True Love Waits

Chapter 673 Magical Flower Meanings

"What about red roses?" Blair asked tentatively.

Wesley hesitated and then said, "No. Not those." Even though he had little to no knowledge about the meanings of different flowers, he knew red roses meant "I love you."

They weren't a couple, so he couldn't buy her red roses.

"So much for your promise. Wesley, you don't need to come by every day..."

"Fine, I'll buy you the red roses." He finally gave in. Anyway, buying her a bouquet of red roses didn't necessarily mean they were boyfriend-girlfriend.

Blair leaned against the wall and looked at the bouquet of yellow roses in her arms. She smiled. "How about this? If you say 'I love you,' then you don't have to buy me flowers," she suggested. "No." He would rather buy the red roses than confess his love to her.

To him, the words "I love you" meant a commitment. He couldn't say them casually. He wasn't afraid of commitment-he was afraid of breaking that commitment because he was a soldier.

Blair wasn't surprised, nor was she angry. She already knew his answer even before she asked. She stood on tiptoe to draw her face near to his and whispered, "Wesley, listen. I'll go back to the apartment with you. But we can't keep doing this. I'll get tired of it, and want real love. When that happens, there will be no 'us.' We won't have a future anymore..."

He tightened his arms around her waist. Their noses touched; they could feel each other's breath, the lifting of the chest as they drew in air. After a moment of silence, he said quietly, "Blair, there are a lot of ways to love someone. Being together isn't the only way. If you're happy, so am I."

Blair felt like she had heard those words somewhere. 'Oh, right! On TV. The guy always says that to the girl,' she realized.

At the thought of it, she sighed helplessly. Wesley was so stubborn. She found it hard to communicate with him. "You don't need to buy me red roses. I like the yellow ones. They're beautiful." As she finished speaking, she pushed the man away from her and began to arrange the pressed flowers nicely.

"Go back with me." He stressed his purpose again.

Blair nodded. "Before that, answer me one question. Are you dating Garnet? I love you, but if you already have a girlfriend, I can't. I won't be the other woman."

Wesley answered succinctly, "I don't like her."

"But she likes you."

her problem," he said

the flowers to him, and began to pack her

the soldier dragging her suitcase behind

as they walked to the gate, they bumped into a couple that Wesley knew. They greeted

man, "Honey, the girl next to the Li family's son looked different from the little

man didn't find it surprising at all. He said nonchalantly, "He's from a rich and powerful family. He probably

people-go figure. Wesley has a nice figure on him. He may need more than just one to satisfy him," the woman said bluntly in front of her

"Shush! Don't talk so loud. Don't mention his name, for God's sake. If someone hears us, we could

the woman stole a look around the hotel.

car, both of them heading

Blair asked Wesley to stop at a

the red roses again. But unexpectedly, she picked up a bouquet of black cymbidium orchids. Those were pretty rare, and they caught her eye. She asked

Blair looked

can you swing by Megan's? I loved her

He cast a sidelong

she give you some advice about buying

at the black flowers she was

but when the soldier handed her a bouquet of black cymbidium, her face instantly changed abruptly. "Uncle Wesley, what..." Wesley nodded, "Yeah,

back her anger. She didn't take the flowers from

calmly, "Thank you for

going on. With a bitter

He was silent.

you know the meaning behind these

almost driven crazy by the words "meaning" and "flower." When he heard them again, he lost

leave. Megan said quickly, "It means the

could be so many different flower meanings? It was

this to me? What is she trying to say? Uncle Wesley, what did I do wrong?" Megan's pitiful sobbing

is stupid." Without turning his head around, he walked into

buy them for Blair in the first place? He was just in the middle of a flower war. Wesley didn't like what Megan