After returning home, the butler Kearney was already waiting in the lobby.
"Mr. Vorobev, this is the document that our husband asked you to bring over." Kearney handed the things to Vorobev, who said goodbye to Anna after a few words.
"Did Alexei telegram?" Anna asked as she walked towards the restaurant.
"Yes. Mister doesn't like anyone touching his desk, no matter who it is." The butler replied calmly, his temper was exactly the same as Karenin's.
"You are a good housekeeper." Anna said, and Kearney showed her a slight smile, indicating that he accepted the compliment.
The dinner prepared by the cook was delicious, but Anna still restrained herself from eating too much for dinner. She doesn't want to gain weight. She is still not used to the clothes here, but fortunately she is relatively slender. If she had to wear that kind of waist-stretching clothes all the time like she did on her wedding day, she would really die.
After dinner, Anna read an English novel in her bedroom. It was obviously written by a female writer, and some of the sharp points of view make it almost doubtful that it was also written by a time traveler.
At about ten o'clock Karenin rang the bell and came in. Looking a little tired.
In this era, noble couples slept in separate rooms.
"How is it?" Anna put down her book and walked over to ask.
"It's stabilized." Karenin said, and after seeing Anna's appearance, he frowned slightly, "You should be ready to go to bed, Anna, going to bed late is extremely bad for your health."
"But as far as I know, you don't get ready to go to sleep until half past ten every day." Anna laughed.
Karenin understood what Anna meant, and he said: "I must deal with all the official documents before ten o'clock, and then keep half an hour."
Anna blinked: "You can come here."
"I mean," she said, looking a little embarrassed, eyelashes fluttering, but finally said, "I want you to sleep next to me, all the time."
"I know it's inappropriate, but I still think, since we're married, why do I have to share a room with my husband?"
Because of embarrassment, Anna's speech speed at the end became very fast. She walked to the bed and patted the four-poster bed that could accommodate at least four people with one hand.
"Look, the bed is big, we don't need to waste it."
She stretched out her hands and patted it again, which was really silly.
"I don't snore when I sleep. I probably don't grind my teeth. Annushka didn't say that I have the habit of talking in my sleep. The bed is also big, so it won't disturb you..."
She repeated again and again that the bed was very big, so that finally the sound became quieter.
"So, what do you think?"
Anna raised her head and looked at the other person bravely. To be honest, in fact, she really had a kind of ferocity in raising her head suddenly. If it weren't for Karenin who already knew his wife very well, he would probably have been taken aback by fright.
"I think," said Karenin after a moment's hesitation, "that your reasons seem quite sufficient."
"Do you find it funny?" Anna asked dryly.
"No, maybe, I've gradually gotten used to it." Karenin said, with a tired look still mingled between his brows. But his eyelashes were slightly drooped, and there was a slight smile on his lips, which made his usually stern facial features look very soft at this moment.
Anna felt something screaming inside her, and then she found herself actually saying it.
"I think you're really cute right now."
Doubtful emotions gathered in Karenin's blue eyes, then became serious and serious, and he scowled.
"Anna, you can't use..."
But he didn't finish because his wife put her arms around him and kissed him on the lips.
"I won't tell others, you are mine." She said with a smile, and the laughter faded the charming sentiment.
There was some emotion tumbling in my heart, and finally it gradually dissipated with this burst of laughter.
"About," Karenin paused, as if he had to use a lot of perseverance to say the word, "'cute', I don't want you to use it to judge me, if you insist, I can't stop you, but Anna , I don't want you to judge me like that to the outside world."
In the end, Karenin found his tongue again, and he became serious again, even a little serious.
"I'm a government official, and words like 'cute' can reduce the trust of citizens in me, and even affect our image."
"Of course I know, although I sometimes want the whole world to know, but I will always hold back." Like a koala, Anna seems to hang herself on Karenin, a tree that stands upright Because of her height, she really had to tiptoe to hang herself on Karenin. And the latter seemed to acquiesce in her limp and boneless appearance.
Anna tightened her arms a little more.
She can't see Karenin's expression now, and the other party can't see her expression, so she can say more and want to tell him, but there are always some embarrassing words.
"I have the best husband in the world. He is very straight and sometimes sweet. Sometimes he is a bit serious, but I know how good he is. I really, really, really like him!"
After Anna finished speaking, she closed her eyes, and her white and tender ears were also a little red. She was waiting for a response from her lovely husband.
But Anna didn't hear any response, but suddenly, the hand that was originally on her waist changed its position.
After she saw the expression on the man's face, she was almost a little shocked. At that moment, Anna was convinced of one thing. Sometimes, some love really does not need to be promised.
You can't ask for a piece of sky to give you the color of green grass if it gives you blue.
You can't ask the wind to give you tender care and keep it still and quiet.
He has his own way of expressing his admiration, which may not be so dazzling and sweet, but it is one in a million luck in the world to give a sincere offer and get a sincere response. many
Before meeting Karenin, Anna had many definitions of love, including poetic and secular, with ever-changing adjectives. And now, she began to understand that if there is a language in the world that can define the word "love", it is when you are the only one in these blue eyes.
only you.
This is probably love.
That night, before falling asleep, Anna thought: If this is the biggest response he can give me, I am already satisfied and don't ask for more.
It takes hundreds of millions of light years for the light of a star to reach the earth. True love from one heart to another may require more effort than the stars.
But what Anna didn't know was that her non-greedy was actually the root of their subsequent happiness. Because, from the very beginning, she has been satisfied with this marriage between them from the beginning of "one", so in the days to come, when she has more happiness than "one", every moment is more happy. Many unexpected surprises.
That night, Karenin once again violated his routine.
After Anna fell asleep, he looked at his wife silently for a long time.
Both of them kept lying down, but Karenin tilted his head and stared at his wife for a long time by the moonlight, as if he wanted to look into her soul.
She is very strange indeed. How can a smart person like Karenin not know that his wife is different sometimes? If Anna is not his wife, if she is someone he must pay attention to in his life, then he will always find the answer.
But Anna is his wife, so instead of exploring the truth, questioning, and distrusting, Karenin just blamed everything on his wife's uniqueness, on her character, and on her being Anna.
She is, the most unique person in the world, his wife.
Swear in the name of God, the oath at the wedding, since he promised it is a lifetime. Suspicion, distrust, will never happen.
Since she was his wife, she was someone he must always cherish and protect, and he would always trust her, and his soul was open to her.
No one knew that during the conversation that day, Karenin accidentally lost an access card that could enter the heart of Alexey Alexandrovich Karenin. And a young girl named Anna picked up this card, and very presciently engraved the ownership on the card forever, using her weird and bold words, shy or ostentatious smiles, to freely enter and exit this residence. Finally, she told the king.
"I will stay in Karenin's world forever, you can't refuse."
The king looked at the young girl, from her eyebrows stretched like willows, to her gray and kind eyes, to the corners of her lips, and then granted her permanent access rights.
"allow."
This girl will not know how precious what she has is. After all, some people have worked hard all their lives and can't even get a temporary residence permit, but she has easily obtained a permanent residence permit.
Wholehearted devotion and love.
A lifetime of trust and support.
Only for your care and protection forever.
Single-minded and never betrayal.
He just doesn't say it easily, but it doesn't mean he doesn't love or cherish.
He just needs a little time, from a silent man, to understand that as a husband, in fact, he can do more than love her from the bottom of his heart. And all of this needs a tolerant wife to make him better, a brave wife to let him speak, and one day it will.
The next day Anna has a big problem and she has to ask her husband for help.