Destined to be his Wife

Chapter 63 - No!!

"I'm stuffed. What's the plan now? Do you want to go home or go walk this food off and get some fresh air?" Linlin yawned, dabbing her mouth with her napkin and leaned back in her chair to stretch out. TangShi rubbed her now full belly and turned to look at the weather outside the huge glass window of the café. The rain had dried up, and although it was still overcast, it wasn't as grey or cold and the sun was pushing through with hopes of a nicer day.

It had been a pleasant quiet late breakfast, with small talk and happy vibes. Feeling a little more normal and how they used to be before this whole mess.

"I don't feel like dealing with people, so anywhere that people are not." TangShi sighed, relaxing now she was fed and a little tired. Between morning sickness and fatigue it had limited her ability to do much.

"How about driving to Jinshan city beach? It's a little over an hour to get there. We could make it a whole day of girl time." Linlin didn't want to go home either. All she had going on this week was free time since her fashion class was on a break. Being stuck at home made her claustrophobic and gave her too much thinking time to ponder ZhengLi and his mystery woman and she would end up doing something stupid like barging into his office for answers.

"Sounds like a good plan. I could use some sea air and tranquility even if it's cold and wet." TangShi was enjoying dodging life today, knowing YuZhi had set her up so many appointments in the next two weeks related to this fetus and her wellbeing. This felt like a stop gap before reality set in.

"Come on then, breakfast is on me." Linlin made a move first and went to the counter to pay their bill as TangShi stretched out, got up, and wandered out the door. Lost in her own daydreams about nothing in particular and waited for Linlin in the warmer sunshine. She had made a mental deal with herself today to let everything pass by and spend one whole day not pondering or thinking about her troubles. Enjoy her Linlin time.

"All done.... Let's go to the beach." Linlin bounced out beside her, linking arms merrily, and guided her carefully across the busy street to the car park space where her shining orange baby was resting. Happy to be out doing something. Glad that TangShi seemed to be coming through the worst and out the other side and her relationship with YuZhi was back on track. There were still bumps ahead but TangShi was pulling through and it warmed Linlin's heart to see it. The baby thing wasn't exactly great but she had faith they would make it work.

Linlin went to slide into her side of the car, turning around with a second glance because a flash of light caught her eye and searched along the narrow road behind them to see what it was. Lot's of cars parked neatly in line and she assumed it was sunlight on a window or something, noting the furthest vehicle which was black had just shut their door. She waved it off, got in, and got them out of their parking spot in record time. Navigating along the narrow street as she set her sat nav to their new route.

"YuZhi and ZhengLi have a two-hour meeting so we won't be hearing from them for a while." TangShi laid down her phone after checking her messages, and yawned, uncurling like a cat and poked Linlin in the temple with a smile. Unusually smiley and fun today and put it down to having better sleep nowadays while back in bed with YuZhi.

"Pffft. ZhengLi doesn't text me all that much when he's at work anyway. I haven't heard from him today." She flicked her eyes to her mirrors, to check before pulling out and turning off the street, aware of traffic behind them and got to focusing on listening to the directions.

"Didn't you come from his this morning?" TangShi asked innocently, sure that's what she had said when she picked her up.

"Hmmm, yeah. We had an argument and I left. I haven't heard from him since because he tends to leave me to sulk." Linlin 's attention was caught by a flash of black behind them. A car overtaking traffic and ending up two behind them and she checked her mirrors again before moving off in speed.