Yesseca paused for a moment. She didn't really know how to continue.
Yesseca placed the photo back under her pillow. She was shocked to see what time it was.
It was already nine o'clock!
She had slept for such a long time!
Why hadn't Kyi in come to look for her? It was already so late!
Kylin said that he would come to pick her up!
Yesseca ran to the living room and looked outside her window.
Yesseca saw that Kyi in's car was parked below.
She quickly ran down, still in shock.
Kylin was in the car.
"Why didn't you call me?" Yesseca asked, surprised.
Kylin looked at Yesseca's hair. "Yesseca, your hair is a little messy."
Yesseca was quiet.
She had forgotten to comb her hair after she woke up.
"No rush. Go ahead and wash up first," Kylin said.
"Then please wait for me," Yesseca quickly ran back upstairs.
She washed up and then came back down again.
This time, she had cleaned herself up.
Kylin then explained.
He had arrived at 6 p.m., but when he knocked on her door, there was no response, so he waited downstairs.
Yesseca was speechless. "I must have not heard you. You should've kept knocking, and called me over the phone."
Kylin had a gentle smile on his face. "I knocked on your door several times, but you didn't answer, which meant that you were probably asleep. Since you were still sleeping, I didn't want to wake you. Sleep is very important, so I waited downstairs."
"But you've been waiting for three hours!"
"It doesn't matter. I'll wait for as long as it takes for you."
Yesseca was dumbfounded.
After a while, she murmured, "Kylin, you're such a nice person,"
"It's not about being nice," Kylin said meaningfully, "This is what a man should do for his girlfriend,"
Yesseca held her breath.
She looked at Kylin.
Kylin looked back at her. "Yesseca, if you regret being with me, I won't hold it against you."
Yesseca's breathing returned to normal.
She smiled. "I don't regret it. I said I'd be with you and I meant it."
Kylin looked relieved. "Let's get some dinner. Where would you like to go?"
"Anything is fine," Yesseca said. "I want to visit Selina after."
"Alright."
Kylin took Yesseca to a Japanese restaurant.
Their food was served shortly after they sat down.
There was ramen, sushi and some teriyaki meat.
"I often ate at places like this when I studied abroad. It's convenient and healthy," Kylin said to Yesseca with a smile on his face.
Yesseca nodded. "Service is quite fast."
"Do you like it?"
Trying to liven up the conversation, Yesseca replied, "I'm a foodie. I'm happy as long as I get to eat,"
"Then I'll take you to eat anything you want next time."
Yesseca smiled at Kylin and began to eat her food.
Both of them ate relatively fast and left the restaurant soon after.
Kylin drove to the hospital.
On the way, Yesseca asked Kylin about Selina.
"Selina is doing well and the baby looks really adorable. He looks much better than he did last night," Kylin answered.
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