989: Manual Of Life

Manual Of Life

To be honest, even Raelle knew she was being impetuous last night. And this kind of impetuousness was new to her. She had only done it twice in her life. And both times it was for her husband. Last time, she left everything and decided to go and find her husband just because he was missing her and wanted to see her. And this time, it was again him who made her forget everything else.0

But there was no such thing as regret in Raelle's life. She wouldn't feel that she had done anything wrong. In fact, she was very happy.

Cloe's phone rang and she looked at the screen bitterly.

"What's up?"

Cloe looked up at her, "It's all your doing. These people keep calling me to confirm if the news is true. And since we announced in such a high-profile manner that you're getting married to Master Xian, now they are calling to say congrats. As if I don't understand their purpose!"

At this moment, Raelle gave herself a mental pat on the shoulder. It's good to not keep her work phone with her. Who would have the patience to deal with all these phone calls? Of course, she didn't. Even if she was a patient person, it doesn't mean she could deal with all these troublesome calls.

Seeing Raelle, Cloe knew all too well that her Chief didn't sympathize with her right now. At this moment she decided to seriously look for some assistants for Raelle. And one of those individuals had to be specifically for taking calls. 

"I'm gonna take this call, excuse me," said Cloe as she turned to leave.

"You can leave now," said Raelle. 

"Ok," agreed Cloe and left.

Before Raelle had the time to do anything else, her phone's ring caught her attention. She put down the tv's remote control on the coffee table and went to her bedroom. She found the phone on the side table and took it.

Seeing the caller id, she was reminded she seemed to have forgotten to inform this explosive news to her best friend. And her best friend could get petty. No, he was just dramatic enough to act petty with her.

Preparing herself mentally, she took the call, "Hi, Hyson!"

There was silence on the other side which was unexpected. When did this chatterbox learn to be silent? Odd. So odd.

"Do you expect me to read your silence?"

There came a snicker from the other side, "You're good, Ellie. Your wings have hardened, eh? Or is it that I have lost my value? You're keeping secrets from me? Me? How dare you?!"

Raelle leisurely put the phone on speaker as she walked back to the living area and sat down on the couch. She took the remote control and turned to watch a wildlife documentary.

"I'm talking to you," said Hyson. "Now, you're not even answering me?"

"I'm waiting," she replied.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Waiting for when you're gonna drop your act," she added.

Hyson went silent when he heard that and sighed to himself helplessly, "Not all of it is an act though. I'm mad. Do you know how much of a fool I seemed when I knew nothing about my best friend's high-profile proposal? I had to find it out from others. Not only that, even people on social media know more than me. It hurts my heart."

"Now, that's a lie," said Raelle. "How can anyone know more than you? People on social media only know that I'm proposing to Xian. But you know that I'm already married to Xian. Which phase of my relationship is a secret from you?"

"This! This phase where you got on your knee in front of everyone!" he shouted. "You fool! If you told me, wouldn't I have brainstormed with you to come up with a better place and better idea for the proposal? How can you do it so casually?"

"Even if the whole world thinks it was a casual proposal, do you also think it was really casual?" asked Raelle calmly.

Hyson pursed his lips as he leaned against the railing behind him and closed his eyes for a brief moment. Casual? How could it be casual? If it was Raelle Xiang who did it, it couldn't be just a casual proposal. It meant she put all her heart into it. In fact, if she had really planned a grand proposal that'd have been so unlike her. 

"You really give me worry all the time," he said.

"Are you sure about that?" 

"Positive!" he shot back. "Don't argue with me. I'm already mad."

"Oh? So what do you want me to do right now?"

"You can coax me," he suggested happily.

"You wish."

Hyson's face turned ugly when he heard that and rolled his eyes since she couldn't see it anyway. "Okay, don't coax me. I'll look for my mothers if I need coaxing. And for you... You just share the details. I need all the details!"

"You're getting obsessed with gossip."

"Someone said if I want to become a part of this industry, I should keep up with the latest gossip," he replied righteously. Only he could find such a grand reason to gossip. "Now, stop with the suspense. I want to know everything. My best friend is getting married. I have to know all the inside information."

"Your best friend is married for months," reminded Raelle once again.

"It's different," he yelled back. "That marriage was just because Raelle Xiang thought at a certain age she had to get married. It's like the cycle of life. You're born, you study, you get a job, then you get married, then you have kids and then you get old and get a few illnesses along the journey and then you die. The end. Wasn't that your idea of life?" He took a pause and added, "In all of that, love, feelings, nothing was involved. It was just you following the manual of life you got from who knows where. And now, I'm gonna ask you once again, Ellie, do you think there really is a manual of life?"

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