Bab 32: Finally something we have in common
[From: Heaven
Home. ]
Dominic gazed at his phone while on his way back to the company after a long meeting in another place. He received the message an hour ago, but only had the time to check this right now. Heaven only sent one word, but he couldn't believe his eyes.
What was even more surprising was that there was no history in their message log. They had been married for five years, but not a message exchange between them. There wasn't even punctuation or anything. It was just empty.
The first message between them was this one.
"Home," he read in a voice only above a whisper.
The people in the front seat of the car glanced at the back seat. Their boss had been staring at his phone. Was there something important his assistant missed?
"Sir, do you want to go home?" asked the assistant as he still grasped Dominic's remark. "Should I cancel your schedule for the rest of the day?"
"No." Dominic raised his eyes at his assistant, showing his phone to him. "Heaven sent me this message. I don't know what it means."
The assistant narrowed his eyes and leaned his face forward, immediately noticing the first message between the husband and wife. He was aware Dominic and Heaven didn't have a good relationship, but not even a text for the past five years!
"I think the young madam meant she's already home," said the assistant, not letting the empty log distract him.
DING!
The assistant instinctively gazed at the phone once again as another message appeared.
[ Axel drove me home. ]
"Huh?" the assistant cocked his head to the side while Dominic retrieved his hand to see another message from his wife.
His brows instantly furrowed as he frowned. Before he could even think whether to answer or ignore, he replied, "Why?"
[ From: Heaven
I don't know how to go home. I don't know the address. Good thing he saw me. ]
Dominic blinked and blinked, rereading her reply that made him wonder. How could she not know how to go home? Heaven could take taxis and buses before rising to fame. But then it hit him. Ever since she moved into his place, she never went out on her own.
"Dane, do you know Heaven doesn't know our address?" Dominic asked his assistant, Dane Zhang.
"Pardon?"
"Apparently, Heaven didn't know our house's address," he explained monotonously. "Hire her a driver."
"Yes, sir." The assistant, Dane Zhang, had to swallow his surprise to keep up with his boss.
Who in the world doesn't know their own address?! He would understand it if Heaven had just recently moved in with her husband, but she had been in the damn house for five years! How could she not know the address of the house she had been living in for years?
DING!
Dominic and Dane instinctively gazed at Dominic's phone. Dane stretched his neck, trying to see what Heaven texted again, but to no avail.
[ From: Heaven
By the way, when will Basti go home? ]
That message suddenly froze Dominic on the spot, as if his heart had stopped beating for a second. Not only this was the first time she reached out to him, but it was also the first time she mentioned their son's name.
Yes. First time.
Looking back, Heaven only called Basti 'that kid' or 'your son' to Dominic. She never once acknowledged he was also her son, nor did she ever call Basti's name. Though technically, he didn't hear her saying it as it was a message, this was still a surprise knowing Heaven.
'I still don't trust her,' he told himself, pondering what to reply to that question.
Dominic's reluctance to trust her came from all the disappointments from Heaven. He was afraid her sudden change wouldn't last long and in the end, she would only hurt them. And once that happen, Dominic could only blame himself for giving her another chance to hurt their son.
"Sir, are you alright?" asked Dane, worried at Dominic's dark expression.
"Mhm." Dominic simply hummed before he typed, "Next week. He's on vacation with Mom and Dad."
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[ From: Dominic
Next week. He's on vacation with Mom and Dad. ]
"Oh…" Heaven pouted while rocking her head, replying to Dominic with a simple, 'Okay.'
Heaven was still idle in the family room while exchanging messages with her husband. She already noticed the empty text logs between them but wasn't surprised about it. After all, Heaven rarely touched her phone and wanted nothing to do with her husband.
As if that was possible.
"Next week, huh?" Heaven leaned back, folding her arms over her stomach with the phone still in her hand. "Well, I guess I still have a week to prepare my heart."
Ever since waking up in the body of Heaven Liu, the soul had felt emotions that weren't hers. She assumed these feelings were fragments of deep emotions the original Heaven had left. She placed her hand across her chest, breathing in and out heavily.
'Guilt, conscience, hatred, and regret. All of those were powerful emotions mixed into one. Does that mean you also regret your behavior but you are just too weak to even acknowledge them? You foolish Heaven Liu.' Her frown deepened, but the current Heaven had to accept that the original Heaven was the way she was. 'I don't think you'd get peace until I quench all these feelings, huh?'
Heaven cocked her head back, eyes falling on the paper bag on her side. She blinked, staring at it blankly.
"You're filled with all these emotions that there's no room for love, huh?" she whispered to herself. "I guess... we finally have something in common. We are both too busy that love had no room in our hearts."
Perhaps the only difference between them was that the current soul didn't have the chance for romance. But deep in her heart, she had always yearned for a normal life with someone who loved her deeply, regardless of the dangers that were attached to her name.
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