via looked at Abigail. She didn’t want her friend to be angry. dwin already had enough resentment towards his biological mother; she didn’t want her friend to also hate her grandmother because of herself.


    Growing impatient at not receiving an answer, Abigail shifted her gaze to dwin. dwin shrugged casually, his left hand gently stroking via’s head.


    “Your grandmother asked via to give me a child within a year. And if Via isn’t pregnant, she has to be willing to divorce me or let me marry Phoebe,” he said, still maintaining his rxed demeanor.


    The crease in Abigail’s forehead deepened. She tried to digest the information before finally cursing in frustration. “Has Grandma lost her mind? It seems old age has made her think irrationally,” she huffed angrily. “Does she think you’re some kind of livestock? Does Grandma really think you’re a god who can easily fill your womb with the presence of a baby?” Abigail now paced back and forth in front of via and dwin. Her left hand was folded while her right hand supported it.


    Abigail bit her thumbnail roughly, trying to quell the anger that seemed to have reached its boiling point. “That witch must have influenced Grandma’s mind,” she said again, her gaze distant. “That’s the only reason why Grandma would act like this. The options she gave are even absurd.” She murmured softly, more like speaking to herself.


    dwin turned to his wife, studying her face closely. “What else did Phoebe say?” he asked curiously.


    via shook her head, returning her husband’s gaze. dwin’s left hand now gently stroked via’s cheek. “She said the choice was between me leaving you or me having to share you. She believes sharing you is the only best solution. We could have a child with her, while she could get all the facilities you can provide,” via replied matter-of-factly.


    Abigail sneered. The girl had now slumped her body onto the single sofa and folded her arms in front of her chest.


    “Like Mother, Like Daughter. See, Uncle?” via looked at Abigail with confusion now. “We discussed this once, and we concluded that it’s all about money.


    “It seems that woman knows about the inheritance you received and also the property business you’re currently involved in. And ording to them, you’re just like a money tree,” Abigail said again, her tone sharp.


    via fell silent, as did dwin. “Don’t tell me you’ve already made a choice among the options my mother gave you? For God’s sake, I won’t stand for it if you do. There’s no good choice among the two options my mother gave.” She said threateningly, but via remained silent, offering no response. “I’ll slowly die if you’re cruel enough to leave me, especially if you lead me to that vixen,” she continued as via still remained silent.


    Abigail could only watch via. With via’s character, Abigail was sure her friend had already made a choice as suspected by her husband.


    “The IV’s finished,” via redirected her husband’s attention to the empty IV bag.Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    dwin stood up, went into their room, and fetched a medicine box. Carefully, he removed the IV and disposed of the unused equipment in the trash. Afterward, via got up, looked at Abigail, and uttered, “I want to rest.” Abigail knew her friend was trying to avoid, but she only nodded. via went into her room, which she had upied for the past nine months, and dwin followed her from behind.


    “You haven’t had lunch,” her husband remarked behind via, who was now about to change clothes.


    “I’m not hungry. Maybeter. Do you want to shower? Shall I prepare warm water?” dwin shook his head, declining his wife’s offer. “You’re still unwell, right?” via shook her head in response. “I’m not sick. I’m just in shock. Shall I prepare the bathtub?” Without waiting for dwin’s answer, via entered the bathroom. She filled it with warm water and scented therapeutic soap.


    dwin entered the bathroom with a towel around his waist. via smiled at him. Slowly, she removed her clothes from her head, causing dwin to be surprised by his wife’s actions. Initially, he suspected that via’s regained memory would revert her back to her shy mode, but he was mistaken. via now became more aggressive than she was before she lost her memory.


    Her personality during her memory loss, dwin believed, was her true character. It was the one via had hidden from him all this time. Not hidden, more urately, the one she tried to change since the major ident that happened to her. So, dwin was quite surprised because his wife now no longer wanted to hide behind her mask of shyness. And dwin liked his wife’s current nature.


    via removed all her clothes, leaving only ckce bra and panties. She approached her husband and removed the towel around dwin’s waist, then pulled him to enter the bathtub.


    dwin followed suit, leaning his body against the edge of the bathtub. Afterwards, via removed her underwear and joined him, asking dwin to spread his legs so she could sit in front of him. She positioned herself in front of dwin with her back against his chest, leaningfortably against his chest.


    “I thought you were going to give me a ‘plus-plus’ shower experience,” dwin whispered in via’s ear. His wife smiled, turning her head to nce at dwin over her shoulder. She reached for dwin’s head to bring him down closer. She kissed him warmly before dwin changed it into a passionate kiss that left them breathless.


    “I want it,” dwin requested softly. His nose nuzzled via’s shoulder, moving up and down.


    “I’m still unwell,” via replied, giggling.


    “You should take responsibility because you teased me first,” dwin pouted.


    via smiled, then she turned around. She sat on dwin’sp with her legs open. Her hands were on dwin’s shoulders, teasingly caressing his neck.


    dwin pulled his wife’s waist, pushing her petite body forward until the sensitive area could feel his. via smiled, her head tilting closer. Then, without a word, she gently kissed dwin’s lips. Tasting and teasing.


    dwin groaned, his hands softly rubbing via’s back. He responded to via’s kiss hungrily. They made love in the bathtub as if there were no tomorrow. Continuing it under the shower and ending up exhausted on the bed.


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    via gazed at dwin. Currently, she was in her husband’s warm embrace, facing each other naked. Watching her husband’s face as he slept wasn’t something she did for the first time. She often did it. However, somehow it felt different this time.


    dwin’s thick, ck hair, usually neatlybed for work, now fell over his forehead. His thick eyebrows, sharp nose, slightly darkened lips from asional smoking, and pointed chin. via observed them all carefully. Even his straight, ck, short eyshes. via liked everything. Everything about her husband. Not just his handsome face and muscr body, but also his personality. His skin was white, clean. And hisrge hands had long fingers, which via found beautiful.


    “Whatever I do in the future, I hope you won’t be angry with me,” she whispered softly. She hugged dwin tightly, hiding her face in his broad chest. “You have to know that I always love you. Whatever I doter on, I do it not only for my own good, but for us.


    “I’m tired of holding everything alone. I want to share everything with you. I’m tired of surrendering to circumstances. I want to fight for my own happiness, and my happiness is being with you.


    “I know you’ll be angry, but for God’s sake, I won’t give up on our rtionship, because I do all of this for us. Unless you want to back down, then I can only surrender.”


    dwin heard everything, and he believed every word his wife said. Just as via decided not to give up, he would do the same.


    dwin tightened his embrace, giving his wife reassurance through his bodynguage. Whatever happens in the future, whatever problems they face, and whatever path his wife chooses, he believes in her.


    “Even if someday I leave, you have to believe that I wille back. Please, wait for me until I return,” she whispered softly again before silence enveloped them.