BXBX NOVEL Chapter 72: THE LINE WAS CUT OFF
Chapter 72: THE LINE WAS CUT OFF
"What are you doing here so late at night?" asked Lexus when he found Hailee in his living room.
Lexus was ready to sleep because today was so tiring without Ramon around and with that Roland Dimatrio\'s case involving Central Bank, he had to go the extra mile.
"Come here, I want to discuss something with you," Hailee called out, waving her hand and patting the space on the sofa next to her.
Lexus looked at Hailee suspiciously. "What discussion?" he asked with narrowed eyes, but immediately descended the stairs and approached this future sister-in-law of his.
He wore a white T-shirt and training pants to sleep, just like Ramon.
"What?" Lexus asked curiously as he slumped himself on the sofa next to Hailee who was staring at him.
"So this is…" Hailee started, she cleared her throat to raise her voice and drive away the nervousness. "I just want to know... I just want to know," she emphasized her words. "Usually Ramon would be still awake at this time or will he be already asleep?"
Lexus frowned, but then he glanced at the clock. It was ten o\'clock in the evening, which meant that Ramon must have finished with all his meetings.
"At this time, he would be usually checking a few things before going to bed," Lexus replied.
"Has he not called you all day?" Hailee asked again.
"Of course he called me," Lexus said. Ramon called him twice today to scold him because things didn\'t go his way and Lexus sent the wrong data.
"What did you two talk about?" Hailee leaned over. Ramon called Lexus, but didn\'t call her… this fact annoyed Hailee a little.
"It\'s a boring job," Lexus replied, still wondering where this conversation was going.
"Then… Did he…" Hailee looked hesitant to ask, also couldn\'t help but to have to do it. Otherwise it would be a waste for her to come here. "Did he ask about me?"
Hailee was a little bit reluctant to admit that she was upset. Ramon didn\'t contact her at all. Did Ramon wish she\'d called him first?
"No," Lexus answered immediately. He remembered very well, apart from scolding him for sending the wrong data, Ramon didn\'t mention about Hailee at all.
"No?"Hailee\'s tone turned sharp and this caused suspicion in Lexus.
"Hold on," Lexus said, raising his hand before Hailee could ask again. "Actually, what do you want to discuss with me?"
Being stared at by Lexus made Hailee remember Ramon\'s probing gaze, although it didn\'t have the same scary effect as his older brother, but still Hailee was a little uncomfortable.
"Well..." Hailee exhaled heavily. "This afternoon Ramon and I had a little fight. "Hailee pointed out by flicking the tip of her index finger to indicate how small their fight was. "But this afternoon he sent me a new cell phone and his number."
"Then?" Lexus seemed to have guessed where this conversation was going now.
"But, until now Ramon hasn\'t called me..." said Hailee finally in a resigned voice.
"Geez, Hailee!" Lexus slapped his forehead quite hard. To think that their swirling chatter had only such a simple essence. "You can call him first!"
"Shh! Lower your voice!" Hailee exclaimed fiercely, she cast her gaze all over this spacious living room, but fortunately didn\'t find anyone eavesdropping.
"There are only a few servants here," said Lexus without lowering the volume. "I like to be alone." Yes, Lexus only live alone because their mother lives in a different house, although they were still in the same scope.
"Still," Hailee said grumpily.
"Now tell me." Lexus adjusted his seat and stared at Hailee carefully. "Why don\'t you call my brother first?"
"I told you earlier, your brother and I had a fight this morning." Then Hailee added. "A little fight."
"During the two years together, this wasn\'t your first fight, was it?" Lexus asked.
It was impossible in a relationship that long, the two of them never had a clash. Lexus wouldn\'t believe it.
"Well, we had…" Hailee said slowly while playing with the cellphone in her hand. "I just want to know, if I call him now, will he be annoyed?"
Hearing that, Lexus could only sigh. "If you expect him to call you now, even if all the polar ice melts, he won\'t. There are only one person he cares about in this world."
"Who?" Hailee asked curiously.
"Me." Lexus pointed to himself with pride. "Wherever he goes, he must call me."
Hearing Lexus\' answer, Hailee rolled her eyes dramatically. "He called you about work. Does he care about what you do?" Hailee replied sarcastically.
Lexus took a sharp breath, as if something had stabbed into his chest. "Your words really hurt, girl."
"Facts hurt, brother," Hailee replied.
For a moment, the two of them looked at each other sarcastically, before finally Lexus gave up. "Come on, just call him. He must be still awake. "
"No," Hailee refused. "Who knows he\'s sleeping now and gets angry at me later when I call him."
"Then what do you want?" asked Lexus again, feeling dizzy about his brother\'s love affair. As long as Lexus could remember, he had never had to face a trivial problem like this, but again, the relationships he had been in never got to a serious stage right up to marriage...
"You call him first," Hailee suggested. "If he\'s not sleeping yet, I\'ll call him after you."
"What?" Lexus looked at Hailee in disbelief. "I don\'t want to," he rejected.
"I\'ll cook dinner for you." Hailee tried to persuade him.
"Okay." And Lexus agreed immediately.
Seeing how easy it was to persuade Lexus, before even Hailee tried a second time, made her stare at this man in disbelief. "You have no stand, so easy to persuade."
Lexus shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and pulled his cellphone out of his trouser pocket. "I think I can be easily persuaded with good food."
"Alright…" Hailee said resignedly and sat closer to Lexus who was contacting Ramon and when he pressed the loudspeaker sign, a dialer tone could be heard in this living room.
If contacting his brother could get Lexus to taste Hailee\'s cooking again, of course it\'s worth it.
"Yes?" Ramon\'s voice could be heard from the other side.
"Bro, are you sleeping?" asked Lexus.
"Not yet," replied Ramon curtly.
"Have you had dinner?"
It turned quiet.
Then, after a while there was a long tone, indicating that the telephone connection had been disconnected.
Hailee and Lexus: "..."