[2] GLORY

Chapter 257

Chapter 257: Do you miss home?

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Edited by apricot, @babyybluebear
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Xie He turned around with a dark expression. “This is my hotel room.”

Any male who witnessed this would be hit with the impulse to beat someone up.

This was solid proof that God Xie had the brashness of a straight male dialled up to the maximum.

When greeted late in the evening by the sight of a blonde bombshell with a slender waist in a form-fitting halter dress that accentuated her sexy shoulders, the sole person who could still pull such a dour expression was God Xie.

Not only was his expression dark; his tongue was just as cutting. “Get out.”

He went straight for driving her out.

It was fortunate that EVE’s players were not around, or else fanboys of Coach Echo would have ripped God Xie from limb to limb!

Echo’s red lips curved minutely as she dismissed his words. “Do you have a cigarette?”

Xie He’s eyelids twitched and glared at her fiercely. “Get out!”

Echo moved, however, it wasn’t to leave the room but rather, to join him at the window.

Her dainty, pale elbows rested on the railing. The evening wind breezed through the hair tucked behind her ear, sending a burst of sweet fragrance wafting into other people’s nostrils.

Xie He frowned.

Although he didn’t open his mouth again, Echo was able to supply a live translation: “Be a bit more self-aware, woman.”

God Xie had just had his secret thoughts spoken aloud, however, instead of getting embarrassed, God Xie’s glare only became fiercer.

Echo laughed and leaned slightly to the side, tapping a manicured fingernail to the furrow between his brows. Her voice was mellow. “I’m seven years older than you.”

Xie He raised his brows. “So what.”

Echo smiled merrily. “I have no interest in little boys.”

Xie He: “…………”

The two words ‘little boy’ were taboo. If it hadn’t been Echo who had said that, anyone else would have disappeared from the balcony of the 22nd floor by now.

Despite all the years that they’d known each other, Xie He still didn’t have any means to deal with Echo.

Since he couldn’t win this battle of words, he simply pursed his lips.

He couldn’t drive her out, anyway. As EVE’s coach and manager, Echo had a room card for all the players’ hotel rooms and could come and go as she pleased.

Xie He ignored her existence and continued gazing out the window into the night.

Echo also fell silent for a while, accompanying him as they looked over a city that seemed both old and unfamiliar to her.

“This is your home.”

It had been a long while, when the air was already filled with the intoxicating scent of her perfume, that she suddenly spoke.

It was not a question but a statement.

“Mm.”

It was a very light and low hum that neither confirmed nor denied anything. Xie He was still wearing a poker face, as though that sound hadn’t come from him.