Chapter 1012: Spellbound (1/2)

Jin Liwei became even more confused by his wife's actions but he still received the manila envelope that she handed him. It was light and thin, but since she was acting so nervous, he suspected that its contents shouldn't be something simple.

”What's this, love?”

”You'll know when you open it.”

”Then should I open it now?” He didn't wait for his wife's reply and immediately moved to tear the envelope's seal but she stopped him.

”No!” Iris tugged his arm. ”Let's return to the bedroom first, okay? Or maybe you should take a shower first….”

”To the bedroom. I'll shower later.”

She nodded, still clearly nervous, while holding his arm. They exited their walk-in closet and reached their bedroom. Iris sat on the chaise longue and alternated looking at Jin Liwei and the envelope in his hand.

He sat beside her. ”Can I open it now?”

”Yes,” she replied in Russian.

He tore the seal. Then he became stunned when he finally saw the contents of the envelope.

It was a thin pile of photographs. The one on top showed a photo of a breathtakingly beautiful woman with golden-blonde hair and emerald-green eyes. Her subtle smile evoked an air of profound mystery as if she didn't entirely belong in the mortal world.

She was so beautiful that Jin Liwei felt like space and time froze around him as he stared at her photo. Even his breathing and heartbeat seemed to stop. With the exception of his wife, there had never been a case that he felt so spellbound by any women especially based on appearance.

Then he finally realized the identity of the woman in the photo. It felt as if lightning struck the top of his head. Space and time unfroze around him. He started breathing again. His heart thundered almost painfully, feeling as if it was going to leap out of his chest. He whipped his head and faced his wife who was watching him with wary eyes.

”Evelina,” he whispered. ”Is this…was this you?”

She slowly nodded but didn't say anything.

He looked at the photo again and traced the stunning face with his fingers. This was how his wife looked like in her past life?

He always thought that his wife was beautiful now as Long Xiulan and that there would never be any other woman in the world who could be more beautiful than her in his eyes. Tonight, however, he was proven wrong. There was indeed another woman who was more beautiful than his wife. And that woman was his wife's previous self before she died in her past life.

”Evelina Armanovna Vetrova,” he whispered like a spiritual chant.

Jin Liwei couldn't tear his eyes away from her photo. How could a woman be so beautiful? Was she human?

”Were you really human?”

Iris grabbed a fistful of his shirt and shook it. ”Liwei!”

He turned to her and saw her anxious face. His amazement remained but he started recovering his stunned senses. The corner of his lips hooked up in a smile.