16 Vol 1 : Ch 16 - I Love You, Goodbye

When Rei telling her goodbye, Vin stop her for the last time and told her boldly.

"Rei, can I hug you at least once?"

Rei sense that Vin notice it already so she agreed "go ahead Vin, you can hug me"

Vin hug her right away, he hug her tightly because he knows this is the last time he will see her and for the last time he want to hug her.

"So this would be the result about us, Rei?"

"I see, so you really observe and know it right away."

"Silly, who do you think me for?"

"An idiot perhaps." Then Rei become serious

"I'm sorry Vin, I was too late"

"Yeah very too late Rei but at least I heard your true feelings to me and witness how will you fight me back. Please Rei, promise me if you're really in love with someone, please hold him back, fight for him and never let him go."

"I promise Vin, thank you Vin for all these years and thank you for loving me with all your might and promise even you will not love Xue back don't hate your child at all, okay? And love the child with all your might?"

"I promise. So we we're really just a friend Rei." Both of them laugh then said together.

"I love you, Goodbye" they stop hugging, turn their back to each other and urge not to cry. Rei walking to the exit while Vin standing without moving. Xue looking to them hugging each other while they talk that enough both of them to heard their conversation while she doesn't know what they're talking about, seeing this she getting upset but when Rei passed her, she heard what Rei says and don't understand what she meant for the first sentence of her.

"Sorry Xue, it's my lose forever and please take care of Vin for me. Ah, please call you're parent's right away they we're both worried. I will help them explained but you're the one whose going to tell the truth. Byebye, my Best Friend"

Then Rei left without pausing but stop by a staff. Xue and Vin heard it clearly since they're the only the three of them as a customer and the staffs of shop.

"Oh my gosh, that lady is Lady Meng of Meng Shipping Lines and the Man is Captain Vin of Meng Shipping Lines right, Miss Pretty?" he called Rei Miss Pretty because the two of them are famous enough excluding her since she's just a normal citizen according to her.

"Yeah, you're right but please keep it a secret, you know the two of them are famous enough that they're like a media magnet wherever they go"

"Yes, yes"

"But why the three of you are here? Don't tell me Miss Pretty that you're here just to mess up the couple?"

"...." speechless and doesn't know how to reply him.

Rei already leave and nowhere to be found, the staff who's talking to her looking around and wondered when did Rei leave.

"Rei, Rei I love you Rei. I really love you Rei. Why did it become like this? Why? Now that you also love me back, how did we become like this? We didn't even start dating to each other and yet we are both like this. Why, why? I love you and you love me but why? We didn't even start but it already the end both of us. Rei, Rei I love you, I really love you Rei. What's the use of me being a captain and famous that I didn't even get hold of the woman I love so dearly."

The staff including the manager heard all of it, because of what they witness they cried until no tears comes out from their eyes including Vin.

Xue just standing there looking Vin while crying and not dared to approach him because she doesn't know what might he do to her if she approach him when his in this situation. The staff and Xue first time to witness the famous and strict captain becoming like this. All the staff who just witness it all don't know what they feel right now and they already guessed that the pretty lady who left awhile ago must be Rei and they will not end up together even they love each other because they taught that Captain Vin and Lady Meng are engage, without even knowing that's it's more complicated compared to being an engaged couple.

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Outside of the shop

Rei walk fast and stop a Taxi.

"Taxi"

The taxi stop and the driver ask, "where are you going Ma'am?"

"CL City place"

"Yes, Ma'am"

The driver is a young man that base of his looks he must the same age with her. Rei heard Vin voice suddenly because Xue is standing near him. So even Rei didn't want to see it, she still get her phone and put the other headset to her ears then open the apps that connected to a mini video recorder that she put to Xue's earrings. She knows that Xue will never take it off because the one who gave this earrings was none other than Vin, so when she comforting Xue that time, she put it right away just in case she plotted something and to be sure that she will be safe from Xue's if she's really became fully blinded by Love. She also receive the same thing but never used it because she put in a safe place as remembrance of her from Vin. After opening the apps from her phone, she witness what happened in the shop and heard every word from Vin and his crying that cause her to cry quietly, wipe her tears and wipe again then answered silently all Vin questions in just one sentence.

"Even we love each other, the two of us are not fated to be each other Vin"

The driver who saw her passenger cry, doesn't know what to do and he didn't even try to ask what happened since it's her privacy. He just let her cry and they arrive.

"We're here Ma'am"

Rei who already stop crying the moment she sense that she almost arrive but the evidence from her crying we're still obvious since her eyes and nose are both red from her crying.

"Thank you for the safe ride, Sir"

"You're welcome Ma'am.

" Here's my fare".

The driver accept the money and when his going to return the change, Rei suddenly no where to be found that cause his mind to wondered around.

"Is she a ghost? No, no she's more beautiful than to a ghost and ghost can't hold a phone, right?" after wondering his mind, he stop himself for being an idiot, compose his mind then drive the vehicle right away.