Chapter28 - Her confession
The depths of the past seemed to be coming back.
Holding back the tears in his eyes, he said with a trembled chin. "Chen Ting?"
There was a smile on her face that used to comfort Xi Song in the past.
"So, it's really you, Xi Song."
"Why do you come back?"
Hearing this, she could not hold back her tears.
Taking a step further, she came closer to him. "I can explain, Xi Song. I wanted to come back, but I was stuck there. My phone got damaged, and I lost your contact number."
She held his hand while placing them near her chest. "Listen to those heartbeats. I still love you, Xi Song. Can we have a chance again? This time, I'll not leave you."
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After attending a call, when Xingyue returned to the hall, she was troubled by not seeing Xi Song.
"Where did he go?"
Walking around, she tried to search for him, but he was nowhere.
Finally, after walking, she asked her friends. "Guys, did you see Xi Song anywhere?"
Sipping her wine, Tang Xue immediately replied. "Yeah! He is near the poolside."
Her lips curved into a smile as she thanked her. "Thanks, Tang Xue. I have to go now."
Saying, she walked away from there.
She was smiling idiotically, and her eyes were filled with hope.
"I hope today I can confess my feelings to him."
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As she arrived at the poolside, her feet stopped when she saw Xi Song in the arms of a girl.
From her angle, he seemed to enjoy the hug too, which broke her heart.
All the courage she had gathered vanished in an instant. It felt as if he crushed her newly blossoming heart.
"Is it just one-sided love?" she thought as tears escaped her eyes.
She firmly pressed her lips while holding back her tears. Her feet automatically stepped back, and she ran away from there.
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Xi Song's heart was like a stone as if there was no hope left in him.
He tenderly held her hand and relieved himself from her grip.
"Chen Ting, I'm married already. You're late, and I love my wife. I can't leave her to give you another chance. You're my past. Now, she is my future."
Pausing for a while, he let it out. "Chen Ting, I'm sorry."
He stepped back and back, slipping away from her. While she stayed there, seeing her love vanishing from her life.
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Moving away, he entered the hall when his gaze fell on his friends.
"Ling Xiao, did you see Xingyue?"
While glancing at him, he laughed. "Are you guys playing hide and seek? She just was asking for you. I saw her going to the poolside."
He flickered his eyes. "Poolside? I just came from there. She was nowhere."
Cutting their talk in between, Xia Na pointed out. "Actually, I saw Xingyue going outside. She seems drunk."
His eyes widened. "Drunk?"
The worries spread over his face as he ran towards the exit gate.
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She was crying while sitting on a bench in the garden. Her eyes were hurting, yet she didn't feel well.
Her heart got rejected even before confessing.
"Why did you do that to me, Xi Song? I thought you also love me."
Her sobs were loud enough that anyone passing by could hear.
Hopefully, the person that heard was Xi Song, who seemed lost in search of her.
His heart was beating faster, thinking about where she went away.
Soon, he reached a garden where he heard her sobs.
"Xingyue?"
Following those sobs, he came towards the bench she was sitting on.
With his worried voice, he called her name out. "Xingyue?"
Her sobs paused for a while when she lifted her head and met Xi Song's anxious eyes.
"Xingyue? Why are you crying?" he came towards her and sat beside her.
Still crying, she refused to look at him. "Don't talk to me. You're such a cheater. You played with me."
Upon listening to her, he became shocked. "Cheater? When did I play with you? What are you trying to say?"
"STOP IT. I saw you with that girl already. Why did you act as if you also have feelings for me?"
He soon realized about Chen Ting. While slapping himself mentally, he tried to calm her down. "There is nothing like that, Xingyue. I don't love her anymore. I love someone--"
Cutting her words off, she gazed at him with her daring eyes. "Xi Song, I love you."
Choked in the air, his wide eyes were telling everything as if he didn't expect her to confess.
"I tried my best, but I can't keep it to myself anymore. Emotions are like a sneeze. You can't control it. The more you try to control, the more it will get out of your control."
She took his hand in her hands while staring deep down into his eyes.
"Xi Song, I know you'll feel disheartened in this situation. Where you don't even love me, but I also want to confess. So, when we get a divorce, I can try to move on from our moments."
A smile appeared on her lips as she recalled those lovely memories.
"Do you know? No one gives me a shoulder to lean on. My mom wants me to be her support. My only support, my dad, also asked me to support others. But no one wants to hold me back."
Tears kept falling down to her cheeks as she added. "You were the first one who saw me crying and felt my pain. I realized everyone needs someone in their lives. To hold them, to shed tears with them... To love them. Xi Song, I think that someone is you in my life. Please, don't leave me. I'm alone."
There were countless times when Xi Song wanted to hold her back too. But he had no reason before.
However, it turned out he could now feel the love again.
With tiny curved lips, he replied. "Xingyue, I--"
Cutting his words off, she pressed her lips against him as he remained there, shocked.