Zuni opened her eyes with a jolt and she sat on the bed, taking deep breaths. She didn't recall her dream but she could tell that it was not a good sight. Her dreams were always scary and revolved around the same incident.
The incident where she lost Zoe.
As she turned her gaze to look out of the floor-to-ceiling window, she paused. She saw a tall and slender figure petting a cat lovingly. The figure was whispering sweet nothings to the car.
"Zoe?" Zuni whispered.
As if the figure could hear her, it looked at her with a smile even though tears were trickling from her eyes.
"Zoe? What's wrong?" Zuni cried as she got out of the bed to look at the figure. "Why are you crying? Are you in pain?"
"They hurt me, " Zoe whispered.
"I know, " Zuni said, frantically. "Is it painful? ". She blew air on the wounds of the figure. "I'm sorry, Zoe. You are hurt because of me. Please forgive me. Come back to me. Please."
The figure shook her head.
Zuni began crying, "Don't leave, please. Don't leave. Don't leave me again. Everyone hates me. I need you here. Please."
Song Jingren, who was fast asleep, heard the sound of his wife's crying. He woke up to find Zuni sitting on the ground and crying miserably. Without any second thoughts, he ran to see if she was hurt.
"What happened?" Song Jingren asked her in utter concern.
"Ren, please ask Zoe to not leave again, " Zuni whimpered as she looked at her husband. "She is going to leave me again. Ask her to not leave me."
"Where is Zoe?" Song Jingren asked, looking at the empty room.
Zuni pointed her finger at the window.
"There is no one, Zuni, "Song Jingren said in a soft voice. "You are dreaming."
"No, you are lying, " Zuni cried as she turned to look at Zoe but all she found was her own reflection in the glass. She fell to the ground, breaking out in sobs. "She was here. I saw her. Oh, God. I'm losing my mind again. She is in pain, Ren. She is in pain."
"It's alright, " Song Jingren pulled her into a tight hug. "You will be alright. I'm right beside you."
"You are going to hate me too, " Zuni whispered, her head placed on his chest and her body going numb.
"I will never hate you, baby " Song Jingren kissed her hair. "You will be fine."
Zuni didn't say anything more but just stayed in his arms.
"Who is Zoe?" Song Jingren asked.
"She is my everything, " Zuni replied as she whimpered in his arms. "I'm going to be crazy again. She is in pain somewhere. I can feel her being in pain." She was clutching her terribly aching heart. It was not physical pain but a different sort of pain that she couldn't express in words.
"Zoe… my sister…"Before she could complete her words, she fell unconscious.
"Zuni?" Song Jingren called out her name but she did not respond.
"Zuni?" He called out again. When he saw her unconscious body in his arms, his body chilled in fear. He immediately left his penthouse to bring her to the hospital. He forgot how to react when the doctor explained his wife's condition to him. He sat there, holding her hand all night.
Zuni found herself in the bedroom the other morning. As she woke up, she saw her husband sleeping on her hand. She gently pushed her hand back and furrowed her brows when she saw him asleep on the chair.
As she made some movements, Song Jingren also woke up after her. He rubbed his eyes and found his wife curiously looking at him.
"Baobei?" Zuni called out to him.
"Yes?" He reacted.
"Why are you sleeping on the chair?" Zuni raised her brow.
"Zuni, what happened at night?" Song Jingren asked.
"What happened?" Zuni furrowed her brows. "We fought over movies and then fall asleep."
Song Jingren's doubts were true. The doctor had told him that patients with deep mental trauma often forget about their meltdown when they woke up.
"It was snowing last night and you said you wanted to make a snowman, " Song Jingren said instead. He was not lying though. Initially, she was clinging to him like a vine and was mumbling in sleep about making a snowman.
"Oh, " Zuni reacted. "Hubby, last night I had a dream where you and I were making a snowman with our cute babies. We had tens of kids but my figure was still as sexy as ever."
The tips of Song Jingren's ears turned red and he cleared his throat. "Stop saying nonsense."
"Huh?" Zuni pouted. "Fine, if you don't want babies. I saw how our children were clinging to you and you loved them more than me." She leaned forward to get an opportunity to hug him. He didn't avoid her hug and even wrapped his arms around her. "We are never having children. Children are needy, whiny and demanding."
"Yes, yes, you are right, " Song Jingren agreed with her.
"It's getting late. I have to go to the office, " Zuni said as she jumped out of the bed to run to the washroom.
"Why don't you take a day off?" Song Jingren asked her. He wouldn't feel well if she went to the office, given how bad her condition had turned last night.
"Why should I?" Zuni asked him. "I already took a day off. I am feeling good after my day off. I have so much work to do. I heard you are going on a business trip. I need to translate some important documents before you leave."
It was true that Song Jingren was going on a business trip earlier but he wasn't sure now. He would be very restless if he left her alone here. She would be very far away from him. What if her condition worsened?
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A/N: I received extra requests for fluff! Let's pray that we win WPC. Today, the results of WPC will be announced. I'm kinda scared.
PS: Dont forget to shower me with comments.
PSS: Let me give you a spoiler. Zoe is not a bad woman just someone who has saving complex.