Chapter 246 - Ch. 246 The Videos

Declan took the rose-shaped USB in his desk drawer, then walked out and sat next to Roxy, who had a laptop on her thigh.

"Here."

"Thanks." Roxy plugged the USB into the laptop port and

sighed heavily while the USB system was still loading inside.

"Do you want to be alone, or should I stay?" asked Declan gently.

"Stay here." Roxy leaned her head against Declan's shoulder, and her heart drummed like someone scared her by surprised her behind her back as a folder opened automatically.

However, the contents of the USB folder did not have one video, but

dozens of videos!

"There are so many videos here. Which one should I see?"

"Hm…" Declan was as confused as she was. "How about we take a look at them in order from above?"

"Didn't my mother tell you which one to look at?"

"No. She just wanted me to give it to you."

"..." Roxy glanced at the row of videos on her laptop screen

wonderingly.

Isn't this USB hers? Does she save videos here? But as she recalled,

she only filled her USB with her designs pattern and some music sheets she liked.

Then… where did all these videos come from? Did her mother want her to see all of these?

"Okay. I guess we have no choice but to open them one by one."

Declan chuckled in amusement as he rubbed the top of Kaylee's head.

Roxy pressed the video at the top and the next second appeared a

baby who was just learning to walk.

"Come on, baby girl. You can do it. Come to mama." a loud

and melodious voice rang out from the sound of her laptop.

The laughter that erupted out of the baby's tiny mouth when she dashed toward her mother made anyone who heard it feel warm.

"Is that you?" asked Declan with an interesting look at

his future wife's childhood. Moreover, this was the girl's very precious first step.

"I… I don't know."

The baby came closer to the camera not long after, and the same

mother's voice was heard again. "Good girl. Aren't you a fast walker, my Roxy?"

Yup. That's her!

"I changed my mind. I want to see it alone." that's so embarrassing if Declan saw her childhood through this video.

"Nope. I want to see it now."

"..." Roxy let out a sigh of defeat at Declan's stern tone. She was

sure the man wouldn't budge from his spot and had a thousand ways to get her to agree.

In the end, Roxy lets Declan see a video of her childhood with him.

The average video contains about her growth and togetherness with

her sister. Watching this video made Roxy miss her sister even more, but at the same time, she could lessen her longing by looking at Kaylee's face on these videos.

When Roxy was playing the tenth video, the first person to appear

in front of the camera was herself as a teenager.

"Hey, everybody. Today is the ninth of July, and we are all

going to the beach." greeted the young Roxy with a smile on her face and bright red hair that was tied back into a ponytail. "Look at my hair! I just dyed it myself."

"It's ugly!" someone comment, making the young Roxy frown in

disapproval.

"Shut up, you dickhead!"

"Language, missy. Your mother would scold you if she heard that."

"Mama is not here, so I can speak whatever I please."

Roxy became speechless hearing her youth was so wild behind her

parents. She glanced at Declan, who was now smiling amusedly without taking his eyes off the laptop.

"It's not fair. You know all of my childhood, but I know nothing of

yours." Roxy grumbled after pausing the video for a while.

Declan smiled wittily at her and pulled Roxy's body closer to him.

"You have plenty of time to know my youth after we got married. I'm already yours anyway." Declan brushed his nose against her, inviting a cute giggle from the girl.

Roxy resumed the video and saw her pointing her camera at the

a figure of someone who looked like her.

"That is my dearest sister. Isn't she a stunner? Hey, Kaylee, say

hi to the audience."

Kaylee turned to the camera, then ran towards a small boy and

hid behind the child.

Her behavior was very adorable because her larger frame was still

visible even though it had been hidden behind someone's back. Well, the boy was only five years old, so automatically, most of Kaylee's body was still visible.

"Kaylee, do you think I can't see you even if you hide behind

Nico?"

"Sister, turn it off. What are you doing?"

"I'm recording our day."

"We haven't even gone to the beach yet." Kaylee got to

her feet and glared at her sister. "Roxy! Behind your back."

"Ha?" The young Roxy turned around, and the camera

automatically turned around and saw a teenage boy pointing the snake's head at him, making the young Roxy jump backward.

"Damn you! Why did you bring your sneaky ugly pet?"

"Language, Roxy. Languages." warned the boy as he shook his

head resignedly. "And it's not ugly. She's pretty."

"The hell with my language! Put it down, or I will chop its head."

"Her name is Rosaline."

"What the heck? Why did you give it my name?"

"Are you stupid? Your name is Roxanne, not Rosaline."

"Put it down! Now!"

"Are you sure? I guess why not?" the boy put his favorite red

snake on the floor, and in an instant, it slithered towards the young Roxy, making the camera bearer scream and run.

And that's the end of this video session, making Roxy think back to

the young boy. She remembered… he had tricked the young man and provoked him to kill her years ago.

Now… how's that guy doing?

"Who is that boy?" Declan's question stirred Roxy's thoughts.

"He… He was an old friend."

"I don't like him."

"Yeah, me neither. But… he's a good boy. When I don't have

anyone I can trust, he's the first person I look for after my mother."

Declan frowned in displeasure, making Roxy chuckle in delight. "And

now I have you. You will be the first thing I will think of."

"That's more like it." Declan lowered his head to seek her full

lips and gave her a sweet and gentle kiss.