“I’m thankful for everything.”
After typing the words, Annabeth Cates uploaded the photo Xyla Quest had taken of her and Josh Batton during the meal tonight.
In the photo, Josh was grabbing food for her, smiling broadly as he gazed at her.
She was beaming at him like the happiest woman in the world.
Xyla only took the photo because it was a wonderful moment between them.
Annabeth asked Xyla for it as she had loved the photo.
Once uploaded, she directly published the post in a good mood. She felt the need to document her feelings somewhere.
As soon as she published the Weibo post, she instantly became the center of attention among Josh’s fans.
Within a second, her post had more than ten thousand forwards, likes, and comments—
“Josh and Annabeth look so happy together. Josh looks so content.”
“Josh has such a loving look in his eyes when he looks at Annabeth. How could they be so lovely? I’m envious.”
“Annabeth, may I ask how it feels to be looked at by a man like Josh?”
“Josh can’t take his eyes off Annabeth. I might be jealous, but I hope you two are happy.”
“I hope you two get a divorce soon, ugh!”
“Get lost, keyboard warrior!”
After briefly reading the comments, she was about to close the page to check out the list of hot topics when she saw Josh forwarding her post.
“I promise we’ll be together forever,” he had written.
Josh’s Weibo post was even more popular than hers.
Although published merely a second ago, there were already more than one million forwards, likes, and comments—
“Ahh! Josh already showed us how much he loved Annabeth during his concert. He’s still doing it after. It makes me and all his female fans jealous.”
“Josh makes it so obvious when he’s in love. I’m jealous.”
“At the end of the day, I have to watch the man of my dreams being in love with another woman.”
“I should’ve been run over by a car. I shouldn’t be here watching how sweet the two of you are.”
“Although I can tell you’re in love with someone else, I still love you a lot. Josh, you’re a villain!”
“What did Annabeth do in her past life to deserve such a good man?”
Annabeth couldn’t help but smile when she saw these comments.
She had wondered the same things, to be honest.
What did she do in her past life? How did she end up being protected, appreciated, and loved by such a wonderful man like Josh?
Beep, beep, beep—
Right then, Annabeth received a Wechat message notification.
It was a message from Josh. “Honey, the bath is ready. Come up.”
She slowly stood up and made her way upstairs.
They took a bath together. Later, Annabeth sat comfortably in front of the dressing table, her eyes closed and silently enjoying the moment while Josh blow-dried her hair.
She wasn’t used to this the first time he did it, but she rather enjoyed it this time.
Annabeth blushed, her cheeks turning the color of a rosy hue.
“Remember what we’ve taught you. Be good to your wife, or you’ll end up dead. All right, I’m hanging up,” Sharon teased before directly ending the call.
Annabeth remained quiet, allowing Josh to hug her while happiness filled her heart.
“Listen to her. All she thinks about is you,” Josh said with a roll of his eyes.
“Yeah, I’m proud to have a good mother-in-law like her,” Annabeth declared.
“I sometimes wonder which one of us is her biological child,” Josh’s tone was still gentle and affectionate.
“Don’t say nonsense like that.”
“Fine, you should get some rest, though,” he told her.
Annabeth obediently nodded and walked back to the room, laying down on the bed with residual feelings of joy and excitement still flowing through her. She kept tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep no matter what.
When Josh had dried his hair, he proceeded with a simple skincare routine before returning to the room.
After getting into bed, he noticed that his wife was still awake. Pulling her into his arms, he carefully kissed her. “Why aren’t you asleep yet? Hmm?”
“I’m too happy to fall asleep,” she replied with a sigh.
“You’re too easily affected.”
Annabeth wrapped herself around his body while mocking herself. “Indeed, I am.”
She tensed when she sensed Josh's erection against her.
“Hey, umm, are you okay?” She was blushing as she asked.
“Take a guess,” he teased, his warm breath on her neck making her heart rate speed up exponentially.
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