Chapter 234 - Enjoy the View

Lu Fang was worried that he was being too aggressive with his approach towards his own wife, that he asked Andrea if she was comfortable sleeping in the same bed with him. 

Truth be told, she wasn't sure if she was ready for it. She pursed her lips while thinking, but ultimately it gave away her hesitation and the man accepted. So he asked, "Is there a couch in your bedroom?"

"Ammm… There is a guestroom?" Andrea suggested indirectly. 

'Oh, no. You are not getting away,' Lu Fang thought inwardly. 

He smiled at her and said, "I want to see you before closing my eyes tonight and see you when I wake up. I can't help but worry you'd disappear from my sight again."

Andrea's heart ached. She imagined what it must be like. She can't possibly deny her own husband, regardless of her memory loss.  Over a week ago she feared being married to someone she barely knew, but now she realized this person had sacrificed so much for her. He deserved the opportunity to stay by her side. 

"Okay. You can sleep in my bed, but - "

"Don't worry. I'm too exhausted to do anything - "The man slowly bent over before completing his thoughts,"… just yet."

It made Andrea gasped just thinking about the possibility. 

After being guided to Andrea's room, Lu Fang studied the space carefully. It wasn't very feminine for a girl's room, but then again, his wife wasn't a normal woman. It was painted with plain white but accented with light green curtains and linens on the bed. On the wall, she had a portrait of her younger self which made the man grin affectionately. 

"We should bring this to China?" Lu Fang proposed. 

"That? Haha! I was in high school in this photo," she said as she walked closer to stand beside him. "This was my last year being a normal person - or slightly normal. That's why I kept it. It reminded me that life wasn't always as complicated as they were."

"It was shortly after this picture was taken that I trained in the Davies' lair almost every day. It did not take long for me to start taking jobs - Oh my god! Have I -"

"Amaryllis? Yes, you have told me everything about your past," Lu Fang cut her off considering what she was frightened of. "Andy, my love. I know everything about you. From your favorite cheese…" The man slowly turned to face her and walked towards her. While staring right into her eyes, he continued, "to the things that make you… incredibly happy."

Andrea's eyes narrowed at his word, curious about what he meant. "Why does that sound like there is a meaning behind it?"

Before the man could say anything, she quickly cleared her throat and said, "You can go poke around if you want. I will just get some extra pillows for you. The shower is over there."

Lu Fang quickly took a warm bath, but after drying himself, he realized there was no robe in his wife's room. He merely wrapped a towel around his waist as he headed back to the bedroom to get some clothes from his luggage. He had placed it in between Andrea's work table and a small bookshelf. 

He was about to open his luggage when he saw some photo albums piled in the said self. He quickly took one and scanned through the pictures. His smirk was from ear to ear as he flipped through each one. Apart from the portrait, he knew, he also needed to bring this China. 

Heard the door open, Lu Fang turned to see who it was. It was Andrea, standing by the door with one hand on her chest. The pillows she brought had fallen to the floor. He immediately rushed to her side, worried she might have had another strange vision. "Babe, are you okay?"

It took seconds for Andrea to get back to her senses. She quickly inhaled and exhaled heavily as she closed her eyes. When she woke up, she realized she wasn't dreaming. There still was a perfectly lean half-naked man with six-pack abs inside her room and he was smoking hot. 

"I realized I'm so thirsty… Let me just get a pitcher of water," Andrea lied. She hurriedly excused herself and slammed the door closed. 

The man frowned but did not think much of it. He `was used to sleeping naked with his wife and for a brief moment, he had forgotten, all this was new to Andrea. 

Instead of getting some water, Andrea went to Li Wen's room and began panicking. 

"What are you doing in my room?" Li Wen asked. She was about to get some sleep when Andrea knocked on the door vigorously and entered the moment she opened it. 

"Sis, I don't know if I can sleep in my room. It's so HOT in there," complained Andrea. As she said this, her brows drew together, and she fanned her face with both her hands. 

Li Wen was completely puzzled by what she meant. It's not like she had a heater in her room. She responded sarcastically, "There is an air conditioning unit in your room. Turn it down!"

Andrea walked in circles and continued to fan herself before she came clean, "No. What I meant was, there is a hot-looking man in my room who is half-naked! For some reason, the temperature in my room is going up!"

"Oh, I see what you mean. That's tough," commented Li Wen. "It's up to you. If you are really that uncomfortable, then tell him to get changed or you are welcome to sleep with me, but… The truth is Andy, I feel so bad for your husband. He misses you like crazy."

"If you feel awkward about it still, just ask him to put on some clothes… Please, Andy."

"I think that's not the problem, sis. The thing is, it is… a pleasant sight!" Andrea could not help but blurted as she tried to describe the feeling of seeing her own husband's bare upper body. 

"Well, then Andy. He is your husband, after all… Why don't you... just enjoy the view?"

She pondered about it in almost a minute before finally agreeing, "You are right. He is my husband after all - the sight is for mine to enjoy. I should  - I should just go back and enjoy the view."

Andrea calmly walked back to her room, preparing herself, but when she opened the door, Lu Fang was already asleep wearing a cotton shirt and his boxers. 

"Dammit. So much for the view."