Chapter 369: Domestic Life
Leander and Viviana returned to Lemon Heights with Ziya. Leander had an idea that she had filled up the house with plants, but he didn’t know that she had gone as far as to name the houseplants.
He tried talking to her about it but when she insisted, he left her to her devices. He could see that she found comfort in the presence of plants. The more he comforted her at night and at other times, he noticed the number of plants inside the house decreased.
He comforted her on the bed a lot. She needed it. He also told her about everything he did the past year he was gone. She was not very interested in it, but he could see her depending less and less on the meds as she found comfort in his presence.
He knew he needed to give her confidence. The more he talked to her, he realized that she was under the impression that he considered her as someone unreliable and that was the reason, he kept his plans from her. That was one of the reasons he told her everything that happened with him in her absence. He told her how much he missed her.
She was not very interested in the fine details. It was not because she didn’t care. It was because she trusted him that much. But she did tell him that she was happy that he talked to her about her life.
They started this new habit of talking to each other about each other’s day. He didn’t have much to say these days as he was mostly staying at home. Although it should have been boring, his days had become more eventful thanks to the little angel at home. He took her for walks and she loved it when he bought her ice cream without letting her mother know. The way her eyes would widen seeing ice cream was something he found to be the most amazing thing on earth, next to his wife, of course.
He might have little things to say to his wife, but his wife had a lot to say. At first, he listened to everything and when there was something that worried her, he tried to solve her issues. But then he learned that she didn’t want his solution, she just wanted someone to vent her frustrations to.
So, he stopped listening.
He would know when she was going to vent and he had developed this incredible talent of looking at her and agreeing with her without taking a single word she says to heart. Recently, he noticed her sneaking aside to talk to Angelina. After talking to her, she will explain this story that always has the same content as him.
Of course, he would pretend he keeps up with the story. Her story at times never makes sense. He felt like those women were needlessly complicating a simple issue. It could be solved by saying that Angelina was still in love with Leonardo.