Chapter 7
That night, the police came and made a record. They said that the man should be a repeat offender. He first turned off the power switch in my house and
waited for me to come out.
Fortunately, I didn’t go out alone, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After they left, Lasked Neil, “How did you come out?”
He replied,
was just working out.”
He was still angry for not catching that man. “Whenever he heard any noise outside, he would come out to take a look.”
Thank you, if it weren’t for you today, I really wouldn’t know what to do.”
before suddenly reaching out and hugging me.
I thanked Nell with a pale face, and he looked at me for a while be
The man’s breath completely enveloped me, and his slightly warm body temperature seeped through the thin pajamas onto me. I should have pushed him away, but at this moment, my unsettled soul was truly comforted.
We stood in the hallway like this, embracing under the dim light. His back muscles were smooth and strong, radiating warmth from his burning palms. The scent of tobacco lingered in the thickening air, wrapping around me like a net.
There seems to be something indescribable and unclear that was fermenting.
My heart started pounding for some unknown reason, and I awkwardly pushed him away.
“Thank you”
“Wait for me,” Neil said without changing his expression, then he went back to his room and came out with a pillow and a blanket.
probably wouldn’t dare to come back, but just in case, I’ll sleep at your place tonight.”
He pr
He spoke so naturally, and it seemed to make sense. I wanted to refuse, but the words stuck in my throat, hesitating
We had just met not long ago, and it didn’t seem quite right for a man and a woman to be alone together in a room.
“Don’t worry.”
He seemed to see through my thoughts and grinned, “I’ll sleep on the couch. If you’re worried, just lock the door and get a good night’s sleep.”
I was originally quite scared, but for some reason, when I thought about Neil being outside, I fell asleep in a daze that night.
And there were no dreams throughout the night.
I was awakened by a scent, and for a moment, I thought I was still in a dream.
Wearing slippers, I came out and saw Neil bustling around the kitchen with an apron on.
When he saw me coming out, he held a shovel and said to me, “Are you awake? Go wash up ad come eat, I have cooked polenta”
I stood in the comer, suddenly feeling a bit dazed.
I have already passed the age when I would be moved by a bowl of polenta, but at this moment, my heart still feels warm.
When Neil brought the sweet polenta in front of me, I couldn’t help but say, “I didn’t realize you could cook,”
“I couldn’t.”
Nell was a bit proud and said, “But I learned it, I followed the steps in the video, and not a single one was wrong!”
I laughed and said, “Thank you, but you didn’t have to do all this. I could have done it mysell.”
Nell, however, suddenly stopped smiling and looked at me seriously, saying, “Helen, cooking is your interest, not your obligation.”
“No one had to cook for others, you didn’t have to do ip
was stunned
just said that out of habit, because I have been the one cooking all these years while being with Lucas.
He couldn’t cook and had never could before
Sometimes when I was sick, it was also Aunt who came to our house.
Chiper 7
I never thought that one day someone would say to me that cooking is just my interest, not my obligation.
Someone used to cook me a good meal and then tell me that I didn’t need it. I lowered my head and suddenly felt like I had really been wrong for these
seven years.
Lucas was right, I shouldn’t have been constantly revolving around him.
Back then, I thought that this was good for both of us. Now I realize that marriage should not be about one party compromising without limits.
Before leaving, Neil reminded me, “Call me as soon as anything happens.”
He curved his lips upwards and said, “Don’t be afraid, I am here.”
Chapter 8
The small shop slowly started to get on track. The decoration was done according to my preferred style. There weren’t many tables and chairs in the store because, for now, I couldn’t handle it all by myself.
I planned to organize the menu and choose a good day to open for business.
The days of being busy with the menu were fulfilling. It was only when the notification popped up on my phone monitor that I suddenly realized I hadn’t thought about Locas for a long time.
The surveillance camera alerted that a stranger had entered my house, so I casually clicked to take a look.
Kelly was supporting the drunk Lucas, struggling to get him onto the couch. Lucas furrowed his brow and slightly arched his body.
He had a stomachache again.
He murmured, “Medicine.”
Kelly rummaged through the boxes and couldn’t find the medicine anywhere, so she had no choice but to order takeout for the medicine.
She gave Lucas some hot water.
“The medicine will be here in a moment, just walt.”
The result was that after the medicine arrived, it turned out to be not the kind that Lucas would take. After being fed, there was not a single bit of pain reduced on his face.
Kelly didn’t know that Lucas‘ stomach medicine was a specially made medicine from a hospital, thousands of miles away.
That was the place I had finally managed to find out, and every three months I would go there to deliver his medicine to his home. It had been seven years, and regardless of wind or rain, there had never been a single interruption.
When he had a stomachache, I would still make a pot of stomach–nourishing soup for him to drink. After drinking the soup and taking the medicine, his stomachache would gradually subside.
Actually, in the past few years, I had already managed to improve his stomach condition. However, this year, he started coming home less frequently and his eating habits became more irregular, causing his stomach problem to relapse.
Now that I have left, there was no one to give him medicine, so the medicine should have already been finished. The soup was also not being cooked for
him.
Lucas pulled Kelly over and bent down into her neck
At first, Kelly’s face was still flushed, and she shyly reached out her hand, intending to hug him.
But he stopped and his face darkened when he heard Lucas’s whisper.
Lucas called out,
“Helen”
I lowered my gaze and looked at the screen of my phone, not knowing what feeling was in
was not Helen
Kelly struggled and said, “Lucas – Lucas, you mistook the wrong person!”
was in my heart.
Lucas reluctantly opened his eyes and, upon seeing her, instinctively pushed her away.
Who are you, Helen?
“Get out! Helen, Helen
Kelly’s lace was so black that it could drip water. She got up in a disheveled manier, picked up her bag, and left huffing and pulting! I put down my phone
and closed my eyes.
In the early morning, the noise of the passing vehicles wake me up, I groggily opened my eyes and picked up my phone to check the time, only to find that Luras was still sitting in the living room
He looked sober, sitting quietly in the pitch–black living room, appearing somewhat…lonely for no apparent reason.
After sitting for a while, he got up and went to the drawer to look for stomach medicine.
