Love Struck - Chapter 218

A perfect day was what Shi Ai expected when she opened her eyes early in the morning but she was greeted by the sight of a gloomy  day.Instead of the shining skies that suited her mood, grey clouds greeted her.Shi Ai brooded at the skies as she stood near the window. Why did it look as if it would rain?Rubbing her arms and hugging herself, Shi Ai kept looking out at the vast gardens below,her eyes glittering. She had never foreseen this kind of a wedding and now that they were having it, she wanted everything to be perfect.Her and Ah Hai were already married but still she found all this unbelievable, like a dream.

This jittery feeling in her stomach was new. She had been so happy with Ah Hai, just being with him,that she had never bothered herself about the little details of having a wedding ceremony. But now that they were holding it, she couldn’t hold her excitement.How would he look she wondered.

And the fear of something untoward happening. It wasn’t anything big, just that she wanted nothing to go wrong.She just needed to focus and keep herself calm. It was taking all her energy to not turn into a bridezilla!

Shi Ai walked back to her bed and lay down there. Picking up her phone, she opened the picture gallery looking through the pictures. Her phone was filled with pictures of her and Ah Hai over the last year. Or rather pictures of Ah Hai when she thought he wasn’t looking. She took out her favorite picture and thought back to that moment. She had forced Ah Hai to pose for a picture and he had just been standing there, posing stiffly. Suddenly inspired, she had kissed him on the cheek, just as she was about to click. And his surprise and happiness reflected in that picture. It was their best picture until now. Did Yang Mei hire a photographer?They needed as many pictures as they could.Suddenly, she felt this urge to talk to her hubby and listen to his voice. They hadn’t spoken sincere night before yesterday when he had hate crashed her party. He would have had to endure so much teasing from his brothers for that!

But his phone was switched off. This made her frown. Ah Hai never switched off his phone!Especially when he was away from her.. Something ugly tried to raise it’s head but Shi Ai forcefully suppressed it and consoled herself,”Maybe his phone had been confiscated by his brothers..”

Shi Ai walked back to the window, looked out with a pout, the sun was still not shining! And then went back to the bed. Unable to sit still, she walked to the window again and then back to sit on the bed.

Yang Mei who had just opened the door, observed this new form of pacing and sitting and simply shook her head.

“Are you trying to wear a hole in the carpet?I admit that this carpet is old and not very modern but there is no need yet to make it unusabale!”

Shi Ai looked up at Yang Mei first and then down at the carpet and then up again. Marching to her sister, she complained,”It’s sturdy enough!Mei! Why is the time moving so slowly?It’s been so long since I have woken up but the clock says it has only been ten minutes!

This made Yang Mei grin and she said seriously,”Then it must be because it really has been just ten minutes!Shi Ai!If you are so impatient when you are getting married for the second time,what were you like when you first got married?Did you even let the registrar finish a sentence?”

Shi Ai frowned and with a wave of her hand dismissed that.”I was patient then because I did not know what it was like to have him as a husband!And I was in a daze.We were escaping from my kidnappers and that marriage was just a way of keeping me safe.I wasn’t even sure if Ah Hai loved me or it was some misguided sense of responsibility .But now I know everything and I can hardly wait!Whatbwere you thinking that you planned the wedding for the evening?I would have felt better if atleast I got to talk to Ah Hai but his phone is also turned off!I need to do something to keep my mind off everything!Look, atleast we can start dressing up!”

Yang Mei caught Shi Ai’s shoulders and forcefully pushed the girl down on the bed,”Shi Ai,there are still a few hours left for your wedding since it is in the evening!!So,you need to eat something first!Or with your pacing around you are going to be dehydrated and faint from exhaustion on your wedding day!And then Ah Hai will kill all of us for not caring for his beautiful wife properly!Now what do you want to eat?¹”

But before Yang Mei could say anything else,Shi Ai let out a small scream and sprinted to the mirror,observing sideways.”Mei!See my little bulge is showing.What if the wedding dress does not fit well?What will we do?Do you have a spare?”

Yang Mei shook her head in exasperation

Shi AI pouted and placing her chin on her palms,pouted like a kid.”Fine!I want to eat pancakes that you make!Go go!get to work!And add bananas and extra chocolate to them!I don’t even know why you are bothering me!”

Yang Mei stood up and saluted dramatically,”Yes Madam!” and escaped from her sister who had turned insane.

Shi Ai lay back on the bed and placed a hand on her belly,”Little baby!It is only because of you I am eating.Otherwise I am so nervous that I think I might just faint!Are you not missing your father?It has been more than forty hours!I am missing him so much!And why is he not calling?All he did was steal a few kisses.Is he enjoying his time apart from us and partying hard? ”

Downstairs,Yang Mei called Zhang Min and asked,”Is he back yet?”

Zhang Min had come back that night with the excuse that he was missing her.Amused and thinking to help her,Shi Ai had brought them into the garden and left them alone.But Zhang Min had dropped a bomb on her when he told her that Ah Hai was nowhere to be found.And from what she understood,he had not even contacted Shi Ai since that night when he came to meet her here. Now even she was getting worried though she had not paid it much heed then.b

When Yang Mei received a negative answer she cut off the call and cracked eggs for the pancake, imagining they were Ah Hai’s head!

Ah Hai Long marched into the airport at a fast pace. He looked at his watch and sighed. Everything had gone as expected and he was back on time. He rubbed his neck as he tried to work out the kinks. He was going to get home and grab a few hours of sleep. Switching on his phone, he noticed there were a few missed calls from Shi Ai and more than a few from Zhang Min. Ignoring Zhang Min’s number, Ah Hai stopped at the exit as he hailed a taxi and dialled Shi Ai’s number with a small smile on his face.

Just as was about to dial Yang Mei, the cab jerked to a sudden halt.

Ah Hai looked up and saw they were waiting at the intersection as the light was red. Ah Hai looked down at his phone again, typing out a message to Shi Ai when he heard the driver scream. He looked up to discover that a heavy off road truck had ignored the traffic signal and was driving at them at breakneck speed, pushing away and hitting cars in it’s way. The driver had obviously lost control of the truck, may be the brakes had been loosened. The driver tried to increase the speed of the car to avoid being hit but Ah Hai bad already calculated the risks and if they moved suddenly now, there would be a massive road pile up. Only if they could cause a collision with the cab and forcefully stop the truck would everything work out. In the blink of an eye,Ah Hai had already climbed to the driver seat and taken control of the wheel..