"You’re an educator, yet you don't have the answer for the question you've asked," pausing, he shifted a bit in his seat and fixed his posture as he continued, "you still have much to learn and improve on, don’t you think so, my wife?"
Summer was rendered speechless.
'He called me his wife so publicly...,' feeling surprised, she thought.
Despite feeling a pang of pain, Raine still plastered a soft smile on her face. No one except for herself could tell how much her heart hurts at that moment.
'He didn’t even spare me a single glance ever since I've returned,' she thought bitterly. 1
'And yet they look so happy and blissful interacting with each other.'
After breakfast, Raine had insisted on taking a cab to the municipal office as she had claimed that it was not that far away.
Since she seemed persistent in going by herself, Summer did not press her to stay any further, and after they bid their farewells, Raine left.
She had worn a black cardigan paired with a long frilly skirt, and it swayed as she walked. As though
she came out of a painting, she looked beautiful and divine.
Summer admired Raine while watching her walk off, and she thought to herself, 'Never have I seen someone so gorgeous even while they're just walking.'
As they drove to their destination, Summer looked around, and the roads seem familiar to her. Feeling something was amiss, she asked Mark, "Why are we heading to my parents' house?”
"You will find out later," he simply replied without saying much. Having parked their car, they went ahead to the apartment.
Keeping silent, she followed closely behind him as her heart filled with worry and doubt.
Passing by the third floor, Mark continued to climb up the stairs to the fourth floor, which left Summer feeling puzzled as her parents' house was on the third floor.
'We’re going to the fourth floor?' she thought quizzically.
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