After bidding Mrs. Du goodbye, he reminded her to take care of Lola and not let her do anything. Harry then hung up the phone in relief. He decided to come home early tonight.
Lola took Nicole out for shopping so they had dinner outside.
They returned to the mansion at past eight that evening. Telling from the silence inside, Lola guessed that Harry hadn't come back yet.
She could hardly move because of her wounded arm. But she still managed to help Nicole take a bath and got her to sleep. When these were all done, it was almost 10 o'clock p.m..
She silently crept from Nicole's bed and walked out. Harry's bedroom was all dark, and so was his study room. Maybe he was still not back.
She passed by the room full of their pictures. When Lola looked closer, she saw several new photos in which Nicole was playing happily in her school.
Then she closed the door. After a short while, she heard the familiar sound of a car engine from the ground floor.
It must be Harry's car. When she thought of Harry coming back, Lola's heart began to race really fast. She rushed to Nicole's room, jumped onto her bed, hugged her and closed her eyes.
Harry walked in with big strides, then rushed upstairs without even taking off the blazer hanging on his arm.
He opened Nicole's bedroom door. It was totally quiet, as he had expected.
Lola and Nicole embraced each other and slept sound together----a scene he wanted and was most happy to see. Just seeing them like this made his stress and exhaustion just go away.
As long as he would see this every day, he could work all day without feeling tired.
He then leaned down and kissed both of them. Instantly, Harry's familiar smell filled Lola's nose. Lola, though pretending to be asleep, still couldn't help but blink.
He then gave a glance at Lola's arm. It was still in a cast. He might as well go back to his bedroom and take a shower first. Harry thought to himself.
The door was closed gently, so Lola was a bit relieved. But what would Harry do? Did he go to work or did he sleep already? She could sense that Harry was already tired...
She was deep in her thoughts for almost an half hour. In the end, she sat up from the bed and decided to take a stroll.
The door opened from the outside again. Hearing the sound, Lola hurriedly went back to bed. Yet her movement did not escape Harry's eyes.
With a big grin on his face, he walked over to her. Her eyes were closed again.
Harry carried her to their bedroom.
He put her gently on his bed and tried to kiss her.
Lola put her right hand between them to block the kiss.
"Lola, I miss you." His sweet but tired voice echoed in her ears, making her nervous again. She bit her lips and tried to gather courage.
"Mr. Si, we... We are not familiar with each other. I don't know you." Now, she had to pretend to have amnesia again. It was tiring actually.
Harry nibbled her lips as punishment. "Don't call me Mr. Si. I am your husband." He emphasized his identity to her again.
Under the dim light, Lola lowered her head, seducing Harry to his wildest fantasies.
"Mr. Si..." She hadn't even finish her words before Harry's kiss covered her lips again.
After a long while, Harry corrected her again, "If you don't want to call me 'Honey' or as your husband, you can just call me by my name." He could tell that the way she called him now was different from before.
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