My Loyal Husband After Our Divorce

“Lin Lin, where were you?” Old Mrs. Xi was the first after Tianxin to recover from the shock. She posed the question to salvage the strangely awkward situation.

Still holding onto his parents’ hands, Lin Lin lifted his head and answered sincerely, “Grandma, I saw Mom outside.”

Xinghe’s heart trembled when she heard the word ‘mom’.

Lin Lin knew she was his mom…

He managed to recognize her with just one look.

Xinghe found it difficult to describe to bittersweet sensation that rose in her heart.

Xinghe felt the world fall away and she took in her son’s cute face hungrily, memorizing every detail, making up for lost time.

She didn’t realize Mubai was staring at her intensely, an unreadable complication communicated through his eyes.

He wasn’t expecting his ex-wife’s captivating arrival. He knew she was a beauty but only in the way like how a mannequin is beautiful, a pretty shell.

beauty in the past was passive, like that of a beautiful mannequin on display, her beauty that night was active, reeling your attention in

a charm on Xinghe that he hadn’t noticed before, one that squeezed his heart. It was like admiring a mystifying painting, his attention kept

Mubai himself didn’t realize his eyes were glued onto Xinghe the moment

Lin Lin’s answer was a

suddenly stumbled into his mom outside of the hotel

that after Xinghe’s divorce, she hadn’t been

time when the

could empathize with Lin

first time meeting his mom.

and said, “Well, now that Lin Lin’s back, let’s start the celebration. Lin Lin, come stand beside grandma, we’ll

on Mubai’s hand, pleading, “Daddy, can Mommy join us? I

could deny a birthday boy’s wish to celebrate his birthday with his

with this arrangement but it would

wanted her to be part of Lin Lin’s birthday

he whispered in return before turning to the hotel worker, ordering, “We can begin

“Understood, Mr. Xi.”

the tune of ‘Happy Birthday’, a mousse cake the size of a dinner

it were four lit candles. Xinghe stared at the