Sienna Johnson also hoped she wouldn’t have to remarry in this lifetime.

"I’m reassured knowing you’re okay. I’ll hang up now."

Adrian Desmond couldn’t bear to hang up just like that. If he couldn’t be with her, at least hearing her voice would be nice.

"They say pregnant women have a heavy yin energy, so..."

"Stop!" Sienna Johnson said, her heart pounding.

Sienna looked around. Her room was decorated in an Orienta style, with a classic charm, but at this moment, it all seemed a bit eerie.

"Adrian, I’m a little scared."

"Scared of what?"

"Ghosts."

"Pfft..."

This clever, cunning woman who feared nothing and boldly dissected bodies, was afraid of intangible ghosts. Women truly are strange creatures.

"Okay, I won’t say it. Don’t be afraid. Our son is in your belly, those things can’t harm you."

Sienna touched her big belly. The baby was still asleep, very quiet. Sienna asked, "Grandma asked me today, when can you come over? Our custom is that the husband needs to be present during childbirth." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"I’ll definitely be there when you give birth."

With Adrian’s assurance, Sienna felt much more at ease. "What were you doing last night? I called you, but couldn’t get through."

Adrian, this clingy man, waited for her call every night at 10 sharp. He would listen to her say goodnight and also wanted to say: I love you.

At first, Sienna was a little embarrassed. After saying it a lot, she realized "I love you" became as casual as "Have you eaten?"

This man always failed to understand that some words lose their value if you say them too much.

Last night, however, the call didn’t go through. After having such a nightmare, how could Sienna be at ease?

Naturally, Adrian wouldn’t tell Sienna what he had experienced, so as not to worry her. He casually said, "I was out drinking with friends last night, got drunk, and missed your call."

"Really?"

Adrian teased, "What? You missed me so much after just one night? Were you thinking last night, ’Why isn’t he answering? Is he out there messing around with some beautiful woman...’"

"..."

"There really was a beautiful woman last night..." Adrian thought of that blurred face that chased them.

"Was she pretty?"

"Pretty!"

"Did she have a good figure?"

"Of course!"

Instead of reacting as Adrian expected, Sienna said, "You’re already so old, if a pretty woman with a good figure likes you, then you can go with her. I can find someone local in Sileria City, that would solve our living apart problem."

"You’re already so old, only I would want you," Adrian retorted angrily.

"Well, sounds like the beautiful woman from last night was young and pretty, wasn’t she?"

Sienna got angry. No woman likes to hear the word "old" from her husband.

Old means no charm.

"Alright, I was just lying!"

"Hmph!"

"I just want you to care about me more."

Listening to his childish words, Sienna softened, "I’m not caring enough? If I didn’t, why would I call you because of a nightmare?"

"..."

"Adrian, you have no conscience!"

"If you miss me so much, why did you go back to Sileria City? Wouldn’t it be better to stay by my side?"

Sienna’s voice lowered and eventually disappeared, seemingly troubled by this topic.

Just when Adrian thought Sienna wouldn’t answer, she suddenly said, "Adrian, do you know what kind of life I’m living after returning to Sileria City?"

"Aren’t you just at home taking care of your pregnancy?"

"A university classmate of mine got married to a self-made man, and their home has become the base for his entire village in Sileria City. Family members come to them with all sorts of requests...

Recently, their hometown was going to relocate their Ancestral Tomb, and they had to ask my classmate’s father to talk to the local mayor to try to save it."

"..."

"A friend of my mom’s, her daughter got married and had two daughters. Her in-laws are pressing her to have a son."

"..."

"My grandparents quarreled, threatening divorce because my grandma said my mom was being immature, and my grandpa wouldn’t have it. They argued and now want a divorce..."

"..."

"I hang out with friends, stay out late, without worrying about being kidnapped or trafficked..."

"..."

"See, this is my life. Ordinary, full of trivialities, yet it makes me feel safe.

Adrian, I don’t want to go to Abyanabad, because I feel a lack of security there, constantly on edge.

I originally went for a vacation, but so many things happened, things most ordinary people I’d know wouldn’t experience in their lifetime."

Adrian understood Sienna’s words. He said guilty, "I’m sorry, I failed to protect you."

"Who needs your protection? I can protect myself."

"Yes, Mrs. Desmond is the best."

Sienna yawned, tears came out, "Adrian, I’m sleepy."

"If you’re sleepy, go to sleep."

"Mm. Don’t get up for your morning run, sleep in a bit." Their chat had lasted half an hour.

Adrian was reluctant to end the call. Hearing that she was sleepy, he couldn’t keep her on the phone.

No worries, he would soon be able to return to Sileria City to see them.

"Take good care of yourself."

"Mm."

Sienna hung up, and Adrian listened to the dial tone, unable to feel sleepy anymore.

He lay on the big bed in the cabin, eyes open, imagining Sienna with her head buried in her pillow, her black hair spread over the bed, sleeping in a daze.

"Mrs. Desmond, I miss you very much!"