Angela made a slow hum as she ignored him and then hid herself under the quilt.
Arvin put the bowl of soup to the side of the bed and lowered his head to kiss Angela's lips. "Why are you angry with me?" he asked.
He already had many ideas in his mind of how to coax her when she got mad at him.
"Don't kiss me. Go and kiss your fiancee!" Angela pushed him away, and wiped her lips off with her hand.
"Angela, I've told you, you are my wife, and Rosa isn't my fiancee anymore!" He wouldn't mind stressing this point to her once again.
"Huh! She isn't your fiancee? Then why do you keep the house in the Jianqiao Garden? Why do you keep your engagement rings? And why did you talk to her in such an intimate way earlier? Arvin, you still have feelings for her. Don't lie to me anymore" Angela felt even more aggrieved with each word she said. She felt that no matter what the consequences, Arvin would always treat Rosa differently than the other women in his life.
Although she could feel that Arvin loved her more, there was a great possibility that he might have wanted them both.
Arvin took the bowl from the bedside, placed a spoonful of soup in front of her lips, and said, "Have some of this, I'll tell you everything."
"Why must I listen to you?" She was still angry.
"Are you sure you don't want to drink it?" His eyes glimmered with an unusual light as he boldly scanned her body from head to toe. Angela noticed his look and immediately opened her mouth for a spoonful of soup.
Angela wanted to take the bowl away from him, but Arvin did not allow her to do so and continued to patiently feed her. She was starting to feel impatient.
Eventually, when the soup was finished, Arvin put the bowl aside and wiped her mouth. "The house in the Jianqiao Garden has been sold!" he said. The buyer was still on his business trip. Arvin was afraid that Angela would get angry because of this, so he asked Kent to find another buyer. The formal procedures were already concluded.
"But the rings," he paused and said, "Rosa has taken the rings away." When Rosa found out that he was selling the house, she called him and asked him not to do so.
But he didn't agree with her. Rosa had to give in and move all her things out from that house.
"At the wedding ceremony, we just had a short conversation about the past. That's all, there is nothing else between us." Rosa seemed to be quite happy to talk about the past memories. Arvin was a doctor and he understood how important it was for a heart disease patient to stay in a happy mood. So he whispered a few words to comfort her, and he didn't say anything else.
After having explained himself to Angela, he looked at her and asked, "Are you still angry?"
"Yes, leave those two women alone from now on!" said Angela. She began to calm down, but now she was well aware that Nita and Rosa would never stop until she broke up with Arvin.
Arvin smiled, pecked her lips, and said, "Yes, babe!"
If it weren't for Arvin feeling guilty about Rosa, he wouldn't have felt the need to speak to her at all.
"And about Nita?" said Angela.
"Whatever you want to do to her, I'll support you," said Arvin. He would not only support her, but he would also help her with the revenge.
Angela thought of the incident when Nita had put a snake in her locker. She said, "Last time she put a snake in my locker. I just taught her a little lesson. It seemed as if I was so benevolent to her."
While he gently played with her ring finger, Arvin thought that he might have also been too soft and forgiving on Nita. He peacefully suggested, "How about I make her live with a boa constrictor for a couple of days?"
None of the hospitals would employ Nita as per Arvin's instruction. However Nita still hadn't changed her ways. He hated her even more now.
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