Book8 Chapter2.

The red wine steak was especially good.

I ate two large plates by myself and was so satisfied that I wasn't even that mad

when Leo stood me up again.

In the early hours, Leo came home.

He noticed that the lights in the entryway and living room were off.

In six years of marriage, whenever he went out drinking, no matter how late it

was, I always prepared hangover medicine and dozed off on the sofa waiting for him to come back.

Leo didn't like me doing this.

So he often stayed out all night.

Then he would point at the bags under my eyes from worrying and mock me for looking older than his aunt.

"Gigi, are you feeling unwell?"

When he came into the room, Leo reached out, trying to check my forehead temperature.

I barely avoided his hand and quietly frowned.

"It's late. Go take a shower."

The smell of alcohol on him made me nauseous.

beside me, squinting as he

wasn't a

How strange.

I liked to kill his buzz

not to drink too much. Telling him to remember to get

his throat and said, "I really couldn't skip tonight's dinner, but I'll definitely take you out tomorrow. Will

I blinked.

go

were met with Leo's mocking

I

phone chimed with an email. As I eagerly opened it,

squeeze in a movie and coffee in your

good at time

Leo's handsome

he had known

She was afraid of the dark, so he had no choice but

to her parents' house last

do anything besides imagine things all day?

me."

Before tonight, the word

fight, wishing I

his criticism, I

was looking at the

quickly turned off the

you looking

I'm tired. I'm going

loud bang, the man

was the classic sign of

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