Closer Than I Thought

"Come and play with it..."

"It's so white and fluffy!"

"So cute!"

Xiu's comments were making Darren's head dizzy. Especially the mushy gushy words he couldn't make sense of. Why wasn't she even noticing that her excitement wasn't being reciprocated? And the blame goes to that samoyed puppy in her hands. 

Earlier when they were supposed to leave, Xiu out of nowhere saw the puppy outside the hotel and jumped down from Darren's back. And when Darren found the cause of her excitement he could only curse his luck.

Okay, let's clear one thing... Darren hated dogs just as much Dylan did if not more. Both best friends liked keeping their distance from dogs for years now and yes, they had the reason for that as well. But he was not willing to share that embarrassing story with Xiu right now. So, he couldn't only use other tactics to get her away from the dog who by the way was now taking liberties with his girlfriend!

"Sweets, let's go home."