“You mean it? You’ll take some vacation time?”


    It was like he never had any days off, at least that was what ir thought. Maybe one or two vacations


    a year at most, she supposed.


    “Yeah.” Seeing the joy in her eyes, he nodded.


    “Great! You don’t get much bang for your buck here. I’m thinking of ordering these six dishes and a


    soup. Think that’s enough?” ir asked, showing Wesley what she had chosen on her phone.


    Wesley looked at it and said, “Good. Let’s order those first. If we’re still not full we can order more.”


    She ced their order, and the waiter came and collected the menus.


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    While ir had just started drinking the water, Wesley’s phone tinkled. A new message on WeChat.


    Reflexively, her gazended on his phone. Without picking it up from the table, he unlocked the screen


    to read the message.


    The message was from someone named Crystal Sugar Heart.


    “You had dinner yet?” the message read.


    And that wasn’t the first message she’d ever sent him. ir could see many other messages on his


    phone, Like “Good night!” “Good morning!”


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    “Take care of yourself.” But Wesley seemed to have replied to very few of them. ir was not sure


    about the other messages, but he hadn’t interacted with the ones she saw.


    She put her ss down, and couldn’t help wondering who the mystery person was. Her gut told her it


    was a woman. ‘That’s quite a few messages. Did she text him every day?”


    ir couldn’t even remember thest time she texted him. Come to think about it, she always


    contacted him for a reason. She never said good night or good morning to him, much less tell him to


    take care of himself.


    She felt like a loser after having that thought. She wanted to be with this guy, but she hadn’t shown


    much concern for him. She knew his job was dangerous, but she never asked him if he was alright


    after work.


    Now even she herself couldn’t believe she was Like that. How could she expect Wesley to believe that


    she Loved him? Guilt overwhelmed her. She felt like weeping. She took a drink to try and cover her


    emotions.


    Holding a ss of water, she stared at his phone, motionless, her mind elsewhere. Wesley noticed the


    change in her mood. ‘Her eyes are red and ssy from tears, ‘ he realized.


    He was curious what was going on, so he followed her gaze and Looked at his phone. The screen was


    disying the records of the conversations between him and Crystal Sugar Heart.


    Wesley’s heart tightened. He cleared his throat and said, “ir.”


    She didn’t respond, barely moving.


    “Earth to ir,” he called again.


    “Huh? Yeah, I’m here!” She came to her senses. Her heart was aching, but she tried her best not to


    show what she was feeling. She set the ss of water back on the table and looked at him with wide


    eyes.


    Wesley was amused by her reaction, tilting his head to smile secretly.


    Then he began, pointing at his phone, “I don’t know her. She was a hostage I saved in a mission.”


    “What?” ir blinked. ‘Is he trying to exin?’