. "Something sweet, maybe?"
"Why don't you just say that you feel like wanting to eat something sweet? Do you have to use me as an excuse?"
Shui Xian laughed gently, "My wife really knows me, eh!" He stood up and said, "Then I'm gonna get something. I'll be right back with you."
Raelle was left alone to observe everything around her. Her eyes continued to look around at everyone and everything. She watched families walking around, a group of friends who came to hang out, she could even see couples holding hands. Her eyes finally settled on her husband who was walking back to her side when her eyes caught his gaze, he smiled at her.
He put the tray down and sat beside her. With a fork, he took some cheesecake and brought it to her lips, "Say ahhh!"
Raelle followed his lead and parted her lips.
"Is it good?" he questioned.
"Good," she answered right away.
"That was such a perfunctory reply," he was amused by it. He kissed her cheek saying, "But I guess, that's just you." Then he shoved the fork in her hand saying, "Now, my turn. I also want to eat it."
"Then eat," she replied.
"Don't be like that," Shui Xian shook her arm. "I just fed you, can't you do that for me?"
"But you can eat it yourself," she said. "So, why should I bother?"
Shui Xian pouted at her pitifully. Raelle didn't know why she did it though. She clearly had no problem with feeding him. It was no big deal. Then why did she tease him? This was called teasing, no? Why did she suddenly do it?
Eventually, she really fed him the cake which he happily ate.
"Is it delicious?" she asked him in the way that he did earlier.
"Delicious but..." His eyes moved her lips as he licked his lips saying, "But you definitely taste better. You're just delightful!" Raelle nodded and was about to turn her head away when he held her face and kissed her. He really just kissed her hard right there. As he pulled back after a good minute, he whispered against her lips, "I believe this kiss was sweet for both of us, no?"
Raelle licked her lips as she stared at him, "The cake was sweet."
"And that made the kiss sweeter," he told her with a cheeky smile on his handsome face.
"How old are you?" asked Raelle.
"You already know," he replied.
"I do," she said. "But I feel like you keep forgetting what your age is. Is it really okay to be so shameless?"
"Baby, don't you know?" Raelle looked into his eyes waiting for what he had to say. "When a person is in love, he starts aging backward. I feel young when I'm around you."
"Oh-Okay," was her response.
Shui Xian continued to eat the cake but didn't forget to feed her as well.
"I noticed the chocolates from the bedside drawer are gone," mentioned Raelle. "You didn't restock it? Do you want me to buy some for you?"
Shui Xian smiled at her lovingly and pinched her nose, "You really have eyes everywhere." He drank his ice coffee saying, "Chocolates have lost their original purpose so I didn't restock them."
"Original purpose?" repeated Raelle.
Shui Xian nodded his head, "Yup! The purpose was to bring sweetness into my life but now I have you. As I said, you're definitely sweeter than anything else."
Raelle didn't know how to respond to such sweet words. He definitely was too good at flirting.
"But," he hugged her waist with one arm. "If you're the one buying some chocolates for me, I'd love that for sure."
Raelle thought about it before nodding her head, "Okay. I'll get you some then." She wasn't just saying it though. She had already placed an order for the chocolates that he usually kept in his drawer. Since it was shipped from overseas, it was gonna arrive in a couple of days.
"I'll be waiting," he replied happily.
He originally wasn't that fond of sweet things. It was only after his divorce that someone suggested he try eating something sweeter because he was having anger management issues. The smallest of things would tick him off. Surprisingly, chocolates actually worked in some bizarre way. But now he didn't need it anymore.
Raelle worked better on him than any chocolate.
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