"Don't you think we should be honest with each other?"
Kevin asked while staring at Leena with a smile. She didn't need to do any housework whenever he was with her. After all, he was used to it as a soldier. All she needed to do was stay by his side and look at him affectionately.
"Come on, Kevin! People all have secrets. This is your room, huh?" Leena asked as she looked around. This room was very different from the one back in S City's Grand Apartment. The whole style of his bedroom was cold enough to scream that it was owned by a tough guy.
"Yep! I don't really come here much. It seems that they have redecorated it." The man gave his place a quick once-over and found a lot of things new in it.
"It's perfect. Very manly, actually." Leena walked around and then stopped before an art-piece set in the room. She played with it carefully. Had she been that room's designer, she would have added tons of softer elements.
"You mean the house we live in S City isn't manly? And I'm not a real man?" Kevin shot his wife a dagger stare as he fumed with anger. That was huge fake though because the truth was, he cherished this moment when Leena could just be herself. He loved her true colors and didn't want her to change who she was for anyone.
"Hahaha! You're so funny!" A loud laugh escaped from Leena's chest. If Kevin was not a real man, then there would be no real men in this world.
"Leena, go take a bath. You must be exhausted after a long trip. I'd like to take you to the army base to have a walk later." Kevin gazed at Leena with a doting smile. He took out their clothes from the suitcases and hung them in the closet. He might have not noticed how he had given more and more importance to his wife gradually. However, his heart was dangerously at the nick of it, and it was only a matter of time for him to completely fall in love with her.
"Sure! Oh, god! My muscles are killing me! I'm absolutely frozen!" Leena didn't expect that the temperature there varied greatly from the one in S City. She could have worn something thicker if she knew. It was lucky that money could solve most problems in the world. She planned to buy herself some winter clothes later.
"Are you that cold? Let me see." Kevin held her hands and found that they were indeed cold. He frowned with the sudden fear that attacked him. What if she caught a cold?
"I'm good. Maybe I've been sitting in the car for a long time and my muscles have stiffened." Leena pursed her trembling lips. She knew that Kevin still didn't love her. Nonetheless, he cared about her and that was enough to make her feel good. Love is blind and it had turned Leena from a willful princess to a girl of low self-esteem. She didn't know what she could do to make Kevin fall for her. All she could do was stay by his side and enjoy every day.
"How about this? You take a hot bath first. I'm going downstairs to make you a ginger soup. It will make you feel better." That offer came with a frown from Kevin. His original plan was to grab this opportunity and take her out on a vacation. They would have to stay at home if she caught a cold.
"I can make the ginger soup myself. Your parents may think that I'm spoiled." She didn't dare to ask Kevin to do the housework before his parents. After all, he was the apple of their parents' eyes. They might be unhappy once they saw their son cook for her.
"No worries. My mother is a soft-hearted woman. She won't blame you for such. Just take a hot bath! I'm here and you should trust me." He pushed Leena into the bathroom. Each bedroom in the house had its own bathroom. It was something really convenient for such a large family.
The young woman looked around the bathroom. It was nothing compared to the one in her own house, but it was much better than those in ordinary people's houses.
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