His Hidden Family My Ruined Marriage (Liana) novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174 Can You Iron a Suit for Me?

It was just as well he had come to get his clothes himself this time.

“Hmm.”

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Seeing she wasn’t going to intervene further, Elian felt a chill in his chest, but after a beat, he still answered and walked inside.

He walked slowly, and Liana found her gaze drifting unintentionally toward him. The fabric of his dress shirt was slightly wrinkled across the back. She watched for a few seconds before lowering her eyes, forcing herself to digest that pang of sour sorrow in her heart.

From now on, she wouldn’t lift a finger for him. What did it matter to her if his shirts were wrinkled?

But less than two minutes after Elian entered the room, she suddenly remembered-her ultrasound report was probably in the closet! She hurried after him.

“Elian, let me ”

She reached the doorway just as he pulled the closet door open.

She froze.

Her heart leapt into her throat. She watched him, every sense on high alert.

“One moment.”

He addressed her with detached politeness. His phone was ringing, and he answered it first.

Liana forced herself to stay calm and quickly walked over.

Elian watched her approach but said nothing. As she kept moving purposefully toward the closet, his eyes unconsciously followed her.

“Mm. I’ll be there later. Gotta go.”

He hung up and looked down at the woman now holding a garment bag for him.

He had no idea how long his clothes had been stuffed in there. They were probably musty by now.

As he watched her movements, a random thought popped into his head. “Can you iron a suit for me?”

Liana looked up, hesitated, then reminded him, “The steamer is in the living room.”

Elian nodded and stepped aside, gesturing for her to go first.

“You lead.”

Instinctively, Liana took a step back instead.

Finding her behavior odd but not dwelling on it, he took the bag from her hands.

Liana assumed he would carry it out himself. She was about to give him some space when, just as she closed. the closet door to follow him-

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Chapter 174 Can You Iron a Suit for Me?

Whoosh.

He lifted the bag and turned it upside down.

Suits, dress shirts, boxers, socks, pajamas… everything tumbled onto her bed.

A silky pajama top slid toward the edge, and her knee instinctively jerked forward to catch it.

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The moment she caught it, she realized she shouldn’t have bothered. It felt like grabbing a hot potato, and she tossed it away.

Somehow, she managed to throw it right into the center of the bed.

Oh, for heaven’s sake…

Elian stared at the spot where the pajama top landed. He raised his right hand, resting his cheek against his palm, his left hand gripping his right elbow. His sharp eyes narrowed thoughtfully, fixed on that very spot.

Hmm. My wife really doesn’t want me to leave.

“Why did you dump everything on the bed?”

Liana decided to go on the offensive.

It wasn’t like she meant to throw his pajamas onto the bed. She just didn’t want clean clothes falling on the floor. Habit, that’s all.

“Finding a set for you to iron.”

He sounded dead serious.

Seeing his brow deeply furrowed, as if genuinely focused on selecting an outfit, Liana muttered her disapproval, “Still shouldn’t have dumped them on my bed.”

Her bed was impeccably tidy, thank you very much.

Elian’s hand, which had been cupping his cheek, moved to rub the back of his neck. He was exerting considerable effort to keep a suitably stern expression and not let a trace of cunning show.

“I’ll gather them up later. First, let’s decide which suit is most appropriate for tonight.”

He launched into a serious discussion about the scattered clothes.

Since he seemed serious, Liana looked over the options, then glanced at what he was wearing. “Whatever.”

They were all formal wear. Whichever he wore would look more or less the same.

But…

Elian rubbed the back of his neck again, harder this time, struggling to keep the corners of his mouth from twitching upward.

My wife is complimenting my frame, saying I look good in anything.

He maintained his serious demeanor. “Let’s pick carefully. Tonight needs to be a little more formal.”

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“How about this one, then?”

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Taking him seriously now, Liana bent down and picked up a pair of black trousers and the matching jacket, then found a white dress shirt from the pile.

He always went for this black-and-white combination anyway.

It wasn’t that he didn’t own other colors, but he had a clear preference for monochrome.

She held them up for his inspection. He studied the garments with apparent gravity, and she waited patiently.

“You have excellent taste.”

With that, Elian turned and walked out of the bedroom.

Liana’s body instinctively pivoted to follow him, her mind already moving to the next step-ironing the clothes. But then-

“I’m going to take a shower. Bathing and changing into fresh clothes show greater respect.”

He tossed the remark over his shoulder as he walked away.

What important personage was he meeting that required such ceremonial preparation?

It suddenly struck Liana that he was probably meeting a woman.

He might even put on cologne later.

But the thought of another woman nestled in the arms that held that faint, familiar scent…

Liana, what are you thinking?

She felt like hitting her own head in frustration, but her hands were full of clothes.

She carried the garments out to the living room. Having been packed away for so long, the wrinkles were deeply set.

She retrieved the garment steamer, hung the dress shirt on it, and turned it on to warm up.

But with the shower running in the bathroom, another thing hit her. She spun back to the bedroom.

The ultrasound report was right there, in the top shelf of the closet where extra blankets were stored. She stood on her tiptoes, felt for it, grabbed it, and immediately began looking for a new hiding place.

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