101 Make Time

He had so many memories since childhood with those people he once called his best friends. With Cui Xukun and with... Her.

They had the most beautiful memories together and now the people who gave him those memories had become just a memory. The saddest part was that they became a part of the memory that he didn't want to recall.

Sitting face to face with Cui Xukun today, he caught glimpses of those tangled memories and it left a sour taste in his mouth. Once they were best friends and now they might even be worse than strangers. And because of that, the rest of the day he spent in a bad mood. Even his assistant had to be extra cautious around him.

As he walked through the door of the house, he took off his coat and passed it to the maid in a routine manner. He ascended the stairs to go to his room but stopped when he saw Raelle sitting in the lounge on their floor.

She had her feet perched on the coffee table before her. There was a cushion on her legs and on top was her laptop. She was wearing shorts with an oversized knitted sweater and had tied her hair in a high ponytail. There was no makeup on her face which made her face look youthful.

While her eyes moved from the documents in her hands to the screen of the laptop, she was so engrossed in her work that she didn't even realize someone had been staring at her for a while now. And of course, Shui Xian didn't make any sound to announce his arrival as well.

But it wasn't intentional though. Seeing her, he found himself lost in his own thoughts. That suffocating feeling that all those old memories evoked within his heart slowly evanesced as he gazed at his wife. They say life doesn't always give you the people you want. He finally understood the meaning of it. She was definitely not someone he wanted but she was becoming someone he needed; To help him grow out of everything that had been tormenting him.

He stepped closer to her and sat down right beside her on the couch. Only then did Raelle lifted her eyes and noticed his presence. "Oh, you're back?"

"I guess I'm late again," replied Shui Xian although he was right on time today. But she was already here, he felt like he was still a step late.

Raelle looked at the time on her laptop screen and shook her head, "Nope. It's me. I'm early."

"And you decided to work right after coming back?" asked Shui Xian.

Raelle gathered the documents and closed the lid of the laptop as she told him, "It's because when I came you weren't here. Bà is also not home. So, I decided to keep myself busy in this way."

"When did you come?"

Shui Xian chuckled softly as her 'personal best' before he placed his arm behind her. Her personal best was actually the time people would usually leave work. That meant it was her very first time leaving work right on time like a normal white-collar worker.

Without realizing it, while talking she leaned into his side. Shui Xian placed his chin on the top of her head as she continued to tell him about her day.

"Yanyan came to see me at the office today. I didn't even know she made an appointment. But it was because Cloe wrote her name as MC."

"Even your Yanyan has to make an appointment to see you?" he asked in surprise.

"Rules are for everyone," retorted Raelle. "I don't even break my rules myself."

"And what if I decided to come to see you? Do I also have to make an appointment?"

Raelle had opened her mouth to say 'yes' but she was suddenly reminded of what Mu Chenyan said to her during the day. She had said, 'I don't want to be that exception. You keep it open for someone else.' Only now she understood that even if she had to make someone an exception in her set rules, it had to be her husband.

"You can come anytime you want," she told him and Shui Xian's brows raised slightly in surprise. "I'll make an exception for you."

"Oh? You'll go against your rules for me?"

"As my husband, you should get some privilege."

Shui Xian smiled at her, "So, this is my privilege?"

"You don't want it?"

"Want! Who doesn't want that? I definitely want it!"

"I can give you that privilege. It's not like you'll have time to come see me at the office anyway."

Shui Xian moved his arm that was lying behind her on the sofa to her shoulder and turned her slightly to face him as he asked, "What do you mean? You think I won't come to find you at your office?"

Raelle blinked at him as she said, "But why would you? You see me in the morning and in the evening. Is there a need to come and find me during the day as well?" She took a brief pause and went on, "Besides, do you even have time during the day, Mr. I-skip-my-lunch-for-work?"

Shui Xian pursed his lips before he touched her nose and said, "It's not about whether I have time or not, it's about whether I want to make time for you or not. And something tells me, I'd gladly make some time for my wife."