Chapter 115: Foolish Things
Xander wandered over to the couch, maintaining his look of dismay. He kept his shoulders slumped, as he lay on the cushions, pointedly making his back face Yera.
He wondered if he was a good actor. Was he convincing? Would his dear wife have pity on him? Xander knew why she was mad: he had acted like a child when he had tried to get her out of the game earlier. But could she blame him? He missed her so much. Sometimes he wished to lock the two of them alone somewhere together.
He laid completely still, waiting. This love-sick shameless guy thought to just lay pouting on the couch for a while. Yera would soon feel bad, and he would get up and join her in bed. But he had to wait for her irritation to go away first...
Yera, on the other hand, felt fidgety. She thought deeply about whether she should called Xander over, or leave him there; letting him get a taste of his own medicine. She glanced at Xander’s back one last time, before rolling over, her back to her husband.
She closed her eyes, sighing deeply. Of course she missed her husband, but this idiot really needs to learn his lesson. Right now was the worst time for him to want to cling to her, as she would be leaving. When Yera finally took Lyndon’s offer and transferred over to Life Globals group, she didn’t want Xander to suffer from her absence. Yera wanted to get used to him not being there, for her own good.
While her head buzzed full of thoughts, her body was dead tired from her busy day. After a while she easily fell asleep.
Xander on the other had, was restless. He turned around, checking on Yera.
"How can she sleep so easily with her back turned like that?" he complained, pouting.
He scratched his forehead, mulling over his options. To stay on the couch? Or join Yera on the bed?
’Will she get even more annoyed?’ He mused while his eyes fixated on their bed.
’Maybe I should use the sleepwalking excuse? Hmm.. no my darling wife is too smart for that.’