“No way.” Armand was quite determined.
Elizabeth was furious, wondering if he wanted to piss her to death. “Do you want me to die? All right. I’ll kill myself in your presence.”
Elizabeth turned her wheelchair and was about to hit the wall.
Armand stood motionlessly. He said, “Grandma, you haven’t had a great-grandson yet. If you died, how would you explain to the late family members in heaven? You’d better not die.” After speaking, he pulled the luggage and left.
Elizabeth was so pissed off. Grabbing a teacup from the table, she tossed it on Armand’s back.
“What out…” Dora hurriedly reminded him.
Armand looked back at Elizabeth. Tilting, he dodged the teacup, which was smashed onto the wall.
He said to Dora indifferently, “Take good care of my grandmother. If you can delight her, I’ll give you a bonus.”
“Armand!”
“Grandma, I’m going to City C for a while. After Theresa gets better, we’ll come back.” After finishing his words, Armand walked out of the house without looking back.
Elizabeth patted the armrests on the wheelchair in anger. “Armand, you want me to die, don’t you?” she yelled.
No matter how hard Elizabeth yelled or wept, Armand didn’t look back.
He knew that his grandmother would be reluctant to die. She still wanted to have a great-grandson.
The apartment that Armand rent wasn’t big, with only a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a bathroom. It was good for the two to stay. They didn’t need to prepare for anything as there were all kinds of stuff in the apartment, so they directly moved in.
The apartment was also close to Armand’s law firm.
When he came back, Theresa was napping on the bed. Since the apartment had one bedroom and living room, both were quite spacious. The decoration in the bedroom was pretty neat – with light pink walls, a white big bed, simple-styled lamps, and curtains in warm colors. There was a hanging chair on the balcony, on which there were a white curry cushion and pink squared pillows. A four-story flower shelf was opposite the hanging chair with many green plants and fresh succulent plants. There was also an oval glass jar with algae and colorful stones. In the jar, several fishes could be often seen in the market, which was swimming happily, looking quite energetic.
All the decoration showed the people staying in the apartment loved life a lot, making Armand feel quite delighted.
Seeing that Armand was hanging on the clothes in the cabinet, Theresa was worried. “We just suddenly moved out. Will Grandma be angry?”
Armand didn’t look back at her. He said, “She’s always unhappy. If she gets angry, she was making it difficult for herself.”
After finishing hanging on the clothes, he put the suitcase onto the cabinet above. Then he walked to the bed and sat on the edge, “I know you felt quite depressed when staying home, and so did I. I don’t want to see you suffer…”
Theresa pressed her lips.
Armand reached out and tossed her hair to the back of her ear and whispered, “My dear Theresa…”
Theresa hummed to respond.
Armand continued, “What would you like to eat? I’ll cook for you.”
Actually, he wanted to tell her to think about nothing. All she needed to do was to take good care of herself.
However, he was afraid that she would overthink after hearing his words, so he swallowed them back.
“Can you cook?”
Theresa didn’t know he had such a skill.
Armand smiled, tucking her into the quilt. “Let’s enjoy every moment being together.”
Theresa looked at him and said yes.
“Have a rest. I’ll call you went the meal is ready.”
Theresa agreed.
Armand stood up, walked out of the bedroom, and closed the door.
Theresa lay down aside. Looking at the strange apartment, she relaxed a lot.
At this time, she was so afraid of facing Elizabeth. If it had succeeded, everything would be fine. However, it failed.
She wondered what Elizabeth would bitch about.
She guessed that it might be nothing pleasant to hear.
Theresa shook her head, getting rid of the messy mind. Fortunately, they were not at home now. Even Elizabeth was bitching about her, Theresa wouldn’t hear it. Out of sight, out of mind.
She couldn’t sleep, so she got up, put a coat on her shoulders, and sat on the hanging chair. Reaching out her fingers, she teased the fishes in the jar.
When Armand came in after finishing cooking, he saw Theresa teasing the fishes as soon as he opened the door. He noticed her smile, which he hadn’t seen for a long time.
He wondered when he had seen her smiling last time.
It seemed to be centuries ago.
He wasn’t willing to break the rare silence, so he leaned against the door and watched her silently.
After a while, when Theresa saw him, he strode over.
Theresa asked, “How did you find this place?”
Armand answered, “There are a lot of house hunting apps nowadays. As long as I’m willing to pay, I can find a good apartment.”
Theresa understood. Although this was a small apartment, not as big as his house, it was quieter. She also felt quite cozy when staying here. When she was home, she even had to be careful when speaking, afraid of pissing Elizabeth.
If she continued to stay home, Theresa was afraid that she would be suffered from depression soon.
She stood up from the hanging chair. Since she was sitting there for a long time, her right leg went numb. She almost lost her balance and fell on the floor. Armand acted quickly and held her.
Theresa looked up, only to find that he was looking at her. He whispered, “Are you alright?”
She shook her head and said, “I’m fine. My leg went numb after I’ve sat for so long.”
Armand lifted her and carried her in his arms. Theresa struggled. He held her more tightly. “Stay still. Let me hold you for a while. It’s been a long time.”
He looked down at her and continued, “You’ve lost so much weight.”
Theresa gently curled up her lips into a smile. “Am I thin?”
“Of course.”
Armand put her on the chair next to the table, on which there were three light dishes – stir-fried green vegetable, stewed eggs and tofu with shrimps, and the seaweed soup.
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