After they finished dinner, Kevin cleared the table and washed the dishes. Free from cleaning, Leena casually surfed the web. She wanted to take a look at some winter fashion collections from other designers so as to make sure that there wouldn't be any resemblance between hers and theirs. After all, designers might share similar inspirations sometimes. That happened a lot. Even though they might not be exactly the same, the similarities might extend to at least 50%. Therefore, in order to avoid being seen as a copycat, Leena would always add some new elements in addition to her original design to make her work fly its own colors as hard as she could.
Kevin would never expect that as an heiress from a rich family, Leena could have picked up their house so tidily without the help of a house-maid. Everything in their home was well-placed and the house was extremely clean. He was visibly moved by this fact.
He raised his head and took a look around the kitchen. It all looked different. Leena had run out and purchased a lot of tableware. He really started to think hard, swallowing and moving his Adam's apple. Now he started to feel that he was in a real home. All the things were tidied up and put in proper locations so that they were easily reachable. She seemed to be a smart girl.
As a soldier, he rarely had time to take care of everything at home ever since they got married. At first, he worried sometimes that she might be unable to take it. But she managed everything silently. He was just unable to imagine this. Young women nowadays were not so capable of dealing with housework, cooking, or even being alone. That set his mind at ease somewhat.
After cleaning and drying all the dishes, he put them into the disinfection cabinet and then walked out of the kitchen. He walked up to Leena without making any noise, standing behind her and watching her browse some web pages and videos about fashion shows. He recalled that last time she was watching these kinds of things too. It seemed that it was the nature of every girl to love beauty and she was no exception. Fortunately, although these fashion brands were expensive, he could still afford them. So he had no problem letting her buy and browse as she liked. He was supportive like that.
"Just buy them if you like! You don't need to worry about the price." Seeing Leena keep making notes of various numbers, he thought she was comparing prices. He did not want her to worry about money, so he reminded her. Meanwhile, he sat down beside her.
Oh, no. I am just comparing styles. You're done in the kitchen?" Like most women, she worried that a man like him couldn't do well in the kitchen. Oh, of course, Mr. Cold was an exception. After all, he had been taking care of her ever since she was a child and was capable of everything, even the things in the kitchen. Most men weren't.
"Yes! You're really not going to buy anything? Don't try to save money on my account." In Kevin's heart, he did not mind it when a woman spent too much money on her make-up and dressing. He knew clearly that that was what women were like. Every woman was vain and would buy products to make them more charming and beautiful. He would never deter her from doing what she liked.
"Really, no. And I never buy clothes on the net. The size may be wrong." Money had never been a concern of Leena's and she never worried about it because she had lots of money herself. And she did not spend any money in his card and bankbook because there were only a few occasions when she needed to spend money.
"Then why are you looking at them?" Kevin frowned slightly. He did not understand her action and considered it to be a waste of time.
Ur! I'm taking notes! Oh, speaking of this, I'm flying to Paris on Monday. I have to finish up my thesis. Probably I'll stay there for some days." Leena closed the tabs on the browser out. All she needed to do later was sort out her notes.
"Paris again?" Kevin's frown sank deeper. He still remembered that when he came back last time, she was also in Paris. And now she was doing it again. He just came back and she was off to Paris again. He was confused.
Yeah! I'm going there for the final thesis defense. I'll be there quite a few days. It's important to finish up my studies. After the thesis is done, I'll turn into a social member from a student." Leena was kind of complacent. She had tried so hard for years. Although she had already created her own design brand at an early age, she had things to work out before she wrote her dissertation. A successful defense would prove that all her efforts over the last several years were worthwhile.
"Are you still a student?" Kevin was a little bit puzzled. He did not remember whether she told him about it or not.
"Yes! I came back to have some rest and relaxation. But I didn't expect to meet you." Leena could not help smiling. Now she knew that how ridiculous she was to be sad for a man who never loved her at that time and caused lots of troubles. But luckily, she met Kevin. Considering this, she never regretted coming back.
Because you broke up with your ex-boyfriend." It was the first time when they talked about such a private topic. If he guessed right, she had a difficult time in a relationship. That was why she chose him when she got drunk.
Ur! Do you really think that?" Leena's face heated up with embarrassment. Well, she didn't want to call it a break-up, but indeed, she got hurt.
"I can't figure out any other reason apart from this. You drank so much and were massively shit-faced at that time." Somehow, Kevin felt uncomfortable at the thought that she might still have feelings for another man.
"Well, not really. I found out that I was not so heartbroken as I had imagined I might be after we stopped talking to each other. I even felt relieved to some degree. It seemed that he wasn't that important to me. Probably I was too lonely when I was living abroad alone and just tried to find someone to relieve my loneliness. It had nothing to do with real love."
Leena did not know why she said this to Kevin. Maybe, deep down, she did not want Kevin to misunderstand her so she decided to tell him everything.
"You've been back for such a long time. Have you never thought about him, even once?" Kevin sighed in relief. His heart was safe for now. Still, he could not help wanting to know more. He wanted to know who on earth this guy was. Did he have to worry about him? Since she married Kevin, how similar was he to the other guy?