In the following days, everything was peaceful and wonderful.
Although John did not talk much, he chatted with Elizabeth occasionally and cared about her diet. Lydia prepared different nutritionally balanced menus for her every day. Apart from chatting with Elizabeth, she took a walk with Elizabeth in the neighborhood and talked about the gossips of stars. As for James, he was very good to her. Ignoring the fact that he didn't know how to cook, he was a perfect husband.
Everyone treated Elizabeth very well, and she often felt that she was living like a pig. Except for going out for a walk with Lydia sometimes, she slept and ate all day long. She has just come home for ten days, but she had gained six pounds.
That day, when Elizabeth finished washing up and looked into the mirror, she could vaguely see her jowl. At first, she was stunned. Then, she looked at herself in the mirror carefully. When she found that she was really jowly, she sighed helplessly.
She returned to her room silently. She was sleepy just now, but she felt wide awake at this time. She sat on the edge of the bed quietly and waited for James to come in.
However, after waiting for quite a long time, she didn't see James. She couldn't sit still any longer, got up and walked towards the study.
After they came back, John lent his study to James, because he often needed to handle some affairs.
In the past few days, James often went to the study. Sometimes, she wanted to go in and talk to him, but he always looked secretive.
Elizabeth knocked on the door, but no one responded to her.
She waited for a while and then pushed the door open.
James was not in the room, and she didn't know where he was.
Originally, she wanted to go out and find him. Just as she turned around, she caught a glimpse of something on the desk from the corner of her eye. She frowned and stood still, wondering if she should peek at it secretly.
The desk was very spacious. She had been here many times before, but the desk was always neat and tidy. However, there were a lot of disordered paper and several pencils on the desk that day. From her angle, although she couldn't see clearly what was painted on the paper, she knew that it was painted.
She knew that it was wrong to peek at other people's things, but she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't take a look.
She stood there in a dilemma and thought, "James is my husband. It's okay for me to have a look, right? Moreover, I knocked on the door just now, but he isn't here. If it is something important, how could he put it on the desk casually?"
In the end, curiosity overcame reason.
Ahem...
She stuck out her tongue and turned to look at the door. Listening carefully for a few seconds, she didn't hear any sound. She became bold and walked to the desk.
When she got closer, she saw clearly what was on the drawing paper.
There were all pictures of rings on the paper, and the rings were of all kinds of styles. Bu it could be seen that they were all painted by James.
She had to admit that he was very good at painting, and he had great design talent. He modified the drafts for many times before deciding on the final design.
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