Chapter 211: Cuddles

"If it's my fault," began Shui Xian after a thinking session with himself. "I should get punished for making such a blunder, no?"

"Punishment?" repeated Raelle.

Shui Xian nodded his head, "Yes, I should be punished."

Raelle shook her head, "I don't think so."

"Why?"

"Have you heard of the theory of the six degrees of separation?" Shui Xian frowned slightly as she elaborated, "It states that all people on average are six, or fewer, social connections away from each other. Let's take you and me as an example. We have lived thousands of miles away from each other all our lives and yet, we have been connected because our families had been connected in some way." Shui Xian attentively listened to her and didn't even disturb her as she continued, "Just like that all people on earth are somehow connected but there is a big possibility that you would never meet that person whom you're connected to."

"Your point is?"

"My point is, you and I met at the time we were supposed to meet."

"You could have just said that from the beginning."

Raelle stared at him, "But I wanted to explain."

Shui Xian pinched her nose, "I know." He took a moment to think about something before he asked, "Wifey, aren't you tired of being an adult for so long?"

"Why?"

Shui Xian placed his palms against her cheeks and squished her face saying, "Because now I want you to be my baby."

Raelle was left blinking at him while Shui Xian burst out laughing at her reaction. She was really too amusing to him. He agreed with whatever she just said, it was true that they met when they were supposed to meet. He might have no been able to understand her so much if he had met her 10 years ago. 

And she was also right that he wouldn't have been able to give her the place she now has in his life. Or even in his heart. 

Shui Xian truly believed that he knew a lot about love. He was familiar with the process of falling in love. The excitement, anticipation, giddiness, all those emotions that love evoked, he had gone through it already. 

However, Raelle was making him question what he knew and what he didn't know. Falling for her had no such excitement as it had been when he fell in love before. Instead, there was a calmness in his heart whenever he was around her. Although she left conflicted thoughts in his head, she brought a wave of peace to his heart.

Being with her didn't make him feel like he was losing his senses but everything about her felt natural. He was so naturally comfortable in her presence as if it was supposed to be that way.

Shui Xian stood up and leaned over. His face was right in front of her face. With the tips of their noses touching, he asked, "Baby, do you want to cuddle?"

Raelle's brow raised just half an inch but since Shui Xian had read her expressionless face plenty of times, even that minute change didn't escape his eyes. He looked amused as he continued to stare into her eyes.

"I told you I'm not a baby."

Shui Xian bumped his nose with her hers playfully, "You're focusing on the wrong point again."

"What should I be focusing on then?"

Shui Xian pressed his lips against the side of her lips and in the same position with his lips pressed against her skin, he asked, "Do you want to cuddle?"

"Why would I want to cuddle?"

"Don't girls love to cuddle when they are on periods?"

"They do?" asked Raelle and Shui Xian nodded his head vigorously.

Raelle thought about it before she opened her arms, "Okay. Let's cuddle."

The way she agreed with that straight face and asked him for cuddles made Shui Xian's heart skip a beat. See! This was what he was talking about. She did things to his heart with her smallest actions that he didn't even know was possible. In fact, he was the one who tried to tease her by asking that question but who knew his heart would be the one taking the blow when she agreed so adorably.

Shui Xian hugged her and pulled her up from the recliner. With her wrapped around his body like a koala, he brought her to the lounge and laid down on the sofa with her. 

"In fact, you're the one who wanted cuddles, right?"

Shui Xian was about to pick up the remote of the tv when she questioned and his hand paused. Clearing his throat, he said, "I was just thinking about you."

"As if I'd believe that," she replied.

Shui Xian kissed the top of her head and turned on the tv. "You're getting smarter, wifey."

"I was already smart."

Shui Xian pursed his lips to hide his smile and asked, "Do you ever think before you speak?"

Raelle put her chin on his chest and looked at his face, "Of course! I think, 'I probably shouldn't say this.'"

"And then?"

"And then I still say it," said Raelle.

Shui Xian laughed out and Raelle was left gazing at his hearty laughter in a trance. His whole body was reverberating because of the laughter. He looked relaxed now. She didn't think he would actually step away from his sister's matters. After all, according to what Cloe learned, he had done a lot more than just helping his sister.

But this time, he was choosing to stand beside his wife. It made something stir within her but she who lacked the vocabulary to put emotions into words couldn't possibly tell what this unfamiliar feeling was. She just knew she didn't dislike it.

"Wifey, stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?" asked Raelle.

"Like you're falling in love with me."

"You're overthinking it," responded Raelle as she turned her head and placed her head on his chest. With his strong heartbeat beating against her ear, she closed her eyes briefly.