Chapter 791 - Sponge Bath (1/2)
”Regan!”
”Hm?”
”Don't you think something suspicious is happening around here?”
Darren eyed his wife who seemed to be analyzing the situation.
”How?” he asked.
Xiu shrugged her shoulders, ”That I don't know. I just feel like something big is happening and only I don't know about it.”
”Stop being paranoid,” said Darren.
Xiu pressed her lips together tightly and nodded her head in reply, ”If you're telling me to stop being suspicious, I'll stop doing it gladly.” She stared into space blankly as she said, ”Hospital beds makes me think of all sorts of things.”
”I think you usually think about all sorts of things,” said Darren.
”That's also true,” she agreed. She spent another moment in silence before asking, ”Regan, aren't you feeling uncomfortable?”
Darren looked at her doubtfully as he replied, ”I am.”
Xiu grinned at him devilishly, ”How about I give you a sponge bath?”
Darren felt like something got stuck in his throat. He was right. Sitting here all sorts of things were running through her mind. ”No thanks.”
”Huh? Why not?”
”I don't think you have any good intentions,” he replied straightforwardly.
”I obviously don't have any good intentions,” she agreed without hesitation. ”With a beauty like you before my eyes, who can possibly have good intentions?”
”What are you up to?” he raised his brow at her.
”I'm gonna take advantage of you,” she winked at him playfully making him cough.
”Sweets, you're my wife. Why do you sound like a seductress?”
Xiu gave him a toothy grin, ”It's because you're my husband that I am rightfully gonna take advantage of you.”
”Sweets, please stop it!”
”Okay!” she replied rather reluctantly.
She looked at the person who rushed inside their room and smiled brightly, ”Ah-Xin! I thought you're not coming home tonight.”
”Did you both have your dinner?” was the very first thing that came out of Xin Zimen's mouth. He had even made his driver go over the speed limit just to arrive sooner.
”Not yet,” replied Xiu and he heaved a sigh of relief.
”Let's have dinner together then,” said Xin Zimen.
Xiu nodded her head repeatedly in excitement. ”Let's have dinner with everyone. I'm eager to get out of this room.”
”Sweets, we've been here only for two days,” reminded Darren.
”I know,” replied Xiu. ”But I'm already tired of this place. I can sleep for hours on usual days but I can't do it when I'm forced to do it.”
Xin Zimen listened to her in silence and after contemplating some more, he said, ”Let me talk to your doctors first.”
Xiu's head drooped down as Xin Zimen left. ”I feel like a bloody marionette right now.”
”Why?”
Xiu looked at her husband and said with a pout, ”I have to eat, sleep, and even breathe according to doctor's orders.”
”It's for your own good,” said Darren.
”I miss it,” she sighed out.
”What are you missing? Your freedom?”
Xiu nodded her head, ”I miss hugging you, kissing you, and having...”
”That's enough,” Darren didn't let her complete her sentence.
Xiu cried out, ”That's what I'm saying! It's enough! I can't take this distance between us. It's torturous.” Darren nibbled on the inside of his cheek as she went on, ”You're this close, and yet I can't touch you.”
”Who said you can't touch me?”
Xiu gave him a look, ”Have you looked at your condition? I can't even bring myself to touch you wantonly! And I've never been cautious.”
”Sweets, if you kept talking it'll become torturous to me now.”
”I'm gonna shut up then,” she said and placed her finger on her lips.