On the way

Every once that day, Simon connivence Lisa to leave her things in his apartment. This is just incase his mother is back again. Thus every morning, he wake up to see their wedding photo near the TV. He actually smile as he watch the morning news. While after shower, he change his work outfit and look at the black dress that is hanging on the rack. Suddenly for some reason, he pick up the dress and smell it. Is this her scent or the washing detergent? While driving to work, he keep thinking of her scent, he doesn't remember how she smells like. Does she wear perfume? At the office building lobby he walks as he thinks of his question. People greet him but he hear nothing. However his eyes can spot his wife walking in. She is holding a cup of hot drink and talking to a man. They are both laughing and drinking the hot drink. That man is tall and slim, a like to him. Simon did not like it. He hide behind the pillar and open the chat message group. He typed to ask where is she. He waited and look across the floor. They are gone and he look around to see they are joining the queue to get into the elevator. He stand there and look at the chat, she have read it but she ain't replying it. He stand there and wait. Peter who see his boss in a distance walk up to him. Together they sit the elevator, Peter notice his boss is repeatedly checking his phone. While reaching the office, he did not switch on his computer as usual habit but instead he sit at the bar and stare at his phone. Lisa finally reply him after thirty minutes with a short message '@ third floor.'

Everyday Simon wonder how to improve the relationship with his wife. Whenever there is internal meeting of all in-charge, Lisa is sitting the furthest and he can't see her in the dark. Sometimes he goes down to third floor. She is not at her desk most of the time. So he goes every floor to hunt for her. Each time, he see her with different men. Of course she is seeing those for work but Simon doesn't feel comfortable. Simon juggle between work and thinking how to create more chances to meetup with her. Till his mother call him. Asking him to take a days leave to shop with her and his wife. He sit up and agree immediately. His mother ask him to check with his wife when she is free to go shopping before her birthday. After he put down the call, he check on the calendar he got three days before Saturday. He quickly message Lisa to apply leave for tomorrow. She is not replying thus he make Peter to call her on the office line and get her to come up. 

She arrives at his office looking moody because her lunch is not filling. He order Peter to go get large cup of bubble milk tea for her. While he have the usual espresso. Lisa ask if she can have a sandwich. He ask Peter to get a subway for her. Once Peter learn that he need to travel bit further, he smile even brighter and take the elevator down. Simon seeing that Peter have gone to down the elevator he hurry to ask her to apply leave now on his computer. Lisa keep asking why. He finally tell her that his mother wants to go shopping with them. Her heart sink still she apply for tomorrow since most of the project are clear on hand. He take the computer after she is done and he apply for leave too. 

The next day, they waited downstairs for Mrs Han. The car arrives and they greeted her. First thing is to get breakfast.

"Mei Wan, later buy more clothes. Son't worry about spending his money. He work hard for it. Helping save money is a good wife should do but you shouldn't be so miserable to yourself! My son can earn money don't worry for him. Whatever you do as a wife, you already do well enough. I can see you are giving in to his bad habits."

"AM i?" She look at the car mirror which is reflecting Simon's face. 

"Yes of course. Which wife is happy to have only the photo of the husband in the bedroom? Only a narcissist man do that! When he is living in the mansion with me, his room is fill photos of himself. Not even a photo of him and his friends or classmates! Also the flings he had tsk! Those girls tsk!"

"Mother!" 

"Why can't i say?"

"It's the past... "

"You know it's the past. Make sure that photo is gone and replace. How can you sleep in a room with your wife and no photo of her or the wedding photo!"

"Mother, don't worry. I like him enough. A photograph doesn't represent us."

"Yes since you are both married three years now. Should have build up a love relationship since i never hear you both argue nor not appearing together. This cannot be fake, am i correct?"

Lisa smile awkwardly. 

"It is a correct decision to get both of you marry. It is also a good decision to move out of the mansion and live together as a new couple to develop a relationship. So many others like our class get the children to matchmake and marry but end up hating each other. Those people cannot divorce as money is involved in both families."

"Mother our relationship, you need not to worry about it."

"Hmm. It's good. I can put down the stone that is heavy in my heart. Your father, Chairman Yang should be happy that he made a good decision and investment. After all, marry you into our family is not easy and i promise him that you will have a good life."

Lisa at that moment, her mind goes blank. What investment did father make? Simon have a look on his face that he doesn't know too. So the couple keep silence while Mrs can keep talking.