Chapter 36 : A silent drive

In the graveyard, there was a woman in black with a white tulip bouquet in her arms walking to a specific tomb. The dark sky depicted how she felt at the moment. She bent down to put the bouquet and her hand automatically caressed the tomb. Her slender fingers pauses when they touched on certain words. "Mom", she cried.

Absorbing in her feeling, she didn't realize that there was someone standing behind her. The man only looked at her petite back crouching. He wanted to calm her down and embraced her in his arms, but he didn't do so.

After pouring out her girevances, she decided to go back. She tried to stand up but to her avail, her legs were numb as she had been kneeling for too long. Fortunately, the man was quick enough to catcth her from her fall.

She looked at the man which caused her whole body stiffened. "Xiao Yue",the man called her as affectionately as she remembered. She came back to her sense and struggled from his touch. After her succeed, she was again grabbed by the man and this time around his grip was tightened until her wrist hurt. "You've hurt me", her complaint immediately made the man loosened his grip.

"What's wrong with your face?", the man realized that her face was full of red rashed. He gently caressed her face.

"Thankyou for your care, Mr. Zhou. I'm fine.", her answer drew a clear line between them.

"Xiao Yue", the man helplessly called her, hoping that she wouldn't be so cold toward him.

Alas getting her pity, he was poured another cold water "Mr. Zhou, you have forgotten. I'm Kathy, not Xiao Yue." She really didn't want to stay there any longer thus she decided to leave "I still have things to do, I leave first."

However, the man didn't have much patience left for being ignored again and again. He had told himself that no matter what he had to talk to her about their matter that very day. So he didn't care for her screaming and pulled her into his car.

"Zhou Sheng, what are you doing?", Kathy was angered to death by his actions. Now that only both of them in his car, she couldn't hold herself any longer.

Upon hearing her calling his name, he turned his head and looked into her eyes "So, you still remember my name, Zheng Yue Wan?"

Kathy didn't bother to react, she immediately unlocked the door but Zhou Sheng was faster than her. He caught her hand and turned her to face him which allowed him to kiss her. As expected, she struggled from his kiss but it didn't mean that Zhou Sheng would let her go.

The kiss was more like a punishment for Kathy. She remembered that he ever kissed her the same way a year ago. Thinking of how much hurt she had caused him, she no longer struggled. She herself also missed him very much, but missing and loving openly were two different matters that needed to stratify clearly.

Feeling that the woman in his embrace was calming down, Zhou Sheng turned gentler as well. The fierce kiss was turned into gentle kiss which showed how much he longed for her. It took a year for him to find her. He couldn't afford to lose her for the second time. Only God knew how frustrated he was when she suddenly disappeared.

After revealing his feelings through the kiss, he then leaned his forehead against her. With the close distance, he could see clearly her pinkish face and her slighly open lips prying for more oxygen. "Don't run away any longer, okay?"

Kathy looked straight into his eyes and whispered softly. "We really need to talk."

Zhou Sheng was happy to see that she had finally agreed to sit down and talk. There were a lot of things to talk about. He would tell her what he had planned and wished for her understanding to wait for a little longer.

He patted her head gently before sat back to his seat and started the car. They didn't talk during the drive, but Zhou Sheng felt so relaxed. He couldn't remember when the last time he felt so assured, and he knew it better than anyone else that only her who could control his emotions.

She could put him at ease with her smile, or she could anger him to death with her indifference. Her cry would hurt him, and her laugh would liven up his day. For now, her presence brought him peace either in mind or in heart.

'I climb every mountain'

'And swim every ocean'

'Just to be with you'

'and fix what I've broken'

'Oh, cause I need you to see'

'Cause you are the reason'

The drive from the graveyard to the city needed at least two hours long. Feeling that it was too quiet, Kathy acted on her own accord to turn on the music to ease the silence. However, the song was too great for depicting what they currently felt. She hurt him and he hurt him, though both of them didn't do it intentionally.

She felt that turning it off would be better so she decided to do so but her hand was caught by his warm big hand which always covered hers. "Leave it be"

She was about to take her hand off of his, yet he tightened the grip. "Try what I can do if you keep on struggling." ,his words may be threatening but it was full of affectionate.

"You can't drive with one hand"

"I can."