Xia Yu could not sleep the whole night as she peeked out of the guest room's door once in a while. A distinguished man like Mr Han would not follow her in the guest room. Would he? But she was his wife. Even if he would renege his promise and decide to have her, she could not refuse it.
But she was not Lei Mei, his wife! The thought crushed her and she closed her eyes in despair. The night was too long for her.
"If only, he had ignored me like he had all this time." She cursed her luck but could not understand why he had returned. It had been two months to their marriage but Han Zhou was never at home. He had not even called her ever. She had heard from others that he had bought a new house near his office to ignore her.
While she had pretended that she was upset about it, she could hardly hold her relief and happiness in that moment.
Just when she was reminiscing about the past, the door of the master bedroom opened and she stiffened. Han Zhou had already changed clothes and was leaving the room with dignified steps. Since he was on call, he did not notice her hiding.
"I will be there." it was all she could hear about his conversation.
She took a breath of relief as he walked away. After waiting for half an hour more, she walked out of the guest room.
But as she passed through the hallways, she noticed him standing in front of the glass window, still talking on the phone and froze on her steps.
"Did she come late for breakfast daily?" The question was for the housekeeper but Xia Yu stiffened instantly.
"No, young Miss is always on time. She is a very diligent girl. She leaves for work on time too." the housekeeper added and started praising Xia Yu only to hear a snort in return.
Her eyes narrowed and she walked down in a hurried manner.
"Mrs Gu, I have a meeting in an hour. Would you please serve me a quick meal? " She was already dressed in an office suit and her hair was done elegantly.
Han Zhou raised a brow at her looking intimidating.
"Mr Han." she greeted him curtly nodding her head in his direction and walked to the dining table keeping her head low. No matter what, she was not going to look at him and he was too proud to start a conversation. She could handle this!
The housekeeper was unsure of what to do. Han Zhou had never been at home and she had not served them together even once after their marriage. She knew that Han Zhou hated his new wife.
But she noticed Han Zhou had already walked to his seat and looked at her. She ran to the kitchen and brought about the porridge and light vegetable dishes she had cooked for them. Silence followed,
"Free your schedule for tonight, we are going to have dinner with my family." he added curtly as he raised his head to look at her, though she did not raise her head, she could follow the pressure coming from him, "and if you opened your pretty mouth there to complain how i do not treat you well there, i will continue what we have left last night and i would not be gentle anymore." he was gentle last night? She choked on the porridge in her mouth and coughed twice before holding herself and nodding softly.
He scoffed again and picked up his suit and left that moment. Xia Yu felt like all her energy was drained with this small conversation.
She could really deduce what had happened. Cursing her luck, she took out her phone and dialed a number. The phone was connected immediately.
"Mei! Did you finally remember me? I thought you had forgotten about me after brother Zhou decided to visit you?" The soft laughter followed the sweet words. One would think that the cousins were amiable to each other. But only Xia Yu knew why the girl had done it.
"Wenwen, I heard that my aunt is visiting us tonight. I wonder if she knew that you had broken up with your new boyfriend. Oh! Does she even know about his existence in the first place? I wonder if i should console her and tell her that you would improve with time?" The voice was sweet and caring but Xia Yu could feel the rage building in from the other side even in silence. She did not wait for the reply and cut the call directly. Let her suffer like she had suffered last night.
"Miss Mei, this is the first time you are visiting them. You should bring some gifts to win their hearts." Though the housekeeper had no right to intervene, she could not help but remind Xia Yu in a worried voice. She was afraid that their relationship would only worsen further if his family also objected to her. Xia Yu knew that too so she sighed and nodded.
"Then I will cancel my meeting and go shopping instead." She returned to her room without a reply.
The moment she closed the door, she checked twice by pulling it. Once assured, she took out her phone and dialed a number.
"Hello!" a sweet voice came from the other side.
"There is a dinner organized by the Han family tonight. I need to attend it. So I need appropriate gifts for it." the other side went silent instantly. Xia Yu held the phone tighter with worry.
"Got it! Meet me at the coffee shop of JM Mall, I will arrange everything for you." with a sigh of relief, she nodded and hung up the call.
In an hour she was already there and waited. But the person came only after three long hours of waiting. By then, Xia Yu had drunk six cups of coffee to keep her place.
"You are finally here!"