Wesley only had a few days of vacation to enjoy and now he was being summoned again.
Knowing that he couldn't decline this task, Wesley had no choice but to accept it. He straightened up and saluted the old leader. "Yes, sir. Thank you for your trust. I'll make sure to carry out the task successfully!"
"Good. Go back and pack your luggage. You need to set out this afternoon."
"Yes, sir!"
After coming out from the old leader's office, Wesley absentmindedly walked to a corner and took out his lighter. He groped his pockets for a cigarette, but he couldn't find one.
It dawned on him that he had quit smoking for some time now because he wanted to have a baby with Blair. Now that he was assigned with a task again and would be leaving home, he had to put his plan aside. That meant that a cigarette was in order.
He hurried back to the apartment, hoping to see Blair there. Or if possible, he wanted to have sex with her one more time before he set out.
However, the apartment was quiet. She was probably at work.
Dejected, he walked towards his bedroom to pack his luggage. When he walked through the living room, he happened to notice a glass and a box of medicine on the table.
He grabbed the box and took a closer look. To his astonishment, it was a box of birth control pills.
Upon realizing what they were, he quickly opened the box and checked it. A few pills were missing. Blair must have taken them.
In an instant, his face darkened. He desperately wanted to have a baby with Blair, but she had been secretly taking birth control pills.
Drowning in a mixture of anger and sadness, he gripped the box tightly, crumpling it, and then tossed it into the bin.
Meanwhile, Blair was handling the work that Rebecca had left behind, when suddenly she got a call from Wesley. "Come downstairs. I'm in front of your company building," he said.
Blair was perplexed. What was he doing there at this hour? "What's going on? Did something happen?"
"Yes."
Blair immediately hung up the phone and went downstairs.
She easily spotted the black Hummer and Wesley smoking a cigarette in the distance.
'Didn't he say that he would quit smoking? Why is he smoking now?' she wondered in confusion as she walked towards him.
Wesley put out the cigarette and threw it into the bin. When she was standing in front of him, he went straight to the point. "I'm being deployed to the border area of the country this afternoon."
'The border area?' "Hmm." Blair gave a slight nod, betraying no emotion on her face.
Wesley looked her in the eye and added, "I'll be gone for three to six months. It depends."
"Okay..." She still maintained her composure, but deep down, she felt like she would break into tears at any time.
Blair's nonchalant responses angered him even more, and he pulled her into his arms. "Blair, why are you taking birth control pills?"
Blair was taken by surprise. 'How...
How did he know about? Oh crap! I was in a hurry this morning. I must have left it on the table.'
However, she grinned at him sarcastically and said, "Why? Did you really want to have a baby with me? Did you forget calling me a shameless woman?"
Wesley understood what she had meant. He immediately apologized. "I'm sorry. I was angry at the time."
"Why do I take birth control pills? I think you, of all people, should know the answer." Blair looked him straight in the eye. The first time they slept together, she expected to be in his warm embrace when she woke up. But no. The first thing that welcomed her on that morning was a box of birth control pills.
Sadness filled her eyes every time she recalled that morning. Wesley saw the look on her face and instantly understood her. After a moment of silence, he said, "Are you blaming me for asking you to take the pills after our first time?"
Blair merely smiled without uttering a word.
He swallowed and explained, "I asked Niles about it. He told me that if you had gotten pregnant in that situation, the baby would be unhealthy."
"What situation?" She was confused. 'Why would the baby be unhealthy?' she wondered.
The confusion on her face silenced him. She had drugged him prior to having sex with him. It was obvious that the baby would be unhealthy if she had been pregnant. However, that was not the point now. The point was that he had to leave soon.
He hugged her tightly in his arms and his lips touched her forehead when he spoke. "Take care of yourself during my absence. Don't think too much. Please, wait for me!"
Blair couldn't help but wrap her arms around his waist as well. "Will do."
"Blair, I've told you this before, I love you. Remember that?"
"Hmm."
"Wait for me. I'll marry you when I come back. Got it?" After this task, he would prepare a formal wedding. He would then tell the whole world that she was his wife.
Blair's heart trembled a little. With mixed feelings, she nodded, "Got it."
"I've gotta go. I put a video file on your laptop. Check it when you have time." The video file was a footage of the security camera at the police station. It showed what exactly had happened between Patty and him that night. The picture quality was crystal clear and even their voices were audible.
He hoped that the video would erase all of her misunderstanding about him.
"Okay..." she said quietly.
Once he let go of her, she suddenly felt lost without his touch.
Wesley got in his car and rolled down the window. "Your car is in the parking lot of the apartment complex. The car keys are in the living room."
"Okay." She looked at him eagerly, trying to remain calm.
Giving her one last look, he nodded and started the engine.
The sound of the engine was like a goodbye to her. Blair got flustered and she called out to him, "Wesley!"
He tilted his head to look at her.
"Are you going there alone?" she asked quickly. 'Will there be a Patty Chang there?' she wondered, feeling insecure.
"No. I'm going with a group of people. All soldiers."
She hesitated and then finally mustered the courage to ask, "Will...will there be... women?"
Blair knew that if she didn't ask this question before he left, she would get paranoid about it.
Wesley smiled and said, "Yes."
Blair's face fell, seemingly upset.
"Only one woman," he added.
Whether it was one woman or two, Blair would still be worried.
"She's standing in front of me right now and I'll go to the border with her in my heart." Wherever he went, he carried her in his heart. Only Wesley knew just how much he would miss her.
By the time she understood what he meant, Wesley had already driven the car into the traffic. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she watched his car disappear into the horizon.
Once again, they found themselves torn apart.
And she had to wait for him again.
'I'll go to the border with her in my heart, ' she repeated his words in her mind. They gave her the courage to keep on waiting for him.
After Wesley left, Blair was in low spirits. In fact, she even forgot about the video in her laptop.
This time, Wesley's mission was to conduct a special training for a group of soldiers. Since he didn't go there to work undercover or fight any enemies, he had plenty of free time.
As soon as he got there, he sent Blair a text message. "Get my WeChat account out of your blacklist now."
"Okay," she replied. Then she unblocked his WeChat account.
Almost immediately, she received a WeChat message. "Please update your Moments more often." Wesley would be able to check her Moments and know more about her daily life even in the dead of night.
"Got it."
She replied to all his messages succinctly. But the truth was that she wanted to ask him a lot of questions. Had he arrived there safely? Had he settled down? How was the weather there? But she didn't have the courage to ask.
Not knowing since when, things between Wesley and Blair had changed. It seemed like they had switched roles.
In the past, Blair was the one to actively pursue Wesley. She deliberately moved to his apartment complex and became his neighbor; she always sent him messages; she was the one to make the first move and flirt with him.
But now, he was the one running after her.
The only difference was that he acted more overbearingly than she did. For instance, he had moved all her things to his apartment without even asking her and made her live with him.
He'd offered to drive her to work and then back home after work. He'd always look for a chance to kiss her.
And now, he was the one who sent her messages asking her to update her Moments more often.
Blair smiled sweetly at the thought of it. She understood his behavior because she had done that before. It was clear to her that he loved her.
Yet, she wasn't sure how long his love for her would last.
After some hesitation, Blair decided to ask her question. "Did you get there safely?"
Wesley replied to her message in a heartbeat. "Yes, I did."
She stared at the screen in a daze. Her phone beeped again. "I miss you."
Tears sprang to her eyes.
Blair didn't text back. She didn't know if she missed him or not, but she couldn't sleep a wink last night without him by her side.
It wasn't until two weeks later when Blair remembered the video file Wesley had mentioned. Since she had just clocked out from work, she quickly returned to her office to pick up her laptop.