Chapter 320
By the bed, the two men were a bit surprised to see her burst into the room, looking so lively and eager.
“Xan, you’re so excited, huh?”
“Ah, yeah, I am.” Xanthea stumbled over her words, “After all, I’m being proposed to tomorrow, it’s a big life event.”
Ethan and Samuel exchanged a glance, their expressions complicated.
Xan was their little girl, raised from the ground up. No one understood her better than they did. They could tell she wanted to do from her actions and what she was thinking from her expressions. But this time, they couldn’t read her.
Ever since her coming–of–age party, they had noticed Xan had become distant from Matthew. She no longer clung to him, seemed indifferent to conversations with him, avoided going out with him, and was even reluctant to mention his name in front of them. Her enthusiasm from before was completely gone, and she treated him like a stranger.
They had thought she had grown tired of Matthew and would gradually break up with him.
Unexpectedly, when Matthew proposed today, she agreed without hesitation and even seemed genuinely happy!
They had noticed her odd behavior at the dinner and wanted to check if she was truly willing. But the happiness on her face when she entered the room couldn’t be faked.
“Xan, do you really like Matthew?” Samuel finally asked.
“Yeah, I do.”
Xanthea threw herself onto the big bed between them, hugging a Hello Kitty at the headboard, “I’ve liked him for so many years, haven’t 1? Why are you still asking, Samuel?”
She suddenly remembered how, when she first confessed to her family that she liked Matthew, Samuel couldn’t accept it. He kept questioning if she was joking or if she was blind.
To dissuade her, he argued with her, gave her the cold shoulder, and even tried to lock her up to stop her from
from seeing Matthew.
If only she had listened to him back then, all the tragedies wouldn’t have happened. Maybe she and Orion would have grown up together. Just thinking about it made her feel blissful.
“Because you’ve been quite cold towards him lately.”
“H was testing him.”
“Testing? Testing what?”
“Testing his patience, and also…”
The aftereffects of the red wine kicked in, and Xanthea’s head felt fuzzy. The bed beneath her felt so soft and inviting, a stark contrast
to the stiff boards in Adventure Blitz: Two Days, One Night. She was too comfortable to talk; she just wanted to sleep
“And what else?”
Seeing her evasive attitude, Samuel, feeling jealous, pinched her ear, “You were so happy when you came in, but now you’re impatient with your brothers? It is true that she who marries forgets her kin.”
“Remember how you used to love it when we’d stay up late talking and play games?”
That was a childhood pastime. Now that she was grown up, things had changed. Like having late–night calls with her Ori, listening to his rich, magnetic voice, which was even better than a midnight radio show, and falling asleep to it was just perfect!
Thinking about it, Xanthea smiled blissfully and kissed the Hello Kitty In her hand as if it were her beloved.
“Why aren’t you talking? Pretending to sleep? I heard you laugh”
Samuel pulled her closer, only to find she had really fallen asleep.
On the big bed, the young girl’s sleeping face was angelic, her cheeks flushed slightly from the wine, looking utterly adorable and melting their hearts. Samuel couldn’t help but tenderly stroke her nose, “She really fell asleep, little ingrate.”
Dan.”
Ethan gently brushed away the hair from her forehead, his gaze soft as water, “Don’t worry about anything, don’t force yourself in any way. Do whatever you want, be however you want. Your brothers are here for you. You should be the happiest girl in the whole world.”