"It's just a little cold," Xia You said with a smile, glossing over it.
"Have you put on some weight recently?" As his hand brushed over her waist, he realized that her figure seemed much fuller.
There was even excess flesh on her lower abdomen.
In recent months, JR's business had been so troublesome it gave him headaches, and he had been so busy he'd often work all night, which left little time to see her.
"I haven't worked much these past two months; of course, I've put on some weight," Xia You leaned into his embrace and said coquettishly.
"Didn't you say you had something to tell me, what is it?" Gu Zhiyan looked at the woman in his arms and asked, puzzled.
The smile on Xia You's face slowly faded away.
The hand on his chest tightened slightly, but she still spoke up.
"Zhiyan... will you marry me?"
Still, she wanted to harbor that extravagant hope once more...