Leon noticed the Michelle was still smiling. "What are you thinking about? You look so happy."
"I'm thinking about you." For a moment, Michelle's face turned red. When she realized what she had said, she covered her mouth and averted her eyes away from him.
Leon raised his eyebrows as he grew more curious. "What about me are you thinking?"
Michelle shook her head in denial. But this only caused Leon to probe further. "Since you're thinking about something related to me, why am I not allowed to know what it is?"
"It's a secret," Michelle said.
Leon didn't know how to react.
Since she didn't want to tell him, he stopped asking. Nevertheless, he still wanted to know what she was thinking.
"You really won't tell me?" Leon asked again.
"Hmm...I can't tell you." Michelle walked back to her seat. As much as possible, she avoided looking into Leon's eyes. She lowered her head to drink soup and tried distracting herself from thinking about him.
And yet, Leon kept staring at her. "Why can't you tell me?"
Under Leon's gaze, Michelle felt uncomfortable. "Leon, it's a secret. Girls don't want others knowing their secrets, okay?"
"Don't you trust me?" Leon coaxed her softly.
Michelle shook her head. "It's not that I don't trust you. But I can't tell you, Leon."
Michelle was persistent in keeping her mouth shut, so in the end, Leon had no choice but to give up. "Okay, I'll stop asking. Let's eat."
He felt disappointed. They haven't talked to each other for more than a month, and now, she was hiding things from him.
'It shouldn't be like this. Why can't she tell me everything just like before?
Has she not yet forgiven me for what happened that night?'
"Michelle, I have something to tell you." Leon put down his chopsticks. He knew he wouldn't be able to enjoy his meal if he didn't figure it out.
Michelle raised her head and looked at him with a pair of confused eyes.
"I'm sorry for leaving without telling you," Leon said with a soft, sincere tone. "I was such in a hurry to find someone that I didn't have the time to tell you. It's my fault, sorry. Please forgive me, okay? The next time something like this happens again, I promise to tell you."
Michelle was dumbstruck. Never in her life did she imagine that Leon would apologize sincerely to her like this. Thinking about it made her blush.
She was never angry at him, just worried. She was scared that he left without telling her.
Before she knew that she liked Leon, she thought she was just flustered the same way she was back when Nina also left without telling her. Now, she knew she was afraid that she might not be able to see the person she loved ever again.
She was okay if Leon never found out about her feelings or if they didn't end up together. But the thought of never seeing Leon again drover her mad. She had to know that he was safe.
It wasn't accurate to say that it was only recently that she fell in love with Leon. The very first time she laid her eyes on him, she was already in love. Just like how Debra fell in love with Wynn immediately because of his good looks.
Over the years, she never had Leon's contact information, but she kept a photo of him and set it as her mobile wallpaper. Whenever she opened her phone, she would see his smile and feel happy.
When she hadn't understood yet what love meant, she was content just looking at his photo. When she matured and understood, she knew she wanted to be by his side.
She wanted more of Leon every day.
'How greedy I am!' she thought.
When she snapped out of her daydream, she looked up at Leon as if nothing had happened and smiled. "Leon, remember what you said today. If there's an emergency in the future and you have to leave, you must tell me, okay? Don't make me worried about you. If you promise that, I will forgive you."
"Okay. I promise," Leon said.
"Then I forgive you."
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