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Chapter 67

My heart will go on “Wei?” Summer sounded half asleep. “Hi. It’s me,” Diano said. “What’s up?” “Hi. What’s up? You called me!” She sounded irritated. “Where are you? Are you coming back...

Chapter 68

Afraid of myself It didn’t matter what time he slept; Oliver always woke early. He stretched an arm to switch off the alarm and then decided not to. It was yet to go off. He wanted to get out of bed and go wash his face, but Diano’s arm was spread across...

Chapter 69

A wedding Diano and Summer were seated at table number 18 at the banquet. Since both the bride and the groom were their schoolmates, it had turned into a school reunion sorts. Most of their table-mates, all western men in their middle age, were colleagues of the...

Chapter 70

Books books books The walls were lined up with shelves upon shelves upon shelves. The big hall was divided into different rows by more bookshelves. And there were books, books and more books. On the first day, Andy had been scared. He couldn’t remember seeing...

Chapter 71

Stood up at the Beijing Diano looked at his image in the mirror. He looked provocative. Following Cute’s recommendation, he was dressed in a low-cut tee shirt that displayed a good part of his chest. He wanted to look good. Cute had, somehow, managed to convince...

Chapter 72

A Storm in the office Oliver felt very tired. He wondered when the day would get over and he could go home. Sleep was all he wanted. The weekend had been short or, at least, felt like it. But it had been a satisfying one. A very wild one, in fact. On Friday night,...