"You certainly look quite elegant and tender today. But I prefer the former Leena. You seem a bit dismal as compared to her. I also feel that this new Leena is detached from me."
Edward had a sharp perception. Leena couldn't hide the slightest change in her personality from him. He didn't know what made her change her dressing style. Did she find something unusual? Or did Kevin do something to bring about this recent change?
"Puff! Edward, are you composing a poem? What do you mean by 'dismal'? Don't forget; I am a happy angel." Leena smiled at her own remark. Despite the bright smile on her face, she had a slight feeling of tightness in the chest, and she didn't know why.
"Hope we are just perceiving you wrong. You are still an adorable and angelic girl." Edward smiled and said in a cosseting tone. No matter how far and fast time flew, Leena always had a place in his heart, and that would never change. She was the first person who had shown her kindness and warmth to Edward.
"Of course I'm still myself! Am I looking like a leprechaun? What's wrong with you, Edward? Did you hurt your head? Or else why would you say such strange things to me that I can't comprehend."
Leena's eyes sparkled with a deceptive light. As a matter of fact, she knew very well what Edward meant. But after everything she had been through, she was no longer the innocent girl who didn't have any secrets in her heart. Leena was a wife now. Although there were still lots of things that she needed to learn to make a good wife, at least she had turned into an adult. Sometimes Leena couldn't tell them everything. She wasn't as comfortable in asking for comforts or suggestions as she had been in the past.
"You came here alone." Duke took a look at the green wound on her hand. Then he turned his eyes to the door, trying to see if Kevin was coming. But he wasn't. Duke got angry, as could be told from his frigid face. He got mad when he realized that Kevin had left Leena and he hadn't accompanied her to the hospital.
"Yes! It's much easier to call a cab." She couldn't drive for a while due to her injured hand. But she felt guilty when she responded to Duke because Kevin had told her to wait at home before he went to work in the morning. He told her that he would pick her up after work and take her to the hospital. However, as soon as Kevin went off to work, she grew anxious. So to avoid meeting him, she left for the hospital before Kevin came back. Leena didn't know why she behaved in this manner. She just felt empty and didn't know how to get along with him. She knew she was behaving oddly, but she couldn't figure out why.
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