I wanted this to surprise Min but I was horrible at baking. I should have just made a simple meal but I went out to bake a cake. I have never made a cake, never taken classes but I thought I could do it. "Hey, what is wrong with my princess?" Min asked and wiped the lone tear that was slowly running down my face. His touch broke the dam and I started bawling. "I wanted to bake you a cake but I messed it up and now we have this really hard bread," I said pointing at the supposed cake behind me. "At least it looks really pretty, you sure do know how to paint a cake," he teased. I punched him and watched him clean my tears. "There's my pretty princess, let's eat your masterpiece," he said and pulled a chair for me. I got settled in and he settled into the order. I filled his glass with the jar of juice on the table. The table was decorated with a cake, a jar of juice, and all my favorite berries. Min cut a slice for himself and me and took a bite. I watched for his reaction but he di
The family date with my parents turned out better than I thought. Somehow, they treated Min with some respect, talked, and exchanged contact. I don't think anyone would be calling anyone soon but at least they did it. That counts as something. I walked my parents back to the lobby after they stopped by the apartment to drop Min and me off. They also took in the state of the house and got a slice of my overgrown scone. The couch called out to me when I got to the apartment and I didn't resist its call. I lay on it and was about to sleep but my phone dinged. It was a notification from my group chat with the girls. It had its notification sound. The sound was birds chirping. We talk a lot and when it gets rowdy it sometimes sounds like a bird chirping. I finally opened the group chat and saw everyone tagging me and stating how angry they were that I would decide to run away with my husband and not inform them. June wrote that she was offended that she had to hear it from Min and not fr
I hit the jackpot with Min. He was not only handsome but he had a way with children. The girls were so tired they were snoring slightly. If I was left to do this alone, we would all be crying by now. "Thank you," I said and hugged him. I pecked him and laid my head on his shoulder while I watched in awe how easily he had stepped up and been there for me and played with the girls. Our child was definitely in safe hands with him. I walked towards the girls with a blanket and felt a hard slap on my ass. I gasped and turned to Min. "Don't think I didn't catch you slacking off and not playing with the rest of us," he cautioned and tsked. I carefully walked away from him, I didn't want another of those things. There were kids in the room. We had to be decent. I put the girls in a more comfortable position and covered them with a blanket. I also placed their teddy bears beside them. I am never offering to babysit anyone's child ever again. This was full-time work. How did Agnes do it? She
Running wore me out and immediately I went into the house, I went to sleep. Hunger pulled me out of my sleep the next morning. I brushed my teeth, looked at my sleeping husband, and went downstairs to get food. I went to the kitchen, filled a glass of water, and rummaged through the fridge. I didn't want bread or anything boring. There were fruits, but there were no berries. No strawberries, blueberries, no cherries. How did they expect me to survive? Oh, there's watermelon and grapes. I took the pack of grapes and a slice of watermelon and went to the sink. I placed the pack of grapes on the counter and snacked on the watermelon while I searched for bowls. I found one and went ahead to wash my fruit. I rinsed them and put them in another bowl. Grabbed a bar stool and started eating. Eating alone was boring, I was used to eating with Min but he was asleep and I didn't want to wake him up. I wonder what time he slept. I heard a gasp and looked up to see a maid standing by the kitch
The evening just had to start with an argument. We haven't argued in a while and I do not like the feeling. After I left Min by the door, I walked very slowly so he could catch up to me but he walked past me and left me behind. I grumbled and added steps to my pace and saw him at the door. The waiters held the doors for us. Min held my hand and together we walked into the hall. When we got to our reserved table, he pulled my chair for me and I sat down. He did all these without talking to me which was annoying. Was he going to be petty just because I refused to let him open the door for me? "We can go back to the car and I'll let you open the car door for me," I offered to call a truce but all I got was a look. He didn't even look at me for long. He just stared at me for a while and turned to look at his food. Was the meal better than me? Because in my opinion, he made better meals than this. Maybe I should stop comparing everything to MIn and conclude he was better. I was acting li
"Mei I love you," Min said and held my face. "I love how you smile, how even the little things make you smile. You make it so easy to love you. I have gone to work every day and thought of coming back home immediately to be in your arms. I love your scent and the little whimpers you make when you sleep. I love how you fight for whatever you want. I want to end the contract with you and start all over again and be the husband you want. I also want to learn to be the husband you need. I want to be there through everything. I want you to feel my love until I don't need to say it but you know it. I want to make you my everything. Will you be my everything?" he asked me and I hugged me. "You've been my everything for a while now. I fell in love with you a while ago but I was too scared to tell you. I didn't want to put any sort of pressure on you. I was already trapping you with the contract, I thought confessing my feelings to you would end our contract," I mumbled in between tears. "Th
His going down on his knees should have given me an idea of what he wanted to do but I was still stunned. “I know we are already married but I need to do this. I need to ask you to be mine properly. Going through the whole process and proposing to you. I am asking you to be my wife, to spend eternity with me. To not let you be even if death does is part because I know I’d want you in this life and another. Your parents also do not approve of you not having an engagement ring and I support them. So Mrs. Mei Lee, will you do the honors of agreeing to marry me although you have the choice not to,” Min said and I was so happy. If this was a dream, I want to be in forever. I stretched out my fingers to Min and he put the ring. I stood up and pulled Min into a hug. “Yes, Min I will marry you and be with you in another life. If I leave this life early, I’ll wait for you in another,” I promised and cried into his suit. He rubbed my back and it just felt like home. He was home. He might have
I missed being in the condo with Min but I didn’t want to be here. I wanted to be in Paris and wrapped up in Min but here I was back in Singapore, finally wearing all the clothes I complained that I didn’t get to wear. But since we were back, it was back to business. Min was busy with the restaurant, and his plans to open his restaurants. The girls were also busy with their lives and we barely had time to hang out. I shouldn’t have chickened out of working at the cafe, at least I’ll have something to do with myself. Maybe they’ll let me come back if I beg them continuously. The week ran with everyone being busy except me and I didn’t like that, but at least on Saturday, I went to the hospital we did the weekly check-up. My vitals were good, the baby was growing well and was healthy. I had nothing to worry about. Chemotherapy was also working and I was feeling better. At least I think I am, I don’t know if there’s any difference but the doctor assured me there was. Min had to leave
It has been a year since Mei died and I was starting to get used to her not being around. Although today that I remembered that she would have been alive with the bay and I, it hurts. Our daughter is a year old and she looks so much like Mei. Her hair is really long, it already reached mid back. She’s shy and lives the rose bushes. It seems like she’s a reincarnation of her mother. She plays around at her house. She also loves the rose vase where Mei’s things are being held. They gave me the rings and the locket and buried her like that. I have my daughter the locket but the rings were stored in the rose. I would make sure to keep it somewhere safe and away from Mei. It’s too precious to get lost. “Mei,” I called out to her. She ran down the stairs, stood in front of me and smiled. She was still wobbly and I always warned her not run down the stairs. She started walking three months ago and now she thinks running down the stairs is such an easy task. “Mei, I keep telling you to
Maybe I should have told her to save her breath, I shouldn’t have let her tell me everything, but did I let her explain all her feelings? I know how she felt about me, she didn’t need to narrate our love story to me. She didn't need to tell me everything, but I sat down and listened for hours while she said everything. I felt like the worst person on earth as I watched her lay on the bed breathless and lifeless. She used to have so much life, so much joy, she was always so beautiful. I had the best thing ever but like everything else she was taken away from me. I tapped the call button immediately she closed her eyes but there was nothing they could do. I watched the doctors run around me and I just drifted from the space and went back into the time when it was just me and her. The first day I met her when she asked me to marry her. I was surprised by her confidence and it scared me. I loved how persistent she was and kept chasing me until I was signed to a contract that brought me
The next morning, I woke up with the same pain that was now familiar but it hurt more. it felt harder to talk, to come up to words, my head was banging and I wanted it all to end, the pain, me. it was too much to handle. My radiotherapy was set for four and my drugs weren't helping to make me feel better. My head still hurt after taking two dosages of the pills. I stopped not wanting to overdose, although I already did. I was up before Mom, Dad, and Min and I couldn't sleep back although it was four am. I got out of bed and tried to come down from the bed. I lost my balance and before I fell, Min caught me. I smiled at him and fainted. When I woke up it was already afternoon and my radiotherapy session had been moved to the next day. I groaned when I found out. Can I get over the whole process already? It was starting to annoy me."Are you alright?" Min asked and I nodded. "My head hurts a little, it must have caused me to lose my balance," I explained to Min and he nodded. He touch
I woke up and realized I was in the hospital. How did I end up here? The last thing I remembered, was hugging everyone goodbye, and Min and I were ready to go to bed. in smiled at me as I turned to look at him. He looked really stressed and tired. He looked like he hadn't slept in a long time. I touched the eye bags and frowned. He took my hand and kissed it. I looked and saw that I was connected to an IV drip. I never understood why we couldn't just drink all the contents but its name says it all; drip, there's only ever a drop every second, and it's so freaking slow. "What happened?" I asked Min. "you fainted and I rushed you here," he explained. I heard shuffling in the background and noticed my parents were also in the room. Everyone looked stressed like they hadn't slept all through the night. "I called your parents when I got here," Min informed me. "You didn't have to call them, I'll be fine," I tell him and try to clear my throat, the pain made it hard to talk but not as ha
We returned to the condo the next day and decided we would move on Wednesday. Min had to be at the restaurant every day but he could take a break from Wednesday to Friday. The weekends were expected to be packed because the first day was a huge success and the men returned at six P.m. He had called me at least ten times today and each time he spent at least ten minutes talking to me. I kept asking if he didn't need to focus, and he said he had to and he was focusing on me. He was so cute and romantic and knew all the right words to say. He had come earlier to have dinner with me and had left the meal in the hands of his trusted chefs and the waiters that started working today. "Hey," I said when he walked in. “Hey baby, I missed you. Are you sure you don't want to come to the restaurant with me?" he asked me."What do you want me to do at the restaurant? I am not very cooking and I can't be a waiter, my baby wouldn't let me move around with that much ease," I told him. "Mei junior
My parents left our apartment at ten p.m and I should have gone to bed but I wasn't sleepy and neither was Min. i decided it was best to open my gifts and decided to ask Min for help."Can you help me unbox my present?" Min shook his head refusing to help me. "But it's so stressful and I need your help," I whined and he looked at me. "Come on Min," I pleaded."Fine, but I won't unwrap the gifts with you, I'll just watch you and bring anything you need," he negotiated and I agreed to it. Min pulled the bean he had bought for me. We unwrapped all the gifts and they were so cute. They had bought me little baby things, most of the essentials I would be needing. There were napkins, blankets, a baby carrier and some few things.“See we don’t have to buy that many baby things,” I said to Min and he laughed.I picked up the last gifts which were my parents gift. It was paper and it was put in a brown envelope, there was no fancy design, just straight to the point. I opened the envelop and saw
It seemed like my presence changed the atmosphere in the room because everyone turned in my direction and they looked surprised to see me there. I definitely wasn't dressed like them and I was a very pregnant woman. "Good afternoon," I greeted with a very wide grin."Who are you?" Someone asked. "The restaurant doesn't open until four," Someone else said. "Who left the front door open?"Another one asked. "You did, you were the last person outside," another said. "Oh," the door person asked. "Miss would you like to wait till the restaurant opens or are you going to return by four?" the curious one asked. "Oh! I am here for Min," I said feeling shy. "The owner?" The curious asked. "Yeah, he's my husband," I announced. I barely got to ask for him. again when I saw MIn walking in with his chef outfit. He looked so cute. Sorry handsome and all those masculine features. He looked at me shocked to see me here. "Hey," I said shyly. "Babe? What are you doing here?" he asked me. "I
After my little announcement, everyone made a toast to Min and to the opening of his restaurant. He pulled me into him and drank from his glass. I smiled at him and he kissed my forehead. "You know Min steals all your brain cells with those forehead kisses right?" June asked and everybody laughed. "I actually feel smarter and more loved every time he kisses my forehead. are you sure he isn't just pouring his brain cells and love in my head?" I asked. "That's they get them all," June said. I loved June and how she made everywhere funnier when she had had a sip of her daily dose of coffee. She was standing in between my mom and dad and smiling at them. I could tell Dad was uncomfortable but he deserved the little torture for everything he has done to Min and I. Min might have let it slide by inviting Dad to my birthday but I'll need more than him coming here for me to forgive everything he's done. "Thank you all for the toasts and celebrating the restaurant but today's about m
I remember telling Min my birthday date on his birthday, he had purposely not told me about his birthday, but I wanted him to know mine for it to be fair. I also barely got the chance to prepare or buy him a gift but I wasn't letting him do that to me, also Min makes the best surprises and they always blow my mind. He needed time for it to be more effective. I am also glad, I listened to my thoughts and told him earlier. He has been so busy, I doubt he has the time to do anything special for my birthday. If I hadn’t gotten the information from Cheng, I probably wouldn’t know Min’s birthday and that is wrong. I was going to give him the chance to feel this way so I told him about my birthday. I woke up feeling pumped about my birthday. I also spent all night praying that my hormones acted right. The last dinner on the roof was amazing but I ended up balling my eyes out for absolutely no reason. I had the best time after crying, but I wished I didn't have to cry. We watched a movie, a