Chapter 641 - Blessing & Curse (1/2)

”Recently, I read on the internet that there is a resort in Finland where you sleep in a heated glass Igloo to watch the Nothern Lights.”

Xiu was styling her hair in wavy curls as she looked at Darren's reflection in the mirror and shared the information she learned from the internet.

”Sounds interesting,” was his casual reply as he buttoned up his shirt.

Xiu made a face while staring intently at his body through the mirror. After sighing, she added, ”There is an exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers known as wisteria tunnel in Japan. I saw its photos, it looked ethereal. I believe a walkthrough that tunnel would feel like a fairytale.”

”Oh, really?”

Xiu narrowed her eyes and her brows knotted up. ”There is a flower name chocolate cosmos that actually smells like chocolate.”

Darren opened his mouth but before he could say anything, she shot back, ”If you said interesting one more time, I'm gonna snap.” Darren instinctively pressed his lips together and looked in her direction. As their gazes met through the mirror, he felt uneasy with her eyes. ”You're not paying attention to me.”

”Of course, I am paying attention. I heard everything you said. But although I can understand the reason why you want to go to Finland, I can't understand why you're interested in that wisteria tunnel.”

”Why not?”

”Because I know your fascination with northern lights but you aren't fond of flowers. So...”

Xiu turned around to face him as she made her loose curls bounce while saying, ”As much as I'm fascinated with northern lights, I'm as much fascinated with nature. Besides, that tunnel looks like a pathway to Narnia. I think my childhood fantasy might come true. I might really find the door to Narnia.”

Darren smiled at her and came close to her. He lifted his hand but before he could touch her head, she ducked away, ”No touching. I spent 2 hours on my hair. You can't ruin it that soon. At least let me, show-off, my hard work for a little while.”

Darren facepalmed himself and looked at her dotingly, ”So, you're finally planning our honeymoon?”

”I never said I don't want to go. I mean which idiot wouldn't want to enjoy this precious time of being newlyweds.” Then her face turned down as she added, ”But even if I want to go, I can't. The doctor told me to be extra careful during my first trimester. I don't know why but she stressed heavily on 'being careful'. Although I don't like following doctor's instructions, this involves another life. So, I promised myself to be careful.”

”Why didn't you tell me that last night?” he suddenly got tensed as he asked, ”Is there any complication? Is the pregnancy dangerous to you in any way? Don't lie to me at all.”

Seeing his tense look Xiu rolled her eyes and patted his c_h_e_s_t, ”Dear husband, to avoid seeing this look, I might have purposely forgotten to share this bit of information. But it's not important because trust me the doctor allowed me to breathe.”

”Huh?”

Xiu walked over to her gown for the evening and untied her bathrobe saying, ”That doctor gave a list of dos and don'ts but since all, I could see was how I have to have her approval for everything I actually asked her whether I can breathe and she gave me her permission that I can rest assured about breathing, she won't restrict it.”

Darren's lips twitched at her game of sarcasm that she even played with the doctor but before he could say anything he saw her bathrobe sliding down her shoulders and falling on her feet. She was standing before him in only p_a_n_t_i_e_s but since her back was towards her, he couldn't get a good view. But all he saw was enough for him to appreciate.

After she wore her gown and turned around, his eyes darkened even more. Her gown was diaphanous sleeveless formal with cutout detail in navy blue color. The elegant look of the lace in this diaphanous formal embraces her curves perfectly enhancing every curve. The sleeveless bodice boasted the plunging V neckline with a sheer inset that secured the center front.

Darren's tongue darted out to lick his lips before he gulped, feeling parched. The curved cutouts of her formal bared the sides of the midriff with daring details showing her snowy white skin. Xiu ran her hand over the slender self-fabric band that encircled her waist with appreciating eyes. That svelte lines sluice along the h_i_p_s and the sensual slit accentuated the flutes full-length.

Xiu was in love with her dress and so was her husband who couldn't take his eyes off her figure. Although everything looked good on her because the aura around always shined, this very formal however was making the aura around her turn back to that cold ice beauty she had been in her corporate life. And that added another layer of charm to her beauty.

With a snap before his eyes, Darren was brought back to reality and he looked at Xiu who was raising her brows inquisitively. ”Husband, where are you lost today? Such a beautiful wife is right before your eyes and you're actually daydreaming? What a shame!”

Darren's arms went around her waist and his hand wantonly ran all over her b_a_r_e back as he forced out a smile, ”Dear wifey, your husband is very fickle. Why are you enticing him so much?”