Have I Told You Lately novel Chapter 132

Rachel didn’t know how to free herself from Kenneth’s arms. He pushed his luck and leaned down to kiss her.

She turned her face away. The man’s kiss fell on her cheek naturally.

“That’s enough, Kenneth. Why you’re always in charge of everything? Have you ever thought of my feelings?”

She stared at him with tears.

In fact, she didn’t know exactly what she was angry about. She just felt bad. She had been longing for those words for so long and now she got what she wanted from him. Even if what he said was taught by others, it was pretty enough to delight her. But she knew that the man never really understood her. What he understood was himself only.

He didn’t care about her, and that’s why he had ignored her for three years. Once he changed his mind, he was determined to have her. What could he do if she was reluctant to stay by his side?

What on earth had he ever understood?

Kenneth watched her silently, his eyes darkened. He wiped tears for her gently and said, “Don’t cry. I just told you my thought. You have the right to choose.”

He paused, sliding his fingers down to her jaw and lifting her head, “When we divorced, you asked me with the settlement whether I love you. If I said yes, would you still break up with me?”

Rachel was stunned. Her eyes welling up with tears reflected the man’s beautiful face. She remained silent for a while, almost in a daze.

After quite a long while, Kenneth frowned anxiously and called her name, “Rachel?”

Her moisturized eyelashes fluttered. After crying, the tip of her nose and her face blushed. She said with a sense of mockery lying in her nasal voice, “Well, you get quite a quick mind. How can you confirm that I love you even if I say I will stay? Do you think this kind of testing is funny? Tell me, how much could I trust you if you said yes then? Which one I should believe? My feelings for the past three years, or your one simple word?”

Kenneth pinched his thin lips tightly together. His anxiety calmed down. He held her close, his chin on her head. “No matter which one you choose. I won’t leave you anymore,” he said.

This was his promise. He had the patience for her. There was still time.

Rachel lost her thoughts for a few seconds, then frowned a bit. It was funny and yet helpless. What made it funny was she herself. She loved him so much but now she was scared of him.

What made it helpless was that it looked like the mature man was not empathetic enough to understand her inner feelings, and she didn’t know whether he was pretending to be innocent.

She was supposed to be angry and scold him hard, but she had no energy and wasn't in the mood for it. Cooling down, she patted his arms around her and complained, “Thanks to you for getting my new hospital dress wet. You’d better change your wet clothes soon.”

Kenneth left his arms immediately and helped her lie down. “Take a rest for a while. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll be right back soon,” he said.

Rachel turned her back to him as soon as she lay on the bed. She said nothing but a feeble utterance.

He tucked her up and went out of the room.

When she heard the door closed, Rachal turned back slowly. Her eyes gazed at the ceiling and then closed. The unspeakable pain and sadness flowed into her heart.

Was she asking for too much?

Kenneth stood for a moment on the roadside, lost in thoughts. He wanted to take out a cigarette as usual, but then he realized he had left it in the car. He stood there for another short while and then called Geoffrey.

“Oh, man. What is it at nap time?” came Geoffrey’s lazy voice on the phone.

“I told her.” Kenneth loosened his tie a bit. No emotion could be told in his deep eyes.

“…”

There was no further response from the other side. Geoffrey seemed to be stunned and it took a few seconds to go back to the conversation.

He gave a mocking smile, “You told her? Didn’t she slap on you?”