
Yuma closed the door of the room so quietly, afraid of disturbing Lin's deep sleep.
"You're going home yet ?"
Yuma asked, it just so happened that Daniel was standing on his back outside the door.
"Yes"
Daniel nodded, his eyes half-spinning like he was unwilling to leave Yuma.
"All right !" Yuma said so easily.
"Get!"
The situation was really awkward, as if the sound of crickets was right around them .
Daniel turned around, towards the stairs as well as Yuma following from behind.
"But—"
Daniel's steps stopped, he looked back at Yuma. Yuma smiled warmly, taking off her cross arms in front of her stomach.
"Come on !"
Yuma's two hands stretched out, he advanced toward Daniel as if he knew what the man before him wanted.
Daniel was silent, Yuma's embrace was still warm, his heart was beating so fast than usual, making the body unable to support him.
"Thank you for today"
"Go home and rest ! Tomorrow you may see Xiao Lin again" Yuma said shortly after taking off the brief hug.
"Thank you"
"Eum"
The warm and short smile was so tight, Yuma took her breath so deep that even from the stomach was seen deflating.
"Daniel," Yuma said.
Daniel, who was about to get into the car, abandoned his intention and closed the door again. Yuma's face was so firm even though it seemed soft.
"You need anything ?" Daniel almost approached.
"No" Yuma said.
"After the DNA test, if you still don't believe me then I'll take my son back to Singapore with Liam ! That was my last decision"
"I'd like to talk to you about this before her"
"There are no lies and I have no such intentions ! If you remember how I am, then you should have believed,"
"But then again, I'm not forcing anyone to believe me. It's just that my son should know who his family is, because not directly it will affect his psyche later if all of it is not told ,"
"And I took his worst,"
"So it all comes back to you, Daniel!"
"And one more thing, I don't want my son to hate his own father."
Yuma said it sounded light but meant deeper and painful, as if tucked away in disbelief, anger and independence, too, the nature of a mother is so thick it grows in her and it makes simple sentences so meaningful.
Daniel gazed deep into Yuma's retina, a gaze so deep that it met a soft, empty spot.
"You'll stay by my side, I don't care who he is, I'll keep getting you. Yumy"
"If Xiao Lin is really my flesh blood then that's a very pleasant thing ! I got a son from a woman so graceful and wise,"
"Yuma, I can no longer be selfish ! You know, I don't want to lose you a second time because of this ego"
Yuma looked closely too.
"It shouldn't be!" Yuma.
"I'm sorry" Daniel's head lowered as Yuma's gaze pointed at him. Though Yuma's lips curved as if joking but Daniel seemed to take it seriously. Maybe it's been shackling her heart all this time
"Hahahaha I was just kidding, Daniel !"
"No, I don't feel that way ! Your words are very precise and I admit it, so I wouldn't be stupid let alone behave like I used to"
Daniel hugged Yuma again, though without reply but still the man's hand still grabbed his body.
"OK on okay !"
"Now go home and design your plans as best you can so that me and Xiao Lin stay by your side !"
"Look, my decision is absolute"
Assertive Yuma, he was really very different even the look in his eyes was not as gentle as it used to be and Daniel felt now all sides were a danger.
"I know"
Daniel was still standing facing straight, his eyes still felt that something was making him heavy.
Yuma smiled back. "Liam would love it if you believed, Daniel ! The truth is he's not that cruel"
"Liam was just scared, because all this time he knew what was going on and what was going to happen with my decision ! That's how he is, so just calm down"
"Aren't you supposed to be shaken by what I said a few days ago ? Why is Liam's pressure you're worried about, eum ?"
Yuma said, the mimic of his face felt soft but also amused.
"It's not like that, it's just that I don't know the guy so—"
"Hahaha there's no need to worry" Tukas Yuma said as Daniel was confused and did not continue his remarks.
...**...
The dark blue car sped up, swallowed by the fence of the Zhao residence. Yuma stopped waving, slowly but surely.
During this time he thought about what was best and it turned out that his decision might be right, he chose to forget what happened first. Now Xiao Lin is the main focus and he doesn't want to be selfish just because of the pain that is still imprinted, maybe added to Gary's words earlier this afternoon about Daniel who lived after the tragedy.
But one thing was certain, he could not just get back together if Daniel still doubted Xiao Lin and of course Liam would not stay silent, either, Yuma knew Liam's nature especially when it came to Xiao Lin.
Without him realizing his little heart still wanted Daniel, but he denied the taste that existed every time it appeared
Zhao's residence was again deserted, Yuma went upstairs because Papa Zhao and Mama Shuwan were not at home, as well as Wusan. They had a school event that was held at night in a hotel ballroom.
Ego Yuma again lost by the innocent face of his son, he decided to accept if Daniel did want to return, but in fact his small heart could not refuse.
The wound that was still stuck slowly gaping but also a moment later closed again. He also doesn't know what's wrong with him.
Angry and upset still exist but usually it feels still thick, slowly in balance with the logic that never ends, because I had a short decision he had to take after a few hours and then a great spin.
...**...
Morning pick up, the sound of knocking each footwear sounds earthy. Daniel's face was so different than usual, it was evident from his mimicry and expression.
Shen whistled seductively at his older brother who had come home from driving Yuma last night until this morning so drastically changed.
"Sister, we didn't hear wrong, did we ? You and that brother-in-law— eumm ,,,, aren't tricking us right ?!"
"You're seriously going to re-apply?"
Shen said from behind speeding up his steps so as not to get far from Daniel.
"Applying ?"
Shen nodded for sure. His enthusiasm forgets that he stepped on the office floor
Plaque !!!
Daniel hit Shen's head with his cell phone slowly.
"You forgot or stupid, Shen ?!"
Shen was silent for a moment.
"I haven't signed the divorce papers and doesn't that mean I'm still married ?"
"There is no such thing as a one-sided divorce, for that Yuma is still the legal wife of Daniel Chen!!"
Daniel exclaimed steadily and surely the tip of his lips raised to form a confident smirk.
"A right too!" Exclaimed Shen thinking hard and re-folded both of his hands.
Their chatter reached the door of the CEO's room but before that, the secretary in front stopped them first with a slightly red face.