Can't Take My Eyes Off You novel Chapter 401

That was because his monotonous voice was filled with love for her.

"You don't like me calling you that?" Lu Xingzhi asked after receiving no reply. "If you don't like it, I won't do it again."

A brief pause later, he explained, "I heard your parents call you that, it sounded really lovely."

"It is."

Engulfed in darkness, Lu Xingzhi could not see Jiang Yao's smiling eyes. Her voice was calm, but she answered instantaneously. That was enough information for Lu Xingzhi. She liked that he called her by her nickname.

Knowing that she could not see it, he broke into a wide grin.

"I know I put you through a lot this time, I am sorry." Lu Xingzhi had been wanting to apologize for some time. Taking advantage of the darkness, he finally said it.

Not waiting for Jiang Yao's reply, he added, "Thank you by the way, for saving Colonel Lin."

Jiang Yao wanted to respond, but hearing Lu Xingzhi mentioned Colonel Lin, she kept her mouth shut, because she knew what he wanted to say.

"Yaoyao, you have a lot of secrets you carry with you. Your family probably doesn't know them. If you don't want to say it, I will not force you." Lu Xingzhi thought and felt that it was best to open the can of worms now. "Whenever you feel like saying it, I will be here waiting. Until then, I will not ask you, nor mention anything."

If she were willing to say it, he would listen. If she were not, he would help guard her secret.

He respected and trusted her, believing that she would never use her secret to harm him.