"Cramps. No hospital." She said with a pained expression as she lean her arms automatically on his shoulders.
He scooped his wife and brought her to the room he remembered hers, the first time he was here three days after their registration of marriage. He placed her on the bed and reached for her leg that she pointed in pain. He help massage it and she cannot help but suppress a sound trying to escape her mouth. The massage is good with just the right pressure, she wanted to ask for more but he stopped when she felt better.
"What would happen if you are alone? Don't you have a personal assistant at this stage?" YaoFeng casually asked. They don't have to talk about her being pregnant as it was very obvious and both of them knew already that they were on a casual speaking stage.
"I always have a remote to call for help. I just forgot it because you're here." she was very honest in that but it sounded like she'd been dependent on him the moment he arrived. "Don't think too much, I really have it installed everywhere, I just,"
"I believe you." He said leaving her and moving to her closet.
"What are you doing? Don't touch my things!" she told him as he looked around her clothes.
"Hurry and change into something else so we can talk." He said passing her one of her home clothes.
She went to her bathroom to take a quick shower. She was not expecting him to follow, making her frown when the door did not close. "YaoFeng, I'm going to take a shower! Wait outside and don't follow me!" She said irritably.
"I'll wait here. Something might happen to you there, so I'll just wait here and watch. I will not touch you. Besides, I've seen all of you. I'm not hungry, so you don't have to worry." He said as he positioned himself on the door and busied himself with his phone.
She was pissed and blushing as she headed at the shower. He can still flirt with words and annoy her at the same time! What a talent! "Turn around and don't look at me. I will call you if I need you." She sneered. Thankfully he turned around.
He opened some company emails to distract himself. Why did he volunteer to watch over a woman he missed so much when she's taking a bath? They have not even reconciled yet. He silently blamed himself for the torture.
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She changed into comfortable clothes and drank some water. YaoFeng passed her his phone and she sat comfortably on her bed.
"What is this," she asked as she played the video.
YaoFeng did not answer and waited until the recording finished.
There was a doubtful expression on her face and she looked at the man sitting on her chair.
She took a deep breath before talking to him. "YaoFeng, I'm sorry for not talking to you earlier." She started. "Maybe it's fate that my brother was not able to talk to you so we can discuss about us. I want a divorce." She looked at him seriously.
There's no trace of emotion on his face. It hurts. Is that how much she resent him? He waited for the time he can see her but how can she forget him that easily? Now that she have watched the recordings, she should at least, consider how he felt right?
"Why do you want a divorce?" he asked as if interviewing an applicant.
Yuyu cannot tell him that she wanted a divorce because he doesn't love her. That would only make him say he does love her and end her chance to cut off ties with him. She unconsciously sighed.
"Did the swimming teacher brainwash you to divorce me?" YaoFeng cannot help but ask. He knew it was off, but he just can't find a reason why she would want to cut ties with him.
"What brainwash? My coach is a married man and his wife is due soon! How can you judge a person like that?" her emotions are triggered.
(Pregnant women are emotional and can be hurt with little things.)
YaoFeng remembered that and he changed his approach.
"Sorry, it was my fault." he felt so down. "I didn't mean to say that earlier." He studied his wife's deflating anger and continued. "Yuyu, I'm sorry about what happened to us. It's all my fault okay? Can't you just give me another chance? I just want you back." he pleaded.
"YaoFeng, I am okay now. Look around you. I am really okay here. I don't want to go anywhere else." that was the truth. Why would she want to leave the place she built in the past months.
YaoFeng stood up and looked around. She was really ready to leave him and raise the children alone, without him.
"I know that you married me because I can give you something others can't," she said as he looked around. "But I can no longer stay beside you. I want to live and be loved. I know that you wanted to keep me because of the children, or maybe because I can make you feel good," she paused. "But I don't love you anymore. That's right. I don't love you anymore, we should get a divorce."
A sad and offended expression appeared on his face as he came near her and sat beside her.
She took a deep breath because she was not sure as well about what she said. She really missed her husband, but she can no longer love him. She can just admire him maybe?
"Yuyu, don't you think you are being selfish?" he scoffed. "You left me, without giving me a chance to clear my name. Now that you know the truth, you will just dump me?" This is too much! He missed her everyday and when they met, this is all he will get? Divorce?
Yuyu bit her lower lip. She felt conflicted as well. She no longer trusts him.
YaoFeng's eye formed mist and he cannot stop his eyes getting red. He sat at the edge of the bed to reason out with her. "Yuyu, I love you. In my heart, I will always love you. Please, just.. can't we just go back to the way we were?" he pleaded.
He looked at her pained face. He knew it was hard for her to trust him again, but he also wanted her to be by his side. He cannot force her into getting back with him as it would be meaningless if the feelings are not mutual.
He composed himself and fixed his emotions.
"If you no longer love me, I will not take away your freedom. I will give you the divorce that you want." He resign to that idea. "But if I found out that you still have feelings for me, even just a bit, I will protect and fight for that." he said swiftly moving to her.
She looked up at him with a frown and he put his hand on her nape. Her heart panicked, she knew what's next! YaoFeng saw the fear in her eyes and he got excited. His effect on her is still the same. She turned her head sideways but his other hand turned her face towards him.
His eyes met hers, "I love you wifey," it was like a whisper but she heard him clearly and he took over her lips. She closed her eyes and felt the warm lips of her husband softly caressing hers. She took a deep breath. Her body missed this feeling! He felt her tense and he held her firmly. His lips moved passionately as if all his pain of missing her will be expressed through the contact of their lips. He wanted her to feel how much he loved her and nothing else in the world.
Her hands automatically reached out on his shoulders as she responded to his kiss. She missed him. She missed him so much she wanted to take him for herself. He knew that she already lost control. He was kissing her respectfully and she can no longer wait. She stuck out her tongue to find his and she did not expect him to suck it. Electricity flowed through her nerves and she pulled back. This time, it was YaoFeng who invaded her mouth unceremoniously. His tongue surveyed the inside of her mouth and stayed longer at the soft place under her tongue. She moaned and pushed herself closer to him.
He also lost control and half knowingly placed his hands on her chest and pressed them in his palm. "YaoFeng.." she moaned his name and pushed him away.
She stood up and tried to catch her breath. He looked at her with a cold expression. "Are you okay?" he asked coldly.
There were butterflies flying below her stomach; she blushed and went to the closet to grab something. "I'm okay. I just need the bathroom." She said as she went to the bathroom blushing.
YaoFeng smiled. He was glad to confirm that she still has feelings for him. He knew that just now, her body betrayed her and she needed to change to wash off the 'warmth' she felt earlier from that kiss.
She came out of the bathroom as if nothing happened and casually asked him to go down with her.