Chapter 242 - Schemer
Chapter 242 – Schemer
"So, what did you hear?" he inquired.
"When Hyson asked about your divorce, I was there," she answered honestly. It's not like she wanted to act like a thief back then. It was all because of Hyson for asking that question at the very moment, she got there.
"No wonder, Yue Fai asked me that question out of nowhere," said Shui Xian in understanding. He was finally able to understand why Hyson asked that question. "Your best friend is really cunning."
"He always had been," replied Raelle.
"It doesn't matter whether you heard that or not," he told that to her. "It wasn't like it was a secret. And even if it was some kind of a secret, you are allowed to know it." He stood up as he added, "Because you're my wife."
Raelle followed him as she asked, "So, you don't mind it?"
"I don't," he answered. He tucked her hair behind her ear, "Have you been feeling guilty about it? Is that why you've been so silent?"
"I don't know if it's guilt or not, but it didn't feel good for sure," she told him.
Shui Xian smiled at her lovingly as he led her to the other side of the park. There was a ferry docked and people were getting on it. Shui Xian also took Raelle with him on to the cruise ferry.
"It seems like coming here wasn't out of the blue. You had it all planned."
Shui Xian didn't hide it as he nodded his head, "Indeed, I thought we could have dinner on a cruise tonight." He first took her to the deck and they stood there looking at the brightly lit nightscape. "Did you hear anything else?"
"For instance?"
Shui Xian tried to find something in her eyes and ended up sighing as he shook his head, "Forget it." He took a pause to contemplate something before saying, "Don't think that the reason I don't talk about my previous relationship is that I miss her. It's nothing like that. You said you're not interested in knowing about my previous relationship or how or why it ended. That's why I don't talk about it."
"I still am not curious to know," she answered. "I might be more interested in knowing… Did you ever regret agreeing to marry me?"
"Nope. Not even for a second!" he answered firmly. "I don't have that many regrets in my life. There is only a short life, what's the point of having so many regrets? I neither regret loving my ex-wife nor did I ever regret divorcing her. Even if that relationship hurt me, I still can't regret it. When I don't even regret that how can regret having you by my side?" He touched her nose like he usually did as he added, "They say after every adversity one is blessed with good fate. In a way, you are my good fate."
"You can't be the judge of that so soon," said Raelle.
"Actually, there is one thing I do regret," he continued after a minute. "But that has nothing to do with you."
"What do you regret?" she asked.
"That special wedding ring of my mother's, I used it to propose to my ex-wife. I regret not getting it back. That ring holds a deeper meaning to Bà and yet, I can't get it back for him."
"Do you want me to get it back for you?"
"And how will you do that?" asked Shui Xian in amusement.
"Don't underestimate your wife. I'm very capable."
Shui Xian laughed heartily, "As if I don't know that." He looked into her eyes with a gentle gaze, "This confidence of yours is the reason, I've fallen in love with you." Raelle blinked at him blankly as he went on, "I can already tell you heard me say that to Yue Fai. I wanted to choose a good moment to say this to you but then again, any moment is good enough as long as you're with me. So, I'll just say it… Raelle Xiang, I have fallen in love with you."
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
All of a sudden, the sky lit up with colorful fireworks that decorated the night sky in beautiful colors. Raelle looked at the sky and then looked at him, "You did it?"
"I did not," replied Shui Xian innocently. "This firework show has nothing to do with me. But that's true that I knew it'll happening tonight."
"I didn't notice before but Hubby, you're quite a schemer," said Raelle.
Shui Xian shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "You can't blame me for that. I have to be a schemer to get my wife."
"I'm already your wife though," she reminded him.
Shui Xian hugged her in his arms as he whispered close to her ear, "I'll say the same words to you that I said to Yue Fai. I don't think I'll ever get tired of loving you all on my own. As you once said, a relationship doesn't just need love to work out. Love can be just an added bonus."
"Are you changing your beliefs for me?" she asked him.
"No, I'm trying to understand your beliefs instead," he answered. "And I don't think there is anything wrong with trying to understand my wife. After all, it's all for the sake of our relationship."
"And earlier you said I'm turning into a sweet mouth. Why don't you check your own? Yours is sweeter than ever."
Shui Xian laughed at her and said, "Let's go inside. It's time for dinner."
"By the way, you own an airplane but you made me board a public cruise. Don't tell me you don't own a cruise ship."
Shui Xian licked his lips and feigned a cough before saying, "I do own it. But I thought it'd be going overboard."
Raelle looked at the buffet hall that only had the two of them on the third floor and she gave him a look, "And yet you didn't think it was overboard to get the whole floor to ourselves. You even asked our chefs to make this buffet."
"Baby, how do you figure that out as well?"
Since he knew that she didn't enjoy food from outside, he had indeed asked the house chefs to prepare all this. And yet, he got caught. It was really difficult to hide things from her.