BXBX NOVEL Chapter 74: TO SEE YOU FALL ASLEEP
Chapter 74: TO SEE YOU FALL ASLEEP
"Well…" Hailee said softly, shuffling around to give her brain enough time to assemble the right words. "I wish you called me."
In the end, Hailee couldn\'t think of a proper excuse and preferred to be honest. She then closed her eyes while twisting the ends of her hair which she tied on top of her head. Waiting for Ramon\'s response to her bold statement.
However, after waiting for a while, Ramon did not respond. Instead, Hailee heard the sound of something rubbing and clinking.
"Ramon? What are you doing?" Hailee asked.
"My dinner has just delivered," said Ramon.
It seemed that the sounds Hailee heard earlier were the ones when Ramon put his plate on the table and a glass of water for him.
"Oh," Hailee muttered. It was not wrong that Lexus had asked if Ramon had eaten or not, because it was already late like this, and he was just about to start his dinner. "Then just turn off the phone so you can eat."
"No, speak up," said Ramon. "I\'m busy this afternoon so I didn\'t call you."
This was just shocking!
Hailee raised her eyebrows when she heard Ramon\'s explanation. Actually, the girl expected that Ramon would say; he should have called her first. Hailee did not expect Ramon to provide this kind of explanation.
"Oh, it\'s okay…" Hailee cringed at her negative and superficial thoughts. Even from a distance, Ramon could embarrass her. "Is it okay for you to speak while you eat?" Hailee asked worriedly. Some people don\'t like having a chat while eating, right?
But, then Hailee heard a notification sound from her cellphone, and when she saw, it turned out that Ramon was asking for the call to be turned into a video call.
Instantly Hailee tried to groom herself as best she could to not look too disheveled. She nervously combed her hair and remembered that she was far from \'presentable\'.
For some reason, Hailee didn\'t think about wearing tidier clothes when she visited Lexus\'s house. She only came in wearing her yellow pajamas with her hair tied over her head.
It was only after Hailee managed to put back her messy hair ties into place that she accepted the video call.
This was their first video call and somehow Hailee felt like a teenager who was being called by her boyfriend. Although that wasn\'t entirely wrong ...
"Yes?" Hailee looked at Ramon through her cell phone screen. There it appeared that the man was enjoying his dinner; breaded lamb breast. It looked good…
Because eating that type of food required both hands, so Ramon leaned back his cellphone so that he faced Hailee, as if they were on the same table.
"You wore that to Lexus\'s house?" Ramon stopped eating. His forehead creased looking at the pajamas Hailee was wearing.
"Lexus\'s house is close by." Hailee tried to find an excuse. Then from the corner of her eye, she could see the maid who had been asked to clean the guest room, had come out and when their eyes met she smiled and nodded, as if saying that Hailee could use the room.
"Next time wear a jacket," Ramon said in a flat tone and continued his delayed meal.
"Okay," Hailee said cheerfully, as she walked toward her room.
She never thought that calling Ramon was actually this easy, if she knew it would be like this, she\'d have already called him and wouldn\'t bother looking for Lexus.
However, Hailee was also confused, what was she really afraid of? Why should she be nervous when she called Ramon?
Hailee\'s eyes quickly roamed around the guest room in Lexus\'s house and since there was nothing special, because this room was the same as the rooms in Ramon\'s house, she immediately walked over to the bed and sank into it.
"Is your food good?" Hailee asked as she wrapped herself in a blanket.
Ramon looked thoughtful for a moment. "Not as good as your cooking."
"Really?" Hailee raised her eyebrows in a questioning tone. She didn\'t expect Ramon to say that.
What\'s wrong with Ramon? His mood today seemed really good. Was the meeting going really well and was he getting a big provit so he could act this cute? Whatever the reason might be, Hailee liked this version of Ramon.
"Hm," replied Ramon as he put a piece of meat in his mouth. "Before you called me, who else did you call?" he asked suddenly.
"No one," Hailee replied immediately, because that was the truth. She hadn\'t called anyone before.
"Hm," Ramon muttered again, looking satisfied. Whether it\'s because of the food or because of Hailee\'s answer, no one knew for sure.
Then a thought crossed Hailee\'s head. "But, after this I\'ll call Ian."
Hailee didn\'t mean to call Ian after this, she just wanted to tease Ramon. Maybe she\'d call Ian in the next few days, not now.
However, seeing how Ramon was glaring at her made Hailee want to laugh, therefore, she covered half of her face under the blanket.
Hailee thought, Ramon will be pissed off and angry again like this morning, but it\'s not the case. After staring at Hailee fiercely, Ramon asked a question completely far from what Hailee expected.
Ramon was full of surprises tonight.
"I\'ll be home tomorrow afternoon," Ramon told Hailee. "What do you want me to bring?" he asked after putting down his glass.
"Oh, there\'s no need." Hailee then smiled a little as she said her next few words. "Having you back safe and sound is enough for me."
And Ramon smiled when he heard that. A smile that really touched his eyes, making his coldness seem to melt a little.
After the chat during the meal, most of which were Hailee telling stories and asking questions, Ramon moved over to his table and started to open the laptop while Hailee was already starting to yawn from being sleepy.
"You won\'t sleep?" Hailee asked when she saw Ramon checking some emails casually.
"I just ate, how could I sleep." Ramon said without looking at Hailee, but he could tell that the girl had yawned several times.
It was very late into the night and Ramon liked these hours, when he could think more clearly without being distracted, and Hailee could be described as \'distraction\'.
However, it seemed that Ramon didn\'t mind at all.
"I\'m sleepy and you still want to work, so I\'ll just turn it off..." Hailee said in between her yawns.
"No, just leave the video on," Ramon forbade her.
"You mean you want to see me sleep?" Hailee asked, her brain slowing down due to sleepiness.
"Yes," replied Ramon in a calm voice. "I want to see you sleep."
Wait, he\'s not just trying to make sure I don\'t call Ian, is he?