"I had to give you this surprise that's why I went shopping with Ah-Xin to buy the diary and color pencils. Also, I bought a new dress for myself because apparently, I can't fit in the old one now. I've had been wearing loose clothes and didn't realize that I won't fit in any of my body fitted clothes anymore."
Xiu happily detailed him about her day and what she did, what she ate, where she went, and so on. And as always he listened patiently. See? This was the wife that he had been missing. The one who could talk for hours. That earlier silent version of hers was too freaky for him.
Xiu was snuggled up against Darren's bosom as she thoroughly told him about the doctor's instructions. "I was in total disbelief when the doctor told me the news. I even stubbornly kept on saying that I had no pregnancy symptoms. When I mentioned my cramps, she looked worried before taking me for the ultrasound."
"Then what did she say?"