594 Really A SweetHear

Since the melody that Xiu played for Dylan's date was soft, comforting, and very relaxing, it actually made her yawn repeatedly. She didn't know about others but she certainly was having a hard time opening her eyes. She was really confused even though she was sleep deprived for a couple of nights, was it necessary for her sleep to follow her at odd places today? 

First, she slept in Xin Zimen's office and now, she wanted to close her eyes and doze off without any care in the world right in the middle of playing the piano. Seeing that Dylan had finally rapped the surface of the dinner table, Xiu took the cue and stopped playing the piano. Her fingers hurt from playing for so long. If it was a dinner date, couldn't they just eat dinner in silence? Why did they have to talk so much to prolong the time of dinner? It needlessly exhausted her fingers.

With a hand over her mouth, Xiu yawned and hunched her back to sneak away from there. She hadn't even gotten to her car when Dylan caught up to her.

"Where are you running off to?"

Xiu looked at him pointedly as she replied, "Home. Where else am I gonna go?" She took a pause before adding, "By the way, you're such a useless disciple! I taught you so many times and yet you sang off-tune? What is wrong with you?"

"And what about you? I clearly snapped my fingers but you intentionally played dumb and almost ruined the moment."

Xiu was enraged as she opened the door of her car, "Gigi, give me my phone." Gigi passed her phone to her and Xiu scrolled through it before showing the screen to Dylan. "At the very last moment, you sent me this text saying that you'll snap your fingers twice and then I'll start playing the music."

Dylan looked at the message that he sent himself at the last moment and didn't know what to say but that didn't mean Xiu was gonna stay quiet. "Not only that, I really couldn't hear you snapping your fingers. You're so nervous that your hands were clammy." She snapped her finger before his eyes making him flinch. "That's how you snap, crisply! If I hadn't kept my eyes at you, I'd have really not known your real intention."

Dylan bit his lip uncertainly, "You really weren't trying to sabotage my proposal?"

"What would I get out of it?" Saying that she pushed him aside and sat in her car before asking Gigi to drive away. 

Inside the car, Gigi set the heating temperature before saying, "Put your fingers here to heat up. Your nails have gone blue already." Only now Xiu noticed that her nails were really blue from the cold. No wonder she felt her fingers were sore, they were about to break from the cold.

Xiu had mostly closed her eyes on the way back but she wasn't able to sleep. Her brain was definitely drifting somewhere in between. Since the expressway wasn't as busy as it had been when they came, Gigi intentionally broke the speed limit to get Xiu home faster.

Xiu gave her a mock salute with her two fingers as she replied, "Roger that!"

With that, she ran over to the elevator. In about five minutes, she stood outside Darren's place as she intentionally rang the doorbell instead of just opening the door herself. And as soon as Darren opened the door, she jumped into his arms excitedly. 

"Woah!" Darren staggered a couple of steps backward because of how suddenly she just threw herself at him. Even her feet weren't touching the ground. He wrapped his arms around her waist to support her while she further wrapped her legs around his waist and refused to budge. "Sweets, you're so cold." When her face buried into his warm neck, he felt a chill run through his body. Her body was really cold.

As he brought her to the living room, she pulled her face away to look at him saying, "I'm cold that's why I'm hugging my human heater."

Darren chuckled at her words as he sat down with her in his lap. She still didn't pull away and tried to snuggle up even further as if trying to bury herself in his warmth. He didn't refuse her and let her be as he silently stroked her head. 

Being like this, Xiu finally felt herself warming up. Earlier she couldn't feel any sensation because of the cold even though she spent about 2 hours in the car that was completely heated up with a cozy temperature. Now that she was embracing him, she realized that it wasn't her body that was lacking the warmth, it was her heart that was yearning for this warmth.

This human heater of hers was really essential for her wellbeing!

"Are you feeling better? Should I make you some tea?" 

Xiu got down from his lap and nodded her head, "Yes, please!"

Darren rubbed her head and got up to make her some tea. As he turned on the electric stove, he looked over at Xiu. "What are you thinking about now?"

Xiu lifted her eyes and pouted, "Husband, we didn't have our wedding kiss!" Darren's brows quirked up. "I've been wondering what's missing and it only clicked in my mind when I saw Dylan and Cali kissing. We didn't have our wedding kiss! How did we miss that?"

Darren smiled at her adorable expression, "Sweets, don't you think a lot of other things were also missing at our wedding?"

Xiu shook her head, "Nope! I don't care about the rest! I only care about my kiss!"

Darren strode over to her as he held her waist and kissed her deeply even before she could retort or push him. Not like she was in any mood to push him away. She would welcome his lips anytime anywhere without holding back. 

"There you have it. The kiss!" 

Xiu hit his chest saying, "You know that's not what I meant." She pressed her lips together before adding, "But I'm not satisfied. Please, continue!" Darren laughed heartily before he pinched her nose.

"My Sweets really is a sweetheart!"

"I taste sweet as well, you know," she said suggestively as she licked her lips while gazing at his lips.

Darren pinched her chin as he said, "Oh, I think no one knows how sweet my Sweets taste." With that, he dipped his head to capture her lips once again but this time, he wasn't as warm or soft as earlier. This time around, the kiss was passionate and searing enough to leave Xiu branded.