The
noise in the store suddenly stopped as soon as I appeared.
Tyrell looked at me with disappointment.
Others, with a mischievous glint in their eyes, waited for me to scream and lose my temper.
To everyone’s surprise, I was not angry.
I handed the documents to the man and said, “Could you please lend me the car keys? Something fell on your car.
Upon hearing this, Lucia took out the Porsche key from her bag, stuck out her tongue at me, and said, “Sorry, sister–in–law- Because I love to sleep in, I am always late for work.”
“So Tyrell simply gave me his car to drive,”
“What sister–in–law? Silly fool, stop–calling people randomly.”
Tyrell’s eyes were filled with indulgence as he wiped the wine stains from the comers of Lucia’s mouth.
I followed the man’s words and said, “Mr. Klein and I were not married, Ms. Kirk, please don’t misunderstand.”
After speaking, I picked up the keys and turned to leave, but Tyrell suddenly grabbed me and said with a strange expression on his face, “Lailah, ever since you got pregnant, you would feel nauseous at the smell of alcohol. Why today.”
1 was about to speak when Lucia suddenly paled and clutched Tyrell’s arm, saying, “Tyrell, Lailah wouldn’t be thinking of going to the car to look for that pearl necklace, would she?”
Um but I have already lost the necklace, how can I do now?
The necklace in Lucia’s mouth was an heirloom left to me by my grandmother.
Hearing Tyrell soothing Lucia in a gentle voice, it was just a cheap necklace, If it was lost, it was lost, there was no need to worry about it.
I put down the car keys and looked at Lucia without any joy or sadness. “He’s right, it’s just a cheap necidace that I’ve had for nine years. Since you like it, consider it a gift from me.”
As I walked out of the restaurant, I was about to hall a taxi when a man chased after me.
He handed me the packed nourishing fish porridge and said with a condescending tone, “I will accompany you for the prenatal check–up tomor
I lied casually, “You remembered the date wrong; the prenatal check–up is in two days.”
Tyrell wanted to argue, but he saw Lucia standing at the entrance of the restaurant.
He immediately turned back, took her hand, and breathed warm air for her.
I watched them return to the restaurant, as someone who never eats fish, I fed fish porridge to the stray cat, and then went home.
That night, the man did not return all night.
And I didn’t make a single phone call to him
At five o’clock in the afternoon, I had just put on my coat when Tyrell suddenly came home and took me in the car.
In the Klein’s house, Tyrell pulled ine towards his parents and said, “Mom, Dad, this is Lallah.”
Alter years of a long–distance relationship, Tyrell finally introduced me to his parents
But my reaction disappointed him greatly.
“Uncle and aunt, have something urgent to attend to, please excuse me for leaving first.”
As soon as the words fell, Tyrell grabbed my wrist and secretly exerted force.
“Mom, Dad, she was joking with you. You guys get ready for dinner, I’ll ber to familiarize herself with the surroundings first.”
I was forcibly dragged to the top floor bedroom by a man, and the so–called tour began.
My frequent actions of chocking the time on my phone quickly caused dissatisfaction in the man. “Lallah, you used to keep pestering mo to see the room where I grew up, but now that you’ve seen it, you’ve suddenly become speechless?”
“Hom? It was fine.”
My evasive answer made” Tyrell furrow his brow.
“You were always loolding at your phone, is there something Interesting inside?”
“No.”
Even though I said so, the man’s face remained tense.
He snatched my phone and aimed it at his face.
The screen, however, kept displaying unlock failure.
Tyrell asked me in surprise how I couldn’t recognize it.
I was about to speak when suddenly there came a crisp sound from outside the windowsill behind me.
sot saying a word, he abandoned me and disappeared instantly..
and without saying a
thes of tinkling laughter, I saw Incla wearing a flower crown in the backyard of the old house.
supported by Tyrell as they played the childish game of tiptoeing across the wooden bridge,
[on right….. Ah, brother, help
la slapped and tell into the man’s chest, her face turning red
The two of them were initially stunned, but then they exchanged a knowing smile
e did you en
and as soon as he noticed me.
innocently, blinked a few times, and then started softly punching the man’s chest with her small fists, saying, “Oh, I know now. Bad decided to bring the ugly daughter–in–law home to meet the parents.”
Congratulations, Lailah”
gs with her mouth, but her tone was tinged with a sob, which made Tyrell purse his lips and feel heartache. “It’s just a meal, there’s thing to congranate about, you silly little tool”
Atter comforting Lucia, the man looked at me with an extremely
ely indifferent expression and asked, “Is dinner ready?”
Without waiting for me to speak, dozens of long snakes, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, suddenly dropped from the treetops above, catching me off
tell to the ground, Lucia let out a piercing scream.
în. Tyrell didn’t even look at me and quickly hugged Lucia tightly, then hurriedly escaped.
be mum coli pemembered me when the forestry personnel came to catch the snake
nee, searching lets and right, only to be informed by the security guard at the gate that I had already left
Laren, the port waiting hall.
ned to bound, my phone kept vibrating non–stop
wer button until the last minute before takeoff
As soon as the phone was answered, Tyrell urgently questioned me, asking where exactly I was.
med home and found in empry
mwet, only saying. “It’s none of your business.”
this tone tinged with a hint of annoyance, “It’s not good for the baby when pregnant women have temper tantrums.”
Stop being wit
the address, I will go there now to pick it up
ading when a sticky sound of his cheek being kissed came from the other end of the phone.
- person responded coldly, “The company had something urgent come up, so you’ll have to take a taxi back on your
ided anxiously, “Send a message when you get home.”
the phone.
he wished, setzt a message: “Tynell, let’s break up. I sincerely wish you and Lucia a happy and fulfilling life, forever and
an i saw the message iradicating that it had been read, I blocked all the man’s contact information and turned off my phone.
