Spades & Hearts

Crack

Crack [poker term]: Cracking cards means overcoming a strong hand with a weaker one.

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Chanyeol [21.18]: Jongin was there. I met him. You were right about him starting to make another move. We'll discuss this again later. I'm on the way home.

Yixing sighed then looked back at the mirror after putting his phone aside. He winced when he dabbed the gauze on the cut on his lower lip. A knock on the door was heard when he was throwing away the used gauze.

"Come in." He loosened his tie and tossed it to the bed before walking to his drawer to pull out a change of clothes.

He heard the door creaked opened.

"You okay?" Suzy's voice startled him.

Whipping his head to the door where she was standing by, he stared at her with slightly rounded eyes. "Oh!" He bobbed his head before answering, "Yeah."

Suzy nodded; her eyes found the ground. She bit down her lip and tapped her pouch with her index finger. Yixing softly chuckled while taking out his clothes from the drawer.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" He asked.

"Uh. No." Suzy shook her head and cleared her throat. "I just..." Her eyes darted to the ground again. "Thanks for following me back there," she mumbled then briefly glanced at him while taking a breath. "I'll go up and rest," she told him and quickly turned around shutting the door behind her.

Yixing held back a chuckle and shook his head. It must not be easy for someone like her to utter thanks. He was grateful she did it. He knew that beneath her cold exterior was a kind woman who just didn't know how to tap into her own feelings.
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Changed into her sleepwear, Suzy sat down at her vanity table and stared at her reflection. While she put on a facial product, her mind went back to what Yixing told her in the car.

"Jus a suggestion," he started softly to avoid the chauffeur from eavesdropping. "Maybe you should apologize to Chanyeol."

"What?" She brusquely asked.

"In a way, you did leave his side for too long."

Suzy scoffed. "I only went for some air," she reminded.

Yixing only smiled. "Just think of it this way. Apologizing doesn't necessarily make you the weaker one, you know? Instead, it meant you're more level-headed than he is. And it would appease him."

"Why should I appease him?"

"Well, you still want to be on the run for the President position right?"

Suzy mentally cussed then sighed.

"I'm not forcing you to apologize," Yixing told her. "I'm just suggesting."

Recently, she started noticing that Yixing never forced her to do anything. All his suggestions were always only suggestions. very persuasive ones nonetheless.

She briefly glanced at him. "Killing with kindness, huh? Not a bad idea."

Still, Suzy didn't really like the idea of apologizing. She still thought Chanyeol was the one who should be apologizing. If he didn't suddenly kissed her then, she wouldn't have the need for some air and space. Also, he yelled at her. There was this unpleasant feeling she couldn't really discern when the first thing he did after finding her was yelling at her. Meanwhile, Yixing, who was supposed to be a no-one to her, worried for her.