<b>Chapter </b><b>73 </b>
He sounded quite shy, and his voice was slightly hoarse. Nevertheless, he sounded good for his age.
“Nobody,” Laura said, displeased. She lowered her head and ate her bread.
Zayn smiled and asked, “I don’t have any money to buy food. Can I have your bread?”
Laura looked down and said with a huff, “Take it. I don’t have an appetite anyway.”
Zayn grinned, revealing his little canine tooth. “Why don’t you have an appetite?” He stared at her.
Laura frowned.
It was because no one wanted to be friends with her.
She did not even know the reason. Everyone disliked her the moment she arrived.
Likewise, she had very few friends back at the orphanage.
Before Zayn came along, everyone referred to Laura as the daughter of a murderer, and no one wanted to y
with her.
With Zayn around, people began to be willing to y with her, as Zayn stood up for her.
However, those people were unwilling to share a table with her, even though they did not know her secret.
It was all because Mandy and Julia disliked her.
Hence<i>, </i>everyone else disliked her too.
She was dejected. “I miss my friend.”
Laura thought, “If Zayn were here, he might sit opposite me and grab the food from my te.”
Although Zayn had a bad temper, he never made Laura sad, let alone made her feel lonely.
Zayn knitted his brows almost imperceptibly, and his expression flickered with aplicated smile. “So, which
friend do you miss? What’s his name?”
Laura put the bread down, her appetite gone. Lifting her head, she said gloomily, “Zayn.”
Zayn’s eyes widened.
She gazed at the window<i>, </i>seemingly in deep thought. “I miss him so much.”
Suddenly, the person sitting opposite her uttered in a deep voice, “Zayn misses you too.”
She sniffled sadly and looked across the table, her eyes glistening with tears. “How did you know-”
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Her words stopped abruptly.
Astonished, Laura stared at the person in front of her, her eyes widening in surprise.
Zayn looked at her with a smile. There was a twinkle in his eyes. “Because I am Zayn.”
She sprang to her feet in an instant, shocked.
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Zayn was still holding her bread in his hand. He gave her a goofy smile and said, “I didn’t expect this, Laura. You used toin about me all the time at the orphanage. I didn’t realize you’d miss me so much that you’d cry
when I’m not around.”
Laura was at a loss. She felt a surge of emotions and instinctively teared up. “Why are you here?”
She thought, “He should be at the orphanage, waiting to be adopted.”
Zayn put the bread down and gazed at her with a smile. “We agreed to meet when we reach the pinnacle of life,
but I thought it would be better to climb up to the top with you rather than just meet there. So, I came to see you.”
Although she did not quite understand what he had said, she instantly burst into tears and threw herself into his
arms.
“Zayn!”
She was so happy that Zayn, who had always been by her side and taught her how to defend herself, was right
beside her.
Her tears flowed like a floodgate that had been opened, and she started sobbing while burying her head in his
arms.
Zayn cast a gentle yet focused gaze at her. He patted her back with one hand while caressing her head with the
other.
He did not say a word.
Instead, he merely lowered his head and leaned against hers, taking in her presence and allowing her body scent
to waft into his nose.
He mused, “She smells so good and feels so soft too.”
Zayn closed his eyes and felt an unspeakable sense of calmness within him.
At that moment, it seemed he was born to hold her in his arms.
Laura looked at him and eximed, “Zayn, this is awesome! You don’t have to worry about being homeless
anymore. You have a home now, right?”
Zayn’s dark eyes reflected her face. He raised his hand to wipe her tears away, saying, “Yes.”
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Overjoyed, Laura cried, “That’s great!”
Zayn held her hand tightly while using his other hand to wipe the tears off her face and then nodded. “Indeed!”
He thought, “It’s great that I can be by your side.”