Chapter 2

Flowers? What flowers?

I blankly stood up and walked over. The delivery guy was holding a huge bouquet.

"Are you Ms. Laura? These are the flowers your husband sent you."

I froze on the spot. By the time I reacted, the delivery guy was already walking away.

I hurriedly chased after him and called out to stop him.

"Excuse me, who placed the order for the flowers?"

The delivery guy gave me a weird look: "Your husband."

I shook my head: "I mean, can I see the buyer's account?"

The delivery guy didn't understand but did it anyway, taking out his phone to show me the chat history for his order.

As expected, the other party's account page was completely blank.

"This bouquet is two thousand bucks. Minus the delivery fee, your husband even gave me an extra thousand as a tip."

The delivery guy was smiling so wide his eyes disappeared: "Miss Laura, your husband is really good to you, so generous."

I stiffly handed the phone back to him and forced a stiff smile.

Back at the company, my coworkers all gathered around.

"Such a big bouquet, it must've cost thousands, right?"

"That's nothing. Laura's husband bought a five-thousand-dollar dress without blinking!"

"Hey, there's a card on the flowers, what does it say?"

Only then did I see that card.

[Honey, don't be mad anymore.]

Seeing this line clearly, my hand trembled, and I almost threw the flowers.

A few coworkers teased: "Laura, with such a great husband, how could you bear to fight with him?"

"I'm crying from envy, I want a husband this good too!"

"His apology is so sincere, just forgive him."

They were all talking at once, and I couldn't take in a single word. Instead, I glanced at Lina.

The dress, the lipstick—only Lina knew I had said those things.

Even the moment I just mentioned in front of her that I fought with my "husband," a bouquet was immediately delivered, telling me not to be mad.

Could she have found out I didn't actually have a husband and was playing a prank?

But these things weren't cheap. It didn't seem like she'd spend that much money.

I couldn't figure it out; I didn't have a clue.

My mind was in chaos, so after work, I went to see my grandpa.

Grandpa cooked a big table of food for me, and I affectionately linked my arm with his, acting spoiled.

Suddenly, I noticed he wasn't wearing his hearing aid.

"Grandpa, where's your hearing aid?"

Grandpa was very hard of hearing, and it took him a while to understand what I said.

"That thing? I accidentally dropped it in the river while fishing yesterday!

"It's no big deal, no big deal!"

How could it be no big deal?

I immediately searched online for hearing aids, researching which one was the best.

"Just buy a cheap one, don't waste money," Grandpa said beside me.

I didn't go back that night and just stayed over.

Early the next morning, a knock on the door woke me up.

I walked out of the room bleary-eyed and saw Grandpa opening the door. Outside was a delivery guy.

"Hello, please sign for this."

Grandpa glanced at the package and froze.

"Where did you buy this? It arrived so fast!"

I instantly woke up and hurried over.

Looking closely, what the delivery guy was holding was exactly a hearing aid.

But I hadn't even placed the order yet!

Instantly, goosebumps broke out all over my body.