“Let me go and I’ll help you down.”He nervously looked at Jason carrying Fia further and further away. He was worried that he wouldn’t be able to catch up to them.“Conrad, can you carry me? I’ve never walked on a mountainous road before and I’m worried that I might slip. My legs have just recovered.”Conrad was getting a headache because of everything that was happening. Fia didn’t care if some other men carried her. So what if he carried another woman?!He crouched down in front of Esme and said in an aggressive tone, “Get on!’“Thank you, Conrad.” Esme climbed up his back and looped her arms around his neck. She was so happy that she grinned.However, Conrad didn’t support her at all. Instead, she had to use her own strength to hold him tight.There was a platform for people to take cover at the foot of the mountain. The moment that they arrived there, Conrad let Esme down and walked directly toward Fia.When Fia saw him running over, she pulled Jason, wanting to get in his
Conrad frowned and looked at Fia as if she was someone unreasonable.“Are you joking? They aren’t even remotely comparable.”“Feeling reluctant?” Fia was smiling as her tears rolled down.He had slapped her before.That was the difference between her and Esme.One was the true love that he cared about more than anything in the whole world. The other was just a wife in name only!“You aren’t like this, Fia.”Conrad could feel a sting in his heart. For the past three years, she had always been well-behaved. She would never say anything that might harm others. She was even respectful toward Mrs. Taylor.Why did she become like this?“Don’t waste your breath on me!” Fia was further provoked by his disappointing stare.He was a husband that cared about another woman at all times. What right did he have to ask her to be a dutiful wife?!“If you want to continue playing your role of a dutiful son and want me to let go of your mom, slap Esme in front of me! Otherwise, you can forget
Was there really a need for this marriage to continue?When Jason saw how sorrowful her face was, he tried to console her. “Think about your child. No matter how tough it is, you have to go on.”Fia slowly touched her belly. One month. She couldn’t even feel anything from it.She remembered that as her baby grew, her belly would become bigger. She realized that she had to consider a lot of things for the child now.First, she needed money. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to survive on her own in the future.“Please let me off in front, Evans.”Once she was in the city center, it wouldn’t be far from her mother’s apartment. She wanted to go home and take a look.“Will you be alright alone?”“My mom’s apartment complex is just in front.”Jason gave it a thought and asked, “Koi Gardens?”“Yes.”Jason said nothing and focused on his driving.Fia was reminiscing about all sorts of things. When she finally came back to her senses, she realized that they were already driving into
Fia fell on her knees as she looked at her surroundings, her vision blurred by tears. She was like a child that had been left all alone at the crossroads. She didn’t know where to go from there.She held her mom’s shawl tightly as she began to cry like a wounded puppy.“Mom…”She felt all the sorrow that she kept inside of her slowly corroding her as she lost herself to her pain.She didn’t know how much time had passed. Just as she could feel the pain in her head coming from all her sobbing, the doorbell rang.She sobbed as she looked at the door in shock.Someone knocked on the door. “Fia?”It was Jason’s voice.Fia wiped her tears and simply yelled at the door as she tried to cope with the pain in her heart. “What is it?”Jason frowned outside the door.Her voice was very hoarse. She must have cried for a very long time.“I slept for a while and I was awakened by my hunger. I wanted to cook a meal for myself, but I realized my electric rice cooker doesn’t work anymore!” H
She turned and looked at Jason who was busy chopping up the beef. She suddenly realized something.She was touched. She tried her best to get her spirits up so that she wouldn’t worry him anymore.The doorbell rang and Fia looked at the door in distress.Jason saw that and he quickly said, “I ordered some vegetables for the beef through the app. I think it’s the delivery man.”“Oh.”The door opened, and Jason’s eyes met with Conrad’s angry stare.Before Conrad could shout in anger, Jason quickly closed the door and dragged Conrad a few meters away.“What are you doing?!” Conrad hurled a fist at him.Jason frowned after he took the hit. He didn’t fuss about it and quickly whispered to him, “Fia had been crying for a very long time at home, so I came over to see how things were. I noticed that something is wrong with her. She gets terrified at the sound of the doorbell and she’s being somewhat slow.“From my experience looking after patients all this while, I believe she might b
Fia immediately swiped the broom at him.Conrad took a step back as she raised the broom again.She stared at Conrad and said, “Leave!“If you don’t leave, take this!”In a moment of weakness, the man grabbed her broom and threw it away.He then pushed her back into the apartment.He slammed the door shut and pushed her against it.Both of them looked at each other angrily as their breaths touched each other’s faces.One glared at the other from top to bottom while the other met back his gaze from below.“Good.” Conrad bit her shoulders out of anger.“Ouch! Are you a rabid dog?!”“You called me a dog. Now, you don’t let me bite you?” He shouted back. However, as he smelled her scent, he let go and didn’t want to bite her anymore.Fia had just wanted to curse when she felt her shoulder dampen. Her feet almost lost their strength.He licked her shoulder and growled, “I won’t go mad and just bite someone on the streets. They might lock me up like a madman.”“…”“But… I can
“I haven’t eaten yet.”“Sure. Ask Evans to come over.”“Why?!”“He made this and he hasn’t even taken a bite yet!”“…”Fia couldn’t be bothered to look at Conrad’s embarrassment and simply grabbed her phone and sent a message to Jason.Jason was on his sofa scrolling Facebook while he munched on a piece of bread.When he received her message, he was stunned for a moment.Fia frowned, locked her phone, and put it aside.She then said to Conrad, “If you want to eat, take your own bowl and spoon. I’m not going to serve you!”“Fine.” Conrad stood up and grabbed a bowl and spoon from the kitchen.Fia stared at his figure for a few seconds. Something was brewing in her heart and she immediately snapped a picture of his figure from behind and posted it on Facebook.She only put a red heart emoji as the caption.Conrad walked back to the table and ate a piece of beef.Fia asked, “How is it?”
“Oh. You’re quite smart and react so quickly.”Fia tossed her long hair and let out a burp.“You’ve already finished what you’re here for and have even eaten a meal. Can you scram now?”Conrad scowled. “Why do you speak like that right now?”“I’m not gentle. You can go find someone that’s gentle.”“I thought you didn’t want me to find Esme?”“Would you listen even if I told you not to?” Fia massaged her forehead. “Who was the one that took her along to find me? When it was raining, you carried her down the mountain.”Conrad didn’t say a word, his expression darkening.“I got it right, didn’t I?” Fia said with a cold voice.“If we’re talking about this, what about you and that Doctor Evans?”“Conrad, you started this. Don’t keep on throwing the question back to me.”Fia took a deep breath. She had been in a bad mood the whole day. She didn’t want it to affect her baby.“Fine. There’s no point in having this conversation with you. You want me to admit I’m cheating? Sure. But