“I’m fine. I overreacted just now,” Hannah answered.
Indeed, she couldn’t control her emotions upon seeing it. She almost couldn’t finish high school because of the notebook. Also, her parents and the teacher berated her and even thought about sending her to the youth detention center.
Fabian glanced at her but didn’t utter a word.
At the same time, Hannah could feel that Fabian had lots of doubts. She thought for a while and explained, “Ah, this notebook… actually, someone had gifted a notebook to me when I was in high school.”
Fabian blinked his eyes, gesturing for her to continue.
“He was my first love.”
Hannah paused for a while and continued, “It happened when I was in the eleventh grade. I was studying at a high school in my county. Back then, writing on notebooks was a trend. Due to stress from studying, many girls would write down their feelings and dissatisfaction in our notebooks. After students were sorted into arts and science streams, he became my new deskmate. There was a time when I was writing something in my notebook, and he grabbed it from me.
“I was furious, but he didn’t return it to me and even read through my little secrets. I cried because of that and ignored him for quite some time.
“After that, he would occasionally buy some snacks for me. Since he always read my notebook, I stopped writing and decided to tell him my inner feelings directly.
“Eventually, we became a couple. I always told him my little secrets, and he always comforted me. Anyway, because students were just being sorted into different streams, my results weren’t as satisfying as before. So, the homeroom teacher always found fault with me. She claimed that I didn’t study hard enough and suspected that I was dating someone.
“One day, she instructed someone to search my drawer and took my notebook. My parents were furious because she told them that I was dating someone. As such, they decided to transfer me to another class.”
Hannah took a deep breath for a while and continued helplessly, “What a coincidence. Every notebook that he gifted to me was pink. Besides, he always drew the Cupid on the first page and wrote some sweet nothings on every page. That was why… I got emotional.”
However, Hannah didn’t tell him the last straw that irritated her was the sweet nothings. Her first love used to write something similar to her, but it turned out that…
“And then what?” At this moment, Fabian squinted his eyes and asked intently. He was surprised to know that Hannah used to have a romantic first love.
“After that, I dedicated myself to studies and went to the university…” Hannah felt a little speechless by his question.
“Where is your first love?” Fabian asked blandly.
“Well, he’s a jerk! The teacher actually found out that it was his handwriting in the notebook. Unexpectedly, he shifted all of the responsibilities onto me. He claimed that I seduced him, and he dated me only because he couldn’t resist my seduction.”
Hannah was furious as soon as she finished. Even though the incident happened nearly ten years ago, she still couldn’t forget it. Since most people had romantic first love, she felt unfortunate that she met a scumbag in her first love.
As Hannah’s face swelled up with rage, Fabian couldn’t help but feel amused and thought to himself. Perhaps God sends me to you so that I can make it up for you.
“What are you laughing at? It’s not funny!” Hannah got increasingly irritated and rolled her eyes at him. The next moment, she yelled, “Humph! Bullying me is the best thing you do. Since I’m considered your wife, can’t you treat me better? Can’t you console me when I said I met a scumbag? How can you snigger at me instead?”
Upon hearing that, Fabian couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. What? Are you finally aware that I’m your husband? And now you want me to console you?
“I’m not good at comforting others,” Fabian replied stubbornly, though ripples of excitement fluttered through him after listening to her.
