An innocent looking mail sat there amongst many other . She tried to ignore it, told herself that she would not open it now . She had so much work pending . She seriously wasn't going to open it . No, absolutely not, for sure… . Aaaand, she clicked on it .
G'morning, My Gorgeous
As I write this mail, I wonder if it is going to bounce back to me (no, I am not giving you the idea to block my ID, that is, if you haven't already . I am only expressing my insecurity) .
First of all, I want to register a complaint . Can you please allow me a few hours of sleep at night? I understand that you wish to torment me, but if you will keep visiting me every night, won't you get tired as well? So let's both sleep for a few hours at night, hmm… at least till the time we are apart!
Jia Li, I wonder if you feel lonely sometimes . I say this because when I get tired of my loneliness, I run away from it, coward that I am . I wonder, if it comes to seek you after it can't locate me .
Do you know that I go and visit Fu, every now and then? I just want to make sure that he is still here and that you are safe . Has the wound healed fully? Does it still hurt you?
I have imagined a hundred ways in which I wish to make up for the pain that I caused you but each and every one of them sounds pathetically insufficient, just like me!
Damn, I had thought that I would make the words sound funny and delightful so that you are tempted to look forward to more of these . But the current attempt seems to be veering towards melancholy more than humour .
Forgive me for that, too! I shall try harder .
Btw, I wanted to clarify something from the previous mail . Mei Zhen and I are officially separated . I am told that she is currently enjoying the attentions of a besotted gentleman in Beijing .
Also, did I tell you that Wang Wei is in London? His father has been operated upon successfully there . Maybe you could visit him and offer support . He could use the comfort from an old friend .
On second thoughts, maybe just call him . Visitation maybe too much for my poor, jealous heart to handle . Uh… actually, I leave that call onto you . Just don't tell me about it .
More later . I am sure you have a lot of work to do . Have a good day, My Jia Li!
Yours, Always Yours
Xie Tang
Shanghai
Tang had been waiting eagerly for the hours to pass till it became morning in London . Unlike the first time, when he had been too nervous to even breathe properly, this time he had remembered to put a read receipt on the mail which he sent Jia Li . Bang at 4:05p . m . Shanghai time, his inbox pinged, indicating the arrival of a new mail . He nearly leapt onto the screen to check it and sat back on his chair with a wide grin on his face .
She had read it! Yes!!! She had read it…
In his heart, he was really unsure about his value and position in Jia Li's life currently . Gone was the suave, over confident Tang who never doubted that Jia Li could even think about someone else apart from him . As of this day, he believed that if her affection was to be mapped on a graph, he would probably be standing on the sub-zero level . He was well aware of her loathing for him, and rightly so .
But he was helpless . He loved her too much, just too much, to let her go . So, whether it was a minus position or worse, he would woo his girl till she is ready to forgive him and come back to him . Since their childhood, he had never really needed to chase her or use any tricks to charm her . She had innocently and whole heartedly given her heart to him from day one .
But now, he was going to make sure that he makes up for all those years and more . How badly he wished that he could be there with her right now, looking at her as she reads his words . Would she scrunch her eyes in anger or would she punish her lip on his behalf? He just hoped that she wouldn't be sad . His purpose of sending these mails was to slowly rebuild the bond which lay shattered as of this moment .
The words were his way of telling her that he loved her, missed her, craved her…
Chapter end
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