The Substitute Wife Chapter 12: 12 Very Similar To My Drawing

She jolts. "I'm fine!" She lays down and pulls cover over her head. Hiro sighs and sits back on the chair.

(This d.a.m.n woman....just what are you thinking? Are you still mad?) Hiro sighs again.

Later that evening, she wakes up from her nap. She sits up and looks around, Hiro is no where to be seen. (Where did he go..? Wait...it's good that he's gone.)

Mia went to take a stroll. She walks alone and recall what she sees on that day. Her heart hurts again.

She puts her hand over her chest. (He said nothing happen but....*sighh.) She walks over the bench and take a seat. She sighs all over again. (Is it okay to trust him? After what he did?)

She looks up at the sky. (What should I do?) The wind blows and she got a little bit chilly. She puts her arms around her upper body. "Brrrr..."

She felt something over her shoulders. She turns and sees Hiro putting his jacket over her. She didn't argue with him. She returns her gaze to the sky.

Hiro just stands behind her and looking at the sky with her, silently. A few minutes later, she stands up and was heading back her room. She accidentally trips over a rock. "Ah!" Hiro quickly catches her in his arms.

She can clearly hear his heartbeat, which is beating steadily. "Are you okay?" She snaps back in reality. She pulls back and looks away. She whispers, "Thank you." Hiro's eyes widen as soon as he hear her thanking him.

She quickly dash inside the building. He smiles. He then follow her behind.

Next morning, she got discharged from the hospital. "Finally I get to go home." (Wait, home....) Her shoulders slump. (I don't have a home.) She sighs. She exits the hospital and walks out. As she reach the parking lot, a car pulls up.

She tilts her head and the windows scroll down. She sees Hiro in the backseat. "Get in." She obediently gets in the car. Hiro didn't think she would listen to him.

On the car ride, she notices that they're not going home. "Where are we going?" "Home." "This isn't the way to go home." Hiro didn't say anything else. (What is he thinking?)

As soon as the car stops, in front of her is a two-story mansion. "Why are we here?" "...This is our new home..." "New home? Why? What's wrong with the other one?" "...Stained." He gets out the car and heads inside.

She was speechless. The butler opens the door for her. "My Lady." "What's wrong with him?" "He bought this house so you can feel comfortable. He did it for you, My Lady." (For me?)

She slowly walks in. She walks around the house. The butler gives her a tour of her new home. In front of where she's standing, there's spiral staircase along with an elegant chandelier. "On the right side here, is the living room." A living room has a fireplace at the end of the room, which has a big and huge gold frame mirror on the mantel.

In the middle of the living room, there's 3 white retro arm sofas and one arm chair. A grey round coffee table in the middle of the sofas. Underneath, there's a big solid color rug. "This door here is a book room."

The book room is filled with books. There's two armchairs and a coffee table in the middle of the room. The butler then leads here to the kitchen which she can go either way, through the living room or the family room.

Next to the kitchen, there's another staircase that goes upstairs, also next to the kitchen and the staircase, there's a mini bar stand. "This is the family room." The family room has a five white retro arm chairs and two round tables.

Underneath the chairs and the table is an antique rug. He leads her upstairs. There is twenty rooms total. "Yours and Master's bedroom is on the right at the end of this hallway. The rest of these rooms are prepared for guests."

She nods. He then leads her downstairs again and go to the backdoor which is in the kitchen. The backdoor leads to the swimming pool. Next to the swimming pool, there's a gate which leads to the garden and the greenhouse.

She was amazed how beautiful the flowers were. He turns to her. "Are you satisfied with this, My Lady?" "It's strange." He tilts his head, confused. She walks pa.s.s him and take a closer look to the flowers. "This...this is exactly what I drew back when I was a kid." He smiles.

She turns to him. "May I stay for a bit?" He nods and left her alone. She walks in the garden. (This is too similar to my drawing...is this possible?) She turns her heels and went to the bedroom.

She enters their bedroom and she starts looking for the drawing. Box after box, no sign of it. "Where did I put it?" As she tries to recall where she put it, she begins to start looking for it, at the top to bottom of the boxes.

After a short time, she finally found it. "Here it is." She unwraps it and opens the drawing. "I never show this to anyone but...that little boy, who lives next door. What's his name again..? Haru....no....Hideo....no.....ah! Hiroaki."