Chapter 6

Mrs.Lim ｗas true to her word, everywhere Lim Toby ｗｅｎｔ, Butler Wang followｅｄ him, even to the toilet. Lim Toby did manage to get home on time every day, but he wouldn't spend a single second with Lydia even if he came home early. Lydia certainly dｉｄｎ＇t expect Mrs. Lim to help herself in this way, after all, Lim Toby ｗａs an adult, and controlling him in this way will only cause him to rebel and backfire. It was Christmas Day, and Lydia walked out of the hospital after leaving work and spending some time with her mother in the hospital room, where Christmas carols filled every street and alley with a festive atmosphere. Couples on the street happily and joyfully enjoying this romantic holiday are a sight to behold. Once, Lydia had been so happy, so loved, and since marrying Lim Toby, that happiness had disappeared. The most romantic holiday becomes meaningless without someone around you who loves each other. Not wanting to get touchy-feely, Lydia practically fled home. Upon entering The Lim Family mansion, she saw Lim Toby walk out of the house, followed by Mrs. Lim, who shouted, "Lim Toby, don't you dare walk out this door! If you do, you'll never come back!" Lim Toby protested back with a face full of indignation, "Mom, you're trying to drive me crazy by not letting me go out on Christmas Eve, aren't you?" "It's better to drive you crazy than to send you to that bitch, Butler Wang, stop the young master back." Mrs.Lim shouted at Butler Wang who was off to the side. Lim Toby saw Lydia walking in and his lips lifted as he stepped towards her, wrapping an arm around her slender waist turning back to smile at Mrs. Lim, "Who said I was going to the leprechaun, I was planning to take my kissing wife to a romantic candlelit dinner." Lydia's body stiffened and instinctively side-stepped her body to the side. She had become extra repulsed by men since her one-night stand with the strange man, and Lim Toby was no closer to her than the men out there because Lim Toby rarely put his arms around her like he did today. Sensing her evasion, Lim Toby tucked his arms around her and held her tighter and tighter. "Butler Wang, ｄｒｉｖｅ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｔｏ　ｈａｖｅ dinner." Mrs.Lim said. "Yes, madam." Butler Wang walked to the car. Lim Toby huffed and forced himself to get into the car. The atmosphere in the small compartment dropped to a freezing point. Lim Toby didn't say a word, and Lydia was certainly speechless all the way. She and he, all this time, had no verbal hook-up. She didn't think Lim Toby was really going to be a good husband and take her to a candlelit dinner; the man had some bad ideas in his fancy mind. It wasn't until the car stopped in front of an upscale Western restaurant that she settled down a bit and got out to walk into the restaurant with Lim Toby, finding a seat by the window. Lim Toby was obviously familiar with the place and ordered half a dozen dishes as soon as he sat down, then tossed the menu to Lydia for her to order. Lydia shook her head, "That's enough." "Order her a fried rice." Lim Toby said as he looked up at the waiter. "May I ask what kind of fried rice the gentleman would like?" The waiter asked politely. Lim Toby choked him impatiently, "Why so many questions? Just get a bowl of white rice with some soy sauce and flip it twice." The waiter was wide-eyed and slow to place his order. "Also add a few more chilies, make them strong and spicy." Lim Toby added. The waiter walked away with a quizzical look on his face. Soon, all sorts of delicacies were served, and Lydia was just about to start her knife and fork when a delicate figure suddenly flashed before her eyes, and she was stunned, her hands on her knife and fork freezing. "Toby, you haven't visited me in so many days, the baby and I have missed you." Feng Ann smiled delicately and sat down next to Lim Toby, leaning in to give him a loud, bright kiss on the cheek. "Can't help it, there's a nasty bug pestering around that cant be kicked away." Lim Toby said as he gave Lydia a look askance. Feng Ann scanned the food on the table and said with a look of excitement, "All my favorites yay. toby, did you order this, especially for me?" "Sure." Lim Toby cut a piece of steak and brought it to her mouth. "Mmm, that's delicious." Feng Ann smiled with a happy face. Looking across at the scene of the two kissings, Lydia just felt ｓｉｃｋ, she knew that Lim Toby would not compromise so easily to bring herself to the western food, so this is what he wanted. This is outrageous! "Miss, your fried rice is ready." The waiter placed a plate of fried rice in front of her. Sure enough, it was white rice with soy sauce plus red, red, red finger peppers. Lydia couldn't keep her eyes open from the spicy smell just from putting it on her heels. Feng Ann, who was on the opposite side of the table, deliberately showed a look of astonishment, "I can't see Ms. Cheng has such a strong taste." "What? Not to your taste?" Lim Toby raised an eyebrow at her with an evil look on his face. "No." Lydia responded calmly, picking up a spoon and scooping a bite into her mouth and chewing gently, the spicy taste filling her mouth and choking her eyes with tears and snot. She forced herself not to lose her temper and closed her eyes, forcing herself to adjust to the nasty spicy taste. After taking a bite, she wrinkled her nose with a paper towel and continued with a second bite. "That's disgusting." Feng Ann spat out in disgust and shook her arms around Lim Toby, "Toby, I want to go eat somewhere else, okay." "Fine." Lim Toby swept Lydia away indifferently and beckoned the waiter to pay the bill. Lim Toby and Feng Ann embraced and left, but Lydia still didn't stop eating her fried rice, she gulped it down and shed tears freely. With them gone, she didn't have to hide her tears anymore, couldn't tell if it was because it was spicy or sad, but in any case, she didn't want to stop. "Keep eating, and you'll die here." A ｍａｎ＇ｓ voice suddenly rang in hｅｒ ears. Lydia lifted her head, her eyes meeting the man across from her. The pause caused her to accidentally choke and cough heavily, coughing up and down, a small face flushed. The man across the table handed her a glass of plain water, which she nonchalantly took and drank half of it, which was finally better. "Thanks." She wiped the corner of her mouth with a tissue and looked across at the strange man. When did a man sit-in in front of her? She didn't even notice. The man had fine features, a handsome face, and an erect body, much better looking than Lim Toby. It was just that Lydia had never been interested in handsome men, so she didn't intend to talk to him much. She was about to get up and leave when her heart abruptly clenched as her gaze swept over the smoky grey trench coat on the man, and she reassessed him in dismay. The unique style and texture of this leftover trench coat struck her, having seen it in the hotel closet that day. Could it be him ......? "Hello, my name is Shen Ron," the beautiful man smiled and extended his palm to her. Shen Ron ....... Shen ....... Lydia remembered that it was Mr. Shen that the waiter had called when he knocked at the door seeking to clean up. This discovery reinforced her suspicions that yes, it was the man in front of her, the man who had taken her first time and then played disappear, the man who had left countless bruises and hickeys on her body! He showed up, and he had the nerve to show up! Lydia pranced up and splashed the half-drunk glass of water left in her hand at his handsome face. Shen Ron closed his eyes as droplets of water slid down his handsome face and onto his trench coat, and instead of fuming, he gracefully fetched a tissue to wipe the droplets from his face. "It seems Ms. Cheng doesn't exactly remember me." He smiled a wicked smile. He had just watched the scene from beginning to end and knew from Feng Ann's mouth that the woman's name was Ms. Cheng. "You ...... have no shame!" He's actually laughing? Lydia gritted her teeth in anger. "Ms. Cheng is afraid she's mistaken." Shen Ron was still beaming, "Ms. Cheng groped into my room after a large dose of aphrodisiacs, hugged me to death, and offered to take off the erotic pajamas ...... she was wearing." "Shut the fuck up!" Lydia interrupted him in annoyance and swept a quick glance around. Wait, what did he just say? She took an aphrodisiac and then she came into his room? And took off her pajamas to seduce him? Oh, my God! How is that possible? "Then why don't you push me away?" Lydia was disgruntled. In any case, it was a fact that he had taken his own precious first time. "How am I supposed to push when you're clinging to me like an octopus?" This soundｅｄ unconvincing. Can a man be that stupid? Would a man be so stupid as to push a woman out of his door? It had happened, and it was indeed Lim Toby who had sent her to him. Even if she hated him in her heart, she could not find a reason to do so. She took a light breath, "Since that night was a misunderstanding, and you did not suffer any loss, let it go. It's best we don't see each other again." "Who says I didn＇t lose anything?" "What loss did you take?" Lydia crossed her eyes, if he dared to say that he was raped and needed her to compensate for the emotional damage, she would throw another glass of cold boiling water at him! "When are you going to give me back those two dresses of mine that you wore away?" So here he is asking her for clothes! Those two dresses she was originally going to throw away, but then she found out they were high-end and didn't bother to throw them away, they were thrown away in her closet. "I'll pay you back next time I have the chance." Lydia finished standing up and before she left she looked down at him and said, "I'm already married, I hope Mr. Shen will stay away from me next time so my husband won't get the wrong idea." "Your husband?" Shen Ron snorted, "Just the one from earlier?" Lydia's little face heated up, it looked like he had just seen that scene. "Ａ husband like that?" Shen Ron said he didn't understand, he had only seen Lim Toby a total of two times, the first time was at the hotel watching Lim Toby slap and drag Lydia, the second time was just now. What was left for her to keep about this man other than good looks and money? "It's my business!" Lydia choked him out without a word, copying her bag and turning to walk briskly towards the door of the restaurant.