'She isn't that kind of a person.'
Looking at the disapproval on his mother's face, Hyson smiled. "So what if she isn't that kind of a person? It's the truth that it's my stubbornness that allowed me to walk into her life. Maybe I'm a little selfish. She won't walk away but if I forgot her, I might walk away. After all, I don't want to go through the process of understanding Raelle Xiang all over again."
Xiang Wai felt something was wrong with what he just said and asked in a small voice, "Why? Why don't you want to know her again?"
"Because it's painful," he answered with a very serious look in his eyes. Xiang Wai was startled by the look in his eyes. She suddenly felt like his sunny disposition that she was familiar with was but just an illusion he had created. She felt uncomfortable with not just the look in his eyes but also his words.
