Chapter 4 You have me in the future

"I..." Edwin’s lips moved, but he did not say much. His eyes under the golden spectacle frame floated a little deep and could not understand. He stared at the simple shadow and meditated for a few seconds before turning to the study. For the last three years, Jane had been living alone in a rented house. So she was very expert at making several home-cooked dishes. She cooked two dishes and made a soup in no time. "Edwin come for dinner" Jane knocked on the door of the study, and without hearing the answer gently opened the door. Edwin Carter was on the phone in his study. She listened to him, "You handled these, and you don’t have to report everything to me." After saying that, he hung up the phone directly, looking up at Jane, maintained eye contact for a while and asked her what the matter is. "Dinner is ready." Jane just smiled and said without looking at him. "I’ll come." His tone was as bland as usual. Two people sat in front of each other, eating seriously, and no one of them opened mouth to break the silence. The atmosphere seemed dull. Jane moved her lips several times to find something to talk about but swallowed it back after observing the stern look of Edwin Carter. After dinner, Edwin Carter offered her that he will wash dishes, Jane did not refuse. He is willing to share the housework with her. Why would she refuse? From Edwin Carter’s clumsy appearance, it could be seen that he had never done these things before. How could the Chairman of such a big company do such trivial things as washing dishes? Pop—— After listening to the sound of the broken porcelain bowl coming from the kitchen, Jane immediately got up and walked towards the kitchen. What she saw was Edwin Carter holding a bowl in his hand and staring at the broken pieces of glass on the ground. "I’ll do it." Jane walked over to take the bowl from Edwin’s hand. "No, I’ll do it." Edwin Carter moved away from her outstretched hand while his tone remained unchanged. "Edwin, actually..." Jane, after looking in Edwin’s eyes could not say anything, so she nodded her head and left the kitchen to let him continue. They were a couple but Edwin Carter was still a man she’s not familiar with. She wanted to know him, know everything about him, and wanted to try her best to be a good wife. But, he had such an attractive personality; can she really hold the original idea of marrying him? Jane sat down in the living room, picked up the remote, turned on the TV, and chose a news channel. While watching TV, she was time to time looking through the glass door towards the direction of the kitchen to see Edwin Carter carefully and attentively cleaning the dishes. She sighed quietly in her heart, this man could even manage washing dishes so gracefully. Although the way Jane’s eyes were looking at Edwin was too heart whelming but Edwin looked back so coldly. Four eyes looked into each other, Jane saw the strangeness in Edwin Carter’s eyes and then that changed into an impeccable polite smile. She was caught while looking straight at him, and her face turned slightly red. At the same time, she smiled politely. Jane turned her attention to the TV screen, but all she thought was about Edwin Carter. This man was charming in his work and could even wash dishes so gracefully. When could she see him doing something he is not good at? After tidying up the kitchen, Edwin Carter returned to the hall and saw Jane in a daze. He had stared at her delicate face for a few seconds before he uttered "Jane." "Ah..." Edwin’s pleasant voice called her name, Jane found it heart whelming and for a moment she felt her face burning. Edwin Carter sat down on the other side of the sofa: "There are some things I want to discuss with you." "Okay," Jane answered. She also wanted to have a discussion with him and take advantage of the opportunity to make things clear. Edwin’s deep eyes would sweep up and down Jane before slowly opening his mouth. "Jane, today in the company..." “Public and private are different. I understand that. In fact, I don’t want to let the company’s people talk behind our backs because of our personal relationship.” Edwin did not finish but Jane interrupted him. She worked hard for three years in this company to achieve her present status. She also wanted to continue to climb up by her own efforts, not want a change because of Edwin Carter. Edwin Carter’s face was calm, but his eyes under the golden spectacle frame flashed an imperceptible light: "I didn’t intentionally hide my identity as Chairman of Innovation Technology from you. Seeing you there on such an occasion today, I don’t know at that time what you think, so I didn’t announce about us, but it doesn’t mean I want to hide it.’ "I know." Jane nods her head, and after a moment of silence speaks again: "Work and life are separate for me. I don’t want to bring my private life to work." She and Edwin are married, this is their personal matter and Jane feels that there is no need to announce specifically to the people in the company. For this thing, she didn’t want her job to be affected. Secondly, she was not sure how far she could go with her marriage. Looking at Jane’s firm look, Edwin paused and said: "Did you tell your family about our marriage?" Jane shakes her head, doesn’t want to talk more about family. "I’ve just taken over Innovative Technology so I have some things to deal with. If you don’t mind, after these works, I will like to visit my parents-in-law with you." He said, his expression was calm and usual as if Jane didn’t mention that she didn’t want to talk about her family. "No." Jane refuses directly but felt that refusing like this is not appropriate, so she explained, "I have some problems with my family, had no contact with them, we will discuss this matter some other day." "Home?" Every time she thought of this word, she felt breathless. Three years later, that house was no longer her home, and she could never go back. "Jane." Edwin calmly called her name and said, "You are not alone anymore, you have me." Edwin’s tone is different, but because the voice itself sounds good, it is hard to feel more indifferent. This sentence obviously was not from her lover, but it made Jane heart’s beats so faster and it is not something that she can explain. Although she spent these years without this kind of feel, just even a slight bit of memory from her past inevitably lead her to sadness and silent tears flow down from her eyes. "Jane." After a long silence, Edwin Carter spoke again, "We are already husband and wife. I sincerely want to spend my life with you." These words weren’t expected from him. Jane was speechless. She looked at him and with the unbroken eye contact she said, "I also want to spend my rest of life with you." Edwin Carter stared at her beautiful face, paused for a few seconds, and said, "So Jane, can you promise me that you don’t give up on our relationship easily no matter what happens?" "I do!" Jane nodded her head to express her consent and said: "I will try my best to be a good wife." Don’t break up easily was just what was in Jane’s heart. And hearing these exact words from Edwin at this moment made her feel so relaxed.