When I pushed the door open, I turned sideways and looked at her. "The houses that we live together in have the same renovation style. Even the fingerprint reader reads only his and my fingerprints."
"What can that prove?" Cindy asked disdainfully.
I smiled and pointed in a direction. "Every single plant you see here was planted because he wanted me to nurse our baby well. See that cherry blossom tree over there?”
Cindy looked in the direction where I pointed. A bare and snow-covered tree came into view.
I cast my mind back to the past and smiled. "When I saw the bare yard at the time, my mood became really bad. He sensed it and bought the cherry saplings home. We planted this cherry tree together. At first, he wanted to plant a few plum trees too, but I love uniform colors, so he planted several cherry trees instead. When the flowers bloom, the beautiful sight you see will make you feel like you're in a dream."
Cindy said with a sullen expression, "That doesn't say anything."
Seeing how unyielding she was, I smiled. "Maybe it means nothing to you, but to me, it shows that his
heart is full of me."
After a pause, I pointed at the gate and continued, "He never parks the car directly in front of the house whenever he comes home. He'll park at the front gate and then walk over. I noticed it a few times and asked him out of curiosity. He explained to me that there were too many things bothering him at the company, s o if he got out in front of the house directly, it would b e hard to not transfer his negative emotions to me. Hence, this stretch of road is there to remind himself that what awaits him at home is his wife, warmth, and love. All of his negative emotions need to be tossed while walking along this short stretch of road."
After hearing what I said, Cindy had not left yet. It meant that her obsession for Theo was still there.
Seeing the sullen look on her face, I smiled and hinted for her to come inside the house.
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