I should have trusted my instincts and not do what Min asked me to do but I wanted to prove that I was teachable. I pushed my body forward and nose dived into the pool. I felt strong hands pull me to the surface."Are you okay?" Min asked."Do I look okay?" I asked him. I pulled my hand from his and found my way out of the pool. "Maybe sharks are really dangerous and there's no need to swim with them," I said as I walked out of the pool to our apartment. I didn't stop walking until I was in the apartment, in the bathroom and brushing my tongue. I knew a swallowed a lot of swimming water. What's worse is the amount og things that could be in the water. The possible pee, the chemicals, the sweat. Everything was in my stomach. The thoughts of it made me gaga but that was all I did, gag, there was no vomit.I stopped washing my tongue after a while and went to take a quick shower, washed my hair and left the bathroom. Swim lessons were ov
It had been a week since I made dinner for Min and since then, he has been trying to impress me. He bought me the cutest flowers, carried me home after our run and helped when i told him I wanted to try new dishes."Let's play dress up," Min suggested."Why will we want to do that?" I asked him."Can you just agree, it's something in my bucket list," he replied."I have a feeling you are lying. You made fun of my bucket list and suddenly you have yours. How is that possible?""In this world, we'll get ready in different room and rate each other's outfit," Min said. he went into the wardrobe, grabbed his attire and left the room. I barely got a glimpse of his clothe but I knew there was milk and black. There were basic colours and I could work with them. I walked into my wardrobe and picked my outfit.I settled on a spaghetti strap dress. The dress stopped above my knee and was l
The next morning, I woke up and felt really sore and tired. I turned to pick up my phone but it wasn't there. I checked the time and realized it was 10 AM, it wasn't so bad. I tried to get out of bed but it was quite painful. I laid there for wo minutes and remembered the previous. After the first time, it became a lot less painful, it was fun. I smiled and remembered when Min took me to the bath and we just soaked in there before we came back into the room.He changed the sheets, took the stained sheets to the laundry and came back. He grabbed ine of his hoodie and made me wear it, it was comfortable and it smelled like him, I got to be in his clothes and also got to sleep with his hands wrapped around me.I knew I had broken a clause in the contract but we both agreed to it and I already him the full price for accepting the contract and he didn't leave, he chose to stay with me. I softly called out to Mi n but got no reply.I
The rush of cold night air made me realize how cold it was but I had to put a face to the voice and make sure my subconsciousness was wrong but she was right.When Min heard his voice, he turned to look at me and was surprised and shocked."She's the wife? Have I lost everything?" The girl asked not bothered that I knew their secret. She walked away angrily, leaving Min to face me."Mei what are you doing here?" he asked."I could ask you the same but I am not," i replied."It's not what you think," he said."The famous line, everyone uses that line when they get caught," i tell him. "I also heard your little conversation in the restaurant," I informed him."How much of the conversation did you hear?" he asked."Enough to connect the lines and know that the friend you told me about was you. You weren't even trying to be discreet, it
I slowly open my eyes, blinking softly as I tried to adjust my eyes to harsh overhead light. I looked around and discovered I was in the hospital and someone was sleeping in a chair beside me. I tried to remember how I got to the hospital because the last thing I remember was getting drinks with Soo-Jin. She was the one sleeping in the chair beside my bed, i needed to ask her how I got here. I called out to her but my voice was sore and barely audible. I tried to sit up and that was when I realized I was hooked up to various tubes and monitors. Panic creeps in as I start to wonder what happened to me. The monitor catches on to my panic and started beeping loudly. The sound woke up Soo-Joo who looked confused but in seeing me went to call for help. A nurse rushed into the room and assured me that everything was alright and I was receiving treatment, I calmed down a little but I had a lot of questions. One was how I got here and what I was doing here. I hope it wasn't the cancer sympt
Since my arrival, Min has dropped subtle thing around the hiuse that made my life easier. He'll bing new flowers everytime the old one die, turn of my monitor any time I forgot to do tht, close the blinds so the sun doesn't affect my sleep, put my fully chsrged phone by my bedside. Lemon in water covered with lids, replacing the toothpaste when it finished and notes stating specfically where he went. Turns out he works at Bar and Din, he was only called in when there was a food emergency, other than that, he worked three days in a week. I pretended to not care but slowly it was getting to me. I went o the fridge for breakfast and there was a note in the fridge, it was attached to a food container. I read the note and brought out the food. It was chicken soup and there was a lot of chicken chunk in the soup, it looked yummy. he must have noticed my unwillingness to eat solid foods. I wanted to make you breakfast, please do not refuse, it's yummy and it has chicken in it. I reheate
I listened to his apology but said nothing. I lay there in silence and listened while I watched the stars and when he finished, I turned to him, offered him a small smile, and continued to watch the stars, he said nothing but watched me, I could feel his eyes but I didn't turn to look at him. Everything was going to be okay, I just knew it, I had a little confession of my own to make but it wasn't time yet, I placed my hand on my stomach and smiled. We stayed there in silence and onl got up to leave when the clouds moved the stars away from our view, it wasn't morning yet but it was well into midnight. Min helped me up, folded the blanket, and took the pillows. Sleeping Mr. Jiang was something I never thought about or ever saw but there he was asleep. He must have felt our presence because he was awake now and smiling at us, it was left to me, I would have let him sleep some more, he was too old for the stress Min and I were putting him through. Min put the blanket and everything i
Our flights were booked, and it was time to fly out to Bora Bora, this was going to be our first couples' trip, and it definitely will not be our last, he probably thinks it is but it isn't. "Min help me back," I pleaded. "Why? You didn't help me pack but you want me to help you?" he asked me and I nodded. "No," he mouthed and left the room. I threw my bikini bottoms at him but he had left the room before it could hit him. "I hate you," I yelled. "I love you enough for the both of us," he replied. I groaned and brought out all the clothes I needed for the vacation, we were going to an island with water, and swimming would be an activity but I can't swim and I do not mind I am going to relax and be in bed all day, swimming is an exercise and my baby and I do not want that. I was still the same size, my stomach was still as flat, no one knew I was pregnant yet and I wasn't ready to tell them, after this vacation, I'll think about it. If I am ready to face all the struggles and que