Woman of Intelligence (Book 2 in the series)

Chapter 42

Liang was lying on his bed, doing some work on his laptop. Riya was busy taking a shower in her room. She was really exhausted from the investigation and from the flight journey. Lucky, the team decided to come back earlier than they expected to come back. Liang closed his laptop and placed it on the floor. He slammed his head on his pillow while looking at ceiling. Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from Riya's rooms. He looked at the door for a minute. The voice was getting louder. That was strange because he heard the shower running not long ago. He got up slowly from his bed and walked to her room. The voice was getting louder and louder as he was walking. Liang stopped by the door.

"Okay, no he still doesn't know about. I need to surprise him on Christmas Day. Thank you for keeping this a secret. Bye.", she hung up the call.

Liang was curious on who she was talking to so secret and what she was going to tell him on Christmas Day. Was that her new boyfriend or a new friend?  He knocked on her door to grab her attention. Riya flinched a bit then turned around in a speed. She held her phone by her chest. He could sense that she was really hiding something.

"Who were you talking to?", he asked, walking into her room.

"No...one.", she mumbled her words.

He raised his brow because he did not believe her. "Really?", he was coming close to her.

"Yeah.", she lied.

"Then why did I heard voices in your room?", he stopped two meters away from her.

She was out of excuses. "I practicing my fake voice. To make sure that no one recognizes the difference.", that was a valid excuse.

Liang knew she was talking with her original voice. He did not want this issue to go on for hours. Plus, he wanted to give her some rest because she just came back. He slotted his hands in his track pants pocket.

"Good point. Why don't you get some rest? We can sleep together since I did miss you.", he was being honest and still had no encouragement to tell her.

"Wow, that's the first time someone told me that.", she was surprised.

"Really.", he walking towards her with his hands in his pockets.

"Yep. Before we sleep, can I have a snack? I didn't eat anything before we left Los Angeles."

"That's long hours of starving yourself."

"Because I don't want to eat to much then suffer during the flight journey.", she made a good point.

"Okay. Mama did make food and dessert earlier. There are some in the fridge.", he let out his arm.

She scooped herself into his arm. They walked together out of the room. She really did miss the decorations she and Liang did together. They walked down the stairs to go to the main kitchen.

" To be honest, I really did miss home.", she spoke and looked at him.

"Really. Don't you miss me flirting with you."

"You know what I mean."

"Yeah, I know."

"I also miss eating dinner with you. It was so lonely in Los Angeles. But Sebastian did make it awkward sometimes.", she shook her head.

"Oh yeah. And you have to come up with an excuse that I was your fake boyfriend. Good excuse though.", he stroked her head.

"Our first meeting was very awkward and I really don't want to talk about it."

They were in the main kitchen. Liang went to the fridge to grab the food.

"And I already know what you mean.", he took out one container at a time. "Mama made Vietnamese food for supper."