It was said that the three things that could not be hidden were love, poverty, and coughing, but Jessica assumed another thing was also difficult to hide. It was none other than hunger. Her lips might be able to pretend not to be hungry, but her stomach was sometimes too honest, which was why she realized that she had embarrassed herself in front of her husband. "Let's go to the dining room," Noah clearly knew that the woman was hungry, and that was why he sounded more confident with his invitation. “Your voice sounds hoarse than usual, that's because your throat is dry, right? You should join my breakfast and drink some water.” “…” Jessica remained silent instead of answering, but she silently cursed her husband for pretending to be considerate and gentle. Unfortunately, her husband didn't seem to care about her opinion, and he just turned around before walking towards a certain direction in the apartment. Jessica knew her husband was heading into dining room. Taking a deep brea

“What took you so long to send that woman out, Tyle?” Noah immediately asked the question when his boyfriend returned to the dining room. “In fact, you actually didn't need to send her out. She's been treating you like trash, and she definitely won't like it if you stay around her. It's better if you stay away from her and don't let her hurt your feelings with her harsh words.” Tyler had just returned to the dining room, and Jessica had already left the apartment. He heard Noah's question, but he didn't answer immediately and just quietly placed himself in the empty chair next to his boyfriend. “Your wife doesn't look well, Noh. Even if you don't care about her, you should have a sense of responsibility because she was staying at your place last night. If something bad happens to her, her parents will come looking for you and ask you to take responsibility for sure," Tyler said firmly in response to his boyfriend's words. "I know she doesn't look well, but maybe it's just because s

Tammy hated noise, but she was the one who made the noise when she suddenly got up from her chair and accidentally pushed the chair until it fell to the floor with a loud thud. Even the noisy girls at the office stopped gossiping because Tammy's voice was louder than theirs, and now they looked at the short-haired woman with eyes full of curiosity. Tammy was still stunned by the information she had just received, but then she realized what she had done as she immediately pulled the chair from the floor and returned it to its original position next to Jessica. “Sorry,” the bespectacled woman even shyly uttered an apology to her colleagues. “I got a little dizzy, and almost fell to the floor. Thankfully, I was still able to balance myself, and only my chair fell to the floor.” It was obviously a lie, but one of her colleagues still replied, “You should ask for a day off if you don't feel well.” It sounded like concern, but Tammy just smiled awkwardly before replying, “I can't abando

Before moving to this place—her newly rented apartment, she lived with Noah, and Noah's place was closer to her work than this place. At that time, she only needed to drive seven to eight minutes from Noah's place, but now she needed to drive almost twenty minutes before reaching her new place from work. The new apartment she rented also couldn't be compared to Noah's place. It was the micro-unit apartment building that nestled among high-rises in Brooklyn, and that was the reason why the rent was cheap. However, even if it was small, that place did not feel cramped because special considerations were made to ensure that more than enough light and air reach each micro-apartment. In each unit, the ceilings were nearly ten feet, and her unit even featured a Juliet balcony. For Jessica, that place was her perfect sanctuary. She had punched in her unit's security code, and she took off her shoes before placing them on the shoe rack. The muscles in her neck felt stiff after a day's work,

When it came to cars, Jessica and Noah always had different opinions. Jessica had always liked compact SUVs that looked tough and spacious, but her husband liked sedans the most. The man always said that sedans reflected elegance, and Jessica used to support her husband's opinion even though she didn't completely agree with it. In the past, she never complained every time she had to sit in the passenger seat next to her husband in his car. On the contrary, she always felt happy every time her husband came to pick her up and invited her to sit in the passenger seat. However, the situation looked different today as her face was covered in dark clouds as she sat in the passenger seat next to her husband. That seat was no longer special to her, knowing that someone else was her husband's regular passenger more often than her. "We should have met at the hospital," Noah, who was sitting in the driver's seat, broke the uncomfortable silence in the car. Hearing that statement, Jessica sne