Zed's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he stared at Jean, who still had a puzzled face. "Jean, what's wrong?"
After hearing Zed's voice, Jean's train of thoughts were interrupted. She looked at Zed and shook her head. "Nothing," she responded quickly. Then, she held out her hands to wrap around Zed's arm. With a cheerful tone, she asked, "Zed, whatever secret you hide from me, I'm always going to be your wife, right?"
Zed was surprised by her words and gesture but instantly regained his composure and softened. "Of course, baby. That's not a question you should ask anymore. You are my only wife, and there won't be a second one. Why did you ask?" Zed caressed her nose lovingly as he replied. Jean blushed and then sighed helplessly before she let out the thoughts that bothered her just a second ago.
"Well, it was just that even though Calvin meant no bad intention, he mentioned that there are still some things that I don't know about you. Secrets that I'm certain you're hiding for a good reason. I'm letting you know that I understand if you can't tell me right away. If you remember, you wanted to confess something to me last time, but I stopped you. However, there are times that I think that we've been married for so long, and yet I still don't know what your other indentity is. Zed, even with these thoughts bothering my mind, I still want you to know that no matter who you are, I won't mind, because you are my husband, the love of my life, and I promise that I won't look at you any different."
With sincerity evident from her expression and words, Jean held up her gentle face and looked at Zed in a reassuring smile.
Enamored by her words, Zed couldn't help but blush and proclaim without hesitation, "Jean, I suddenly feel like expressing my love for you. I love you so much. Don't forget that, okay? I always tend to overlook how much kindness without strings attached you have inside of you, and how considerate and supportive you are to all my decisions. With that, I want to let you know as well just how fortunate I am to have you in my life, and believe me, when I say that I will never let you go." After saying that, Zed cupped Jean's cheeks and kissed her on the forehead. He then held out his arms and embraced Jean into a tight hug but enough to make room to breathe.
Jean closed her eyes and smiled, savoring this sweet moment that they were having. After a while, she opened her eyes and realized that they were in a public place, so she suddenly felt embarrassed and said, "Zed, there are many people watching. Should we..."
"Let them watch. You are my wife, and there is nothing wrong when a husband shows affection to his wife," Zed replied with pride as if making sure that everyone besides Jean knew that he was proud of her being his wife.
"Point taken," Jean replied, knowing that her chances of outwitting Zed was slim. Feeling bright fireworks exploding inside of her, Jean smiled and closed her eyes, leaning closer at Zed's chest and listening to his heartbeat.
Nurses, patients, and all other passers-by in the hallway did a double take as they passed by them. Some looked like they just saw their favorite celebrities, while some looked at them with envy. There were even some adults who covered the eyes of their children.
Even though they all had various reactions, all of them didn't make any move to break the warm and sweet moment the couple shared.
After a long while, Jean opened her eyes and tried to break loose from his embrace, but Zed h
"Do you know what you did wrong? It's alright if you just wanted to own me. But you should not have helped Molly leave me!"
When Brian learns the truth, there is no chance for Hannah to win his heart.
Molly, who wants to run away from Brian, seems to be the only one to blame for Hannah's misfortune...
rned to Jean and excitedly asked, "Jean, after you scolded Calvin, how did he react? Oh wait no, did he react?" He turned to face forward, not even waiting for Jean to answer as if he just asked for the sake of asking. He continued to ramble about Calvin. "If he could hear you, he must have cursed you inside a thousand times. Sadly, he can't do anything about it, but stay in his own little orb. Well, I think it suits him, especially to what he did. I better scold him more!"
Maranda gave Ron a glance and asked with a soft and worried heart, "Is it still approriate for you to do that? Jean probably gave him enough scolding already."
Ron shook his head. "Oh, don't worry. Now it will still be a good time, and I'd take the opportunity. Once he wakes up, I won't be able to have the chance to scold him," Ron said with a laugh.
Zed and Jean exchanged glances and nodded at each other knowingly and subtly.
Ron was so excited to get back at Calvin by scolding him, so how could they ruin such a moment?
Plus, they would get to witness a memorable and funny scene later.
When they were at the door, Zed and Jean purposedly let Ron and Maranda, who were both oblivious at the truth, go into the room first.
Before going in, Jean leaned in to Zed's ear and whispered, "Are we bad people for not telling them?"
"Of course not. We just haven't gotten a chance to tell them. Ron kept blabbering on and on about getting to scold Calvin," Zed whispered back innocently.
Jean tried to stifle a laugh but failed. Hearing Jean's laughter, Ron and Maranda looked back at them with confusion in their eyes. Ron stopped just before he was about to turn the knob, wondering if they should know something before getting in.
Maranda gave Ron a glance and turned to Jean with a weak smile. "What's so funny, Jean?"
Jean was startled at Maranda's question and shook her head, trying to stop herself from laughing by biting her lower lip and forming a serious expression. "It's nothing. Nothing's funny, Maranda."
Maranda eyed Jean suspiciously, letting her know that she didn't believe her at all. After a moment she shrugged. "Hmm, forget it. It's probably just an inside joke that you two shared," she said and motioned to Ron to open the door. "Ron, let's better leave them. We might be interrupting their secret conversation."