"I let Donovan hugged me because I could see that that hug was only because he was thankful for me being alive. It wasn"t a hug that encompa.s.ses other feelings even though he still loves me. I wouldn"t have let him hug me if it meant something else. It is just like the hugs that I had with everyone else when I first came back."
"Although he still loves me, I can see that the love now isn"t as strong as in the past, especially after I told him that you are the only one that I will love and will always love. He knows that none of us can control how we feel, and he knows that he doesn"t have any chance with me. Right now, the main reason why he wants to help us is that he feels guilty. He wants to do something to make up for the past and whatever that Poker had done. Be it to me, to my parents, Ying Ying, you or everyone else. He wants to do something to reduce the sins. He wants to go back to what he was before he became part of Poker."
"So, the main reason is that he wants to make up for the past doings of Poker instead of his love for you?"
Jing Mo Chen buried his face in the crook of Mo Xi"s neck again.
"Mm. Mo Chen… I want to help him one last time. However, I won"t be near him. I will stay far away from him. I only intend to let Valerie and Xue Yue do the job of helping him."
Mo Xi knew that it was unfair of her to help Donovan when she knew what he felt for her. However, because she could see that the love wasn"t as strong, and she had already found the right person for him. Hence, she didn"t want to make him suffer unfairly any more than he had.
Jing Mo Chen hold around Mo Xi tightened once more because of her words, and her heart ached because she didn"t want to make him feel so insecure.
Mo Xi put down the spatula and turned around to face Jing Mo Chen fully. She hooked her hands around his neck while he interlocked his fingers behind her back. She looked into his eyes deeply before her hands moved to cup his cheeks.
"You have to know that you are the only one that I love and will always love, of course, except for our parents and children. However, the love for them is different. I promise that I will keep my distance from Donovan because I don"t want him to affect our relations.h.i.+p in any way. I know you don"t like him to be near me, so I will not be near him. I can promise you that I am only helping him because he was there for me in my childhood and that he is willing to help us now despite the fact that Poker is his family. Moreover, it requires a lot of courage and determination to go against the only family that he has. Hence, I think it is only right for me to help him."
Mo Xi buried her head in Jing Mo Chen"s chest once she finished talking. However, he lifted her head once again and kissed her lips before he rested his head against her head. He tightened his arms around her body, and they swayed from left to right.
Jing Mo Chen then spoke to Mo Xi while they were still in that position, "I know you love me, and I know why you want to help him because I also intend to help him after you told me that he was willing to help us. However, I just don"t like you being near him. Now that you promised you would keep your distance and let the others help him instead, then we will help him together. Since he is willing to put his life in danger to make up for the mistakes, then let"s help him."
The reason why Jing Mo Chen wanted to help Donovan was that he knew Donovan was forced into doing a lot of things. He had heard a lot from Valerie and Cayden, and so he knew Donovan actually had a good heart. Now that Donovan wanted to help them, then he, too, decided to help Donovan.
Mo Xi smiled happily as she really missed the time that they had spent together. She then hugged Jing Mo Chen tightly before she kissed his lips.
"Thank you for coming to my life. I love you."
"Dummy. I love you. Thank you for coming to my life."
She then switched off the electric stove and walked towards the cabinet to get a plate to put the vegetables while Jing Mo Chen was still hugging her.
After she Mo Xi had plated all the vegetables, meat and fish, she then turned around and kissed Jing Mo Chen"s lips once more, "Go wash your hands, dinner"s about to be ready. Tell Ying Ying and the others that dinner"s ready."
Although it was still quite early as it was before 7 p.m., they still decided to have dinner since their dinner time was never fixed. Besides, they had a long day today, and so they were tired and hungry already.
Jing Mo Chen walked out but came back in again. He then pulled Mo Xi into his arms once again and planted a kiss on her forehead before he went to wash his hands. Once he was back, he went to the other rooms to get Xue Yue, Yang Zhen Ying, Valerie, Vincent, Tyler, and Feng Rui. Meanwhile, Mo Xi set up the table for their dinner.
Yang Zhen Ying came back with a broad smile on her face and hugged Mo Xi tightly, "Sister-in-law!"
Mo Xi bent down while she laughed and brushed her fingertips across Yang Zhen Ying"s nose, "What were you playing? Why are you so excited and happy?"