Samuel felt happier after seeing the comments below his and Ella's first post on Weibo. In those comments, people all hoped they could restore their marriage.
As a matter of fact, their divorce settlement never went into effect. So they were still legally married couple.
So he had sex with his wife just as in the old days.
The doorbell rang again, yanking him out of his dream-like state. It was the delivery guy.
He had ordered lots of food such as pizza, hamburger, spaghetti for lunch. After unpacking the food, he went to the bedroom. Seeing Ella was sound sleep, he smiled with satisfaction.
'Ella, you will not escape from me for the rest of your life. If you want to play this game, I will play it with you', he thought.
"Ella."
Samuel called her gently. However, Ella was still asleep.
At this moment, she was in a dream. She dreamt that she was on an international stage with the crowd casting admiring and envious eyes on her.
Among the crowd, there was Samuel, adoring her. She felt happy.
Then suddenly, Samuel rushed towards her and shouted, "Ella, my wife."
She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached, "I am not your wife." They had divorced along time ago.
Though half-asleep, she could not accept him. Samuel knew she was in a dream, so he had to let her sit up and lean against him.
"Ella, wake up. It's time for lunch." His words and actions did not rouse her. Instead, she found a cozy place for her head on his arm and continued to sleep.
There was no way to wake her up so he lowered his head, kissing and touching her. She finally woke up two minutes later.
She opened her eyes and saw Samuel's face close to hers. It was a handsome face. Slightly frowning, she complained gracefully, "Samuel, am I that annoying to you that you wouldn't let me sleep?" She was too sleepy to do any thing.
Samuel smiled. How could she be annoying to him? Even though she made mistakes, he still loved her.
He carried her into the living room and laid her on the sofa. Ella woke up fully.
"Eat!" He pushed the food on the table towards her and ladled some soup for her.
She did not have an appetite because she was so sleepy.
"Ella, forget about sleeping. I will join you in bed after we have lunch." Samuel took up a disposable spoon, dipped it in some soup, and placed it close to her lips.
Ella opened her mouth reflexively. The salty, warm seafood soup slid into her stomach.
It was quite delicious. "Where did you get these?" Samuel continued to feed the soup to Ella. She enjoyed the special service. Then she saw the pizza and reached out to grab a piece.
When she reached for the pizza, Samuel patted her hand abruptly.
"Go and wash your hands first."
She curled her upper lip in a show of discontentment.
Samuel seemed to know what Ella was thinking. He set the bowl of soup before her and went to wash his hands.
When he came back, he saw Ella eat soup lazily.
He took up a piece of pizza and fed it to Ella.
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