“Hey, where are you going?” Devin asked when Becky started to walk away.
Becky paused and cast a glance at him. “Do you have any cigarettes?”
“You want to smoke?”
This question made Becky smile slightly. Devin didn’t ask her why she wanted to smoke. He only asked if she wanted to.
Becky nodded. “Yes.”
Devin smiled and waved at her. “Come here.”
Clutching her handbag tightly, Becky didn’t budge. She looked at Devin, who turned around and started walking, and said, “I didn’t say that I wanted to smoke with you.”
She just wanted to smoke. Period.
Devin burst into laughter. He raised his eyebrows and shook his head helplessly. If she was an inexperienced girl, she would’ve gone with him after seeing his mischievous smile.
Unfortunately, she was not an inexperienced girl.
“Are you planning to smoke here?”
After a short pause, Becky realized that she was standing in the lobby of the apartment building.
This wasn’t an appropriate place to smoke.
“Then where are you taking me?” She finally relented and walked up to him.
Devin answered, “My car is parked right over there.”
As he spoke, he walked towards his conspicuous sports car, opened the door, and waited for her. “Here you go.”
Becky eyed him warily, which Devin noticed. “Don’t look at me like that. It makes me feel like I’m trying to lure an innocent girl into my car.”
With a chuckle, Becky obliged and got into the car.
Devin carefully shut the door and then went to the driver’s seat.
He took out a pack of cigarettes from the glove compartment and handed one stick to her. “You ever done this before?”
Becky answered honestly. “No, never.”
The man raised his eyebrows and looked into her eyes. “Then let me teach you.”
There were only a few inches in between their faces. Up close, Becky could see that the usual carelessness and boyish charm in his eyes were gone. Instead, as he stared at her, his eyes were full of love.
Becky was about to push him away when Devin suddenly withdrew his hand. “You are indeed a little silly.”
As he spoke, he sneered. “Do you think Rory’s better than me?”
She liked Rory, and she didn’t like Devin.
This question made Becky chuckle. “Well, he’s more faithful than you.”
But Rory wasn’t faithful to her. He was faithful to Babette.
It had only been half a year since their divorce, but Rory couldn’t wait to get Babette back.
How affectionate they were!
As Becky laughed, tears welled up in her eyes.
She quickly raised her hand to wipe her tears away, but the man was quicker than her. His fingertips were already stroking the corner of her eye. “If you’re sad, then cry. Why do you pretend to be strong?”
Devin gently wiped her tears away and cupped her cheek. Then he pulled Becky into a warm embrace and murmured, “Just cry. I won’t see.”
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