Chapter 218 - A trip to the therapist (1/2)
Yan Mei drank the glass of water that Su Bei gave a few minutes ago. After half an hour, she calmed down, especially now that her husband, Lei Zhao, came to comfort her.
Yan Mei put the glass down on the coffee table in front of them as she heaved a sigh, a blank expression still on her face as Lei Zhao watched her with worried eyes.
”Wifey...” Lei Zhao's voice when he called her was full of love when he said it. ”Are you feeling okay?”
”Yes,” she flatly answered, ”I'm fine.”
Lei Zhao just stared at his wife, not convinced that she's doing okay. He slightly sighed as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, squeezing her shoulder at the same time with his fingers that held her.
”Are you sure? I am honestly worried about you suddenly crying in my arms,” he said, Yan Mei, biting her bottom lip a bit as Lei Zhao could see right through her, knowing her too well.
Yan Mei's eyes reflected Lei Zhao's worried expression. Lei Zhao then tucked some of her hair behind her ear as he gave her a small smile.
”You crying all of a sudden is not something we should ignore, Yan Mei.”
Every time Lei Zhao called her by her name and not with his endearment ”Wifey,” Yan Mei could sense that her husband is serious and worried about her.
”The text is bothersome, and with your thinking that it might be him, it might trigger something on your mental health,” he added, Lei Zhao, making sense as Yan Mei nodded once, not knowing what to say.
Yan Mei felt her heart warming. She only told Lei Zhao about her memory in the past of being kidnapped. Yan Mei did not say in detail what had happened specifically, but with Lei Zhao not asking much yet, he showed this much concern.
It made her happy that Lei Zhao does respect her and waits for her patiently to share whatever she wanted to share.
”Wifey...” Calling out to her broke her out of her stupor. ”I think we need to visit your therapist, don't you think?”
She suddenly felt nervous. Her heart was thumping hard like a crazed bunny as she felt quite unsure of going to the therapist, but with her seeing her worried husband's face, she knew that she would have to listen to him so he would ease his woes.
”Okay,” she flatly agreed, and even though Lei Zhao sensed ambiguity, he just took it as a signal for them to go.
With Yan Mei still in a daze, he was the one who rang Su Bei back in her office again to tell her that they would be out for a while so they could go to their therapist for Yan Mei's session.
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The drive going to Yan Mei's therapist was quiet. She blankly stared outside her window as Lei Zhao stole glances of his wife from the corner of his eye as he drove.