Chapter 17: I Want A Child (1/2)

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Vivi hears the sound of Charlie's car, and goes to the door to receive him but finds that he doesn't look well. She hesitates for a moment and then asks, ”What's wrong with you, Charlie?”

”Nothing.” Charlie takes a look at her and then says, ”I go to the study. There are still some things to be dealt with.”

Knowing that he is unwilling to say more, Vivi doesn't force him to say. When she sees him disappear on the stairs, her eyes which are tender and soft as water before gradually become insidious.

Since her marriage, her relations.h.i.+p with Charlie seems to be getting more deteriorative. That isn't what she wants. She has endured many things and concealed her ident.i.ty for three years. She wants to be the real Mrs. Jiang, not the nominal Mrs. Jiang.

In the study, Charlie stares at the doc.u.ments on the desk, but his mind is never on them.

Since Mandy has fallen into the sea that day, his brain also seems to be flooded, otherwise he won't think of her in mind many times. She is like a leech suddenly crawling into his mind, deeply bewildering his thoughts.

He thinks of Mandy when he stays in the office or drives. In the study, it's easier for him to think of Mandy. Because the study is their bedroom once, and the air seems to be still permeated with the smell of Mandy.

Charlie involuntarily closes his eyes, and the smell seems to become more intense.

But just then, there is a gentle knock on the door. He suddenly opens his eyes, scolds himself inwardly and says, ”Please come in.”

It is Vivi who comes in. She walks over with a gentle expression and says, ”Charlie, time for dinner.”

”Well.” He closes the folders in his hands, stands up and prepares to go out. When seeing Vivi sit on the sofa not far away, he is stunned, then walks over, takes her hand and asks softly, ”Vivi, you have something in mind?”

Vivi's gentle expression turns to be a little dejected. She opens her lips and tries to speak but stops on a second thought, ”Charlie, I...”