Billy sat down to eat while Sherman sat opposite him and observed his movements with anticipation. She asked impatiently, “How is it?”Billy was astounded by the taste. “Are you sure you made these?”“Of course. Quick, tell me how’s the taste.” Her eyes blinked and glittered. “My darling is so capable. You must have been a cook in your previous life, and some of the genes have remained.”Hearing his praises, Sherman beamed with satisfaction, and her expression appeared as though a sneaky and thieving cat.She reckoned that she might be gifted in cooking.Billy went into the bathroom while Sherman admired her face in front of the dressing table’s mirror. Her facial skin had become rough due to her pregnancy. There were many pimples, and some of them were swollen.‘I heard that women become more beautiful when they are pregnant. But why am I getting uglier?’She sighed and stared at her flabby legs. Then, she sat on the sofa and soaked her feet. ‘If I’m already looking like this
Sherman hugged him. “Why are you sorry? Have you been feeling very pressured lately?” she looked up and asked. Billy rolled his eyes; he squinted them and nodded. “I have been handling a lot of contracts these days, and there are several projects that are happening at the same time.”“You’re like this because you have been too busy and under a lot of pressure. No matter how hectic your work is, your health always comes first, okay?” Sherman was saddened. She placed her hand on his face and stroked it. “You’ve lost weight too.”Billy raised his hand and squeezed hers. He was feeling slightly guilty, but he still teased her, “I’m sure there are other ways to satisfy my darling. Do you want to try?”“What kind of joke is this? Give me back my husband and get some rest.” Triggered by his comical act, Sherman giggled and kicked him gently.“Are you sure you don’t want it? I’m waiting for you; such chances don’t come by easily; are you sure you want to let it go?”“Whose attention are
“Of course, we’re here for a makeup. What else did you think of? You need a makeover too.”“What crap are you talking about! Don’t you know that I’m pregnant; are you trying to poison my baby? And what’s so good about makeup; it only makes a person look like a creature.”When Grace heard what Sherman said, she pinched her ear. “Who said so; who looks like a creature?”Grace was really good at pinching ears that Sherman squealed in pain, “It’s me; I look like a creature.” Satisfied, Grace let Sherman go so that she would hurry and not delay her as she entered the building. Sherman was frustrated as she massaged her painful ear, and she murmured to herself, ‘Yeah, I look like a creature; one so pure that you have ever seen!”She stumbled backward as she spoke and stamped on the foot of someone. As Grace was almost out of sight, she quickly apologized without turning around and hurried forward.She had barely taken two steps when she heard a deep and charming voice of a man that so
The more she panicked, the more disoriented she became. Sherman’s face looked just like a ripe apple. She was frantically trying to close the tabs. She did not even know why she had so many tabs opened up. It was killing her! She then bumped her foot into the chair leg due to her carelessness. She bent forward and gasped uncontrollably, but she knocked her head onto the tabletop at the same time, which left tears in her eyes. The situation she was in had made the man’s brows arch slightly. He moved his lips and comforted her with his magnetic voice. “Don’t worry and take your time, I’ll look somewhere else…” “...” Sherman’s urge to die had gotten even stronger! But the man really turned around to face the restroom door with his back facing her. He hung up the phone and put it in the pocket of his trousers casually. Her hands moved faster than ever and she managed to close every tab that she had opened with just a few clicks. She knew that she could not stay in the
“You were almost five hundred meters away from him yet you could still smell his scent. Do you have the nose of a dog?” She felt a little tired and yawned.“Get off my back!” Grace lifted her hands and patted her back gently. “Sleep if you’re tired. I’ll wake you up when we reach the apartment.”Sherman nodded and reclined her seat before she shut her eyes and fell asleep. She was still sleeping until Billy called at three in the afternoon. He told her that they were going to a reunion dinner with their classmates, and he would go back to pick her up after he was done with work.She hung up the phone and continued sleeping after giving him a quick response. It was already six when she woke up. The sky got dark earlier since it was already at the end of autumn, so it was already dark before it reached seven o’clock. In fact, she had nothing much to prepare for before getting out of the house. She could not put makeup on, nor could she wear high heels. So, it was pretty convenient f
Sherman was not looking very well after seeing Natalie. She felt like something was stuck in her chest; even more like a fishbone that got trapped in her throat. She spent a lot of effort trying to suppress the fact that Natalie slept with Billy when she was drunk. She did not allow herself to think about it, neither did she want to think about it. 。It was not easy, but Sherman had almost wiped out that memory completely. But the presence of Natalie made her feel very uncomfortable. “Natalie Rimes. Why did this name sound so familiar? OH! I remember it now, you were the girl who was crushing desperately on Billy back then.” Somebody said, “There is really no telling what a girl will look like when she grows up. She really turned into a beautiful swan from an ugly duckling in just a few years. I would have died for her to be my girlfriend if I knew that she would turn out to be so gorgeous.” The men’s attention all fell on Natalie after hearing his words. They could
Sherman did not like games like this; she did not like it at all. She was even repelled by it from the bottom of her heart. She wanted to leave with Billy but she did not say it. He had his own friends and social circle. She should not be overly controlling over him as getting married did not mean that they had to give up on every other relationship. She was waiting for Billy to speak up and leave with her but it did not happen. It was acceptable for him to not want to leave since he had not met his classmates for such a long time. Besides, the night was just starting to liven up. She bit onto her glass of fruit juice and forced herself to look at them even though she was downhearted. Actually, she was so bored that all she wanted to do was just to scroll her phone and kill time. However, nobody there was playing with their phone, so she abandoned the idea as she did not want to be seen as spoiled and asocial. Another guy drew the “Ace” card after a few rounds. H
Everybody felt even more awkward now. They did not expect things to be so out of hand as hand-kissing was just a common courteous gesture around the world. “I’m tired. It is already ten o’clock, so let’s go home.” Sherman knew very clearly that the night would hit rock bottom after she said those words. She was right about it. There were a lot of different expressions on everybody’s face but all of them did not look very pleasant. Somebody murmured softly, “Didn’t know Billy was a hen-pecked husband.” The voice was really soft but everyone could hear it word by word as the room was very quiet.Actually, every man is prideful and it shows even more in front of their friends or classmates. They all shared the same masculinism inside their heart. Sherman could never take hand-kissing as just an etiquette. She looked at Billy, not bothered about how everyone was looking at her as the jealous wife, and said, “It’s time to go home.” She knew he had his pride