Chapter 705 Male Confidant (Part Two)
"How''s she now?" asked Duke worriedly. He ignored Edward''s yfulness and quickly walked to Daisy,
taking Belinda into his own arms.
"She''s fine. Just drank too much wine," replied Daisy as she smoothed Belinda''s wrinkled dress. She
exhaled a long relieved breath upon seeing Duke had calmed himself down.
"Daisy, I''m sorry that I have gotten you into so much trouble," said Duke. He had left Belinda and
stormed out without any hesitations earlier because he knew that Daisy would be with Belinda and
Belinda would be taken good care of by her. But he would never have thought that Belinda would get
herself so drunk after he had left.
"Belinda is my best friend. So there is never something called trouble between her and me. It would
never trouble me to take care of her or do anything for her. But there is something that I''d like to talk to
you about her. You might think Belinda looks like a heartless girl. She''s always careless and never
cares about anything. But deep inside, she''s a very fragile and delicate girl. As you know, she always
dares to love and hate. So once she devotes herself to you, the love would be strong and great. But
her heart would also be easily broken by you. Therefore, please be more considerate to her. Be
thoughtful, care for her, be tender to her, and be kind to her when you''re dealing with problems about
her in the future. There is no such thing as losing and winning in love. No one could ever be the winner
but whoever loves deeper than the other is doomed to be the passive one, one that cares more and
devotes more. So I''ll just repeat something I''ve already told you, please don''t hurt her. No matter what
happens or what would happen in the future, do NOT hurt her." said Daisy while looking Duke in the
eyes.
She was sincere about what she was saying and even pleading. After all, Belinda was her only best girl
friend. She was her confidant. So no matter what, she would wish her a lifetime of happiness.
"I know," said Duke. "That''s the reason why Ie back to her." He held Belinda tighter in his arms. He
had said to Belinda that they should take a break and calm down but that wasn''t what he actually
meant. He had simply been mad and impulsive at that moment so he wasn''t able to think reasonably.
He had been mad because Belinda hadn''t cared about him and had ignored his feelingspletely. It
was different now that he had calmed down, he knew he had over-reacted and what he had done to
her was ridiculously absurd.
"Okay then. Take her home now. She had too much for tonight. She must be exhausted. And as for the
matter between you and Rachel, I hope you could handle it properly," said Daisy. She felt peaceful that
Belinda was now being taken care of by Duke. It was the reason why her tone was steady and
expression was calm even when she mentioned Rachel.
"Okay. Then we''re leaving," said Duke. "See you!" After saying goodbye to Daisy, he turned to Edward
and nodded his farewell. He put his arms around Belinda and took her into his car. It was at that
moment when the quiet girl in his arms suddenly started struggling against him.
"Who are you? Let go of me!" screamed Belinda. "Daisy! Where are you? Daisy! I want Daisy!" She
waved her arms childishly, trying very hard to get rid of the confining hug of Duke.
"Sweetie, it''s me, your husband. Don''t be a baby. Let''s go home first," said Duke softly. He pulled the
car door open and carefully put Belinda into his car. He fastened the seat belt for her. After setting her
down, he got onto the driver''s seat in a quick move and fastened his own seat belt. The next thing he
did was to lock the car door and lower the windows on both sides to let some cool aire in, hoping
for the breeze to make Belinda feel better and somehow lessen her drunkenness.
"They should be fine, right?" asked Daisy uncertainly. She was now leaning on Edward''s arms, feeling
a little bit worried about the couple. She had known too well about Belinda''s personality. Belinda had
always been the straight-forward girl and would never stop her quest for the truth until everything was
clear, even if such endless missions could make the situations moreplicated and worse.
"Take it easy, Sweetie! I''m sure that Duke would handle this well, there''s no need to worry," confirmed
Edward. "Now let''s go back too!" He kissed Daisy gently on her forehead, took her hand and then led
her to get into the car with him.
Even though Edward had already guaranteed her, Daisy still couldn''t help feeling a little worried. She
looked out of the window to try diverting her attention from what just happened tonight, but still got lost
in her own thoughts with the street scenes passing by. Edward noticed that his petite wife was still
frowning deeply and he was considerate enough not to disturb her. So he focused on driving them
home safely.
Duke also drove the car very smoothly on their way home though there had been some times when he
had to deal with Belinda''s unconscious movements. They arrived at home safely. It was lucky that his
father, Lloyd Leng, hadn''t been staying at the Leng''s House recently, so they didn''t need to worry about
all the noises they would make when they came back.
However, Belinda was not very cooperative along the way to their bedroom as she was still drunk. She
was only half asleep which made it even more difficult for Duke to get her onto their queen-sized bed.
His face was already sweaty all over when he managed to do it.
Duke took a deep breath and unbuttoned his shirt. He was feeling a bit hot afterpleting such a
while with a ss of honey water in his hand.
"Belinda, get up. Drink the honey first. It''ll make you feel better then you can get a good night sleep,"
he said softly. He sat on the bed and gently lifted Belinda. He used one hand to hold her while the other
was taking the ss of honey water. He carefully moved the ss to her lips. Belinda must have been
thirsty due to all the wine she had drunk. She was cooperative this time and quickly finished all the
water.
Duke pulled out a handkerchief and wiped her lips softly. He put Belinda back to bed. He shook his
head while watching her go back to sleep but on his always grim face was a rare expression of
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gentleness and tenderness, so soft that it had overthrown the cold. It wasn''tmon for Duke to be
such a warm and loving man but this part of him was definitely the most charming one.