All Chapters of I Can See Our Love's Expiry Date: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Hi Mr. Hammond, Mrs. Hammond," Belinda Manning chirped cheerfully. "I'm really sorry for this, but I just couldn't get a cab in this downpour."The car door swung open, and the wind and rain lashed into the back seat, drenching the leather.Belinda folded her umbrella and slid in, drenched from head to toe. Her white chiffon blouse clung to her body, and water dripped from her wispy strands of hair around her face.She looked absolutely disheveled, but her smile was as bright as the sun.Levi Hammond kept one hand on the steering wheel. He didn't turn around, but he pulled out a few tissues from the glove compartment, reached over my shoulder, and handed them to her in the back seat."Dry yourself off with these. Be careful not to catch a cold."His voice was gentle and laced with thoughtfulness as always.Belinda took the tissues, her fingers casually touching the back of his hand, but he didn't flinch or pull away."Thanks, Mr. Hammond. You're always looking out for us," she

"Let it cool down a bit before you drink it. It's a little hot," Levi said, sitting on the edge of the bed while holding my hand."Are you still mad at me?" he asked, squeezing my fingers. "I swear I only did it because I thought Belinda looked pitiful. You're the only one in my heart."I looked at him. Did he really mean that?I then looked at the numbers above his head.[198 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes.]The time didn't increase.His guilt and attempts to cheer me up didn't even add a single second to the time. I just closed my eyes and slid my hand out of his."I'm not mad."His phone rang at that very moment. It was particularly jarring in the otherwise silent bedroom.Levi froze at first. Then, he picked up the phone he'd left on the nightstand. The moment the screen lit up, I saw the caller ID on the screen. It was Belinda.He glanced at me with a somewhat evasive look. However, he didn't decline the call. Instead, he answered it and put her on loudspeaker. He always use

By the time I reached the house, the water had already risen to my calves. I then spent two hours alone in the dirty, icy water.I carried boxes containing old photo albums and diaries upstairs, one by one. When I finally came back out of the house, I was soaked to the skin and covered in mud, shivering from the cold.On the drive back, my car suddenly stalled on a street. The flooding had been so bad that water had gotten into the exhaust pipe.There were no streetlights around, just the deafening roar of rain pounding heavily against the roof of my car.I took out my phone and realized that I only had 15% battery left.I called Levi. This was my most instinctive reaction every time I ran into some trouble in my seven years of marriage.The phone rang for a long time before he finally picked up."Hello? Anna?"The sound on his end was chaotic. There seemed to be arguing and crying in the background."Levi, my car broke down on Southring Street," I said. My hands, gripping the

"Let go," I said, looking at Levi coldly.His fingers stiffened. He'd never seen such a cold expression in my eyes before."Anna…"Just then, a crisp voice cut in from the side."Mr. Hammond?"I turned to look.Belinda was holding two cups of coffee in her hands, standing not too far away from us with a surprised look on her face. She first looked at him, then at me."Mrs. Hammond? What's going on?"She hurried over to us, her face sporting an innocent yet concerned look."Are you still mad at Mr. Hammond because of yesterday? I'm sorry, it was all my fault. Mr. Hammond is a good person. Please don't blame him for it."She then pressed one of the coffees into Levi's hand."Mr. Hammond, you barely slept a wink all night. Some coffee will help wake you up."Levi looked at the coffee in his hand, then at me. He instinctively released his grip on me."What are you doing here, Linda?"Belinda smiled easily and said, "I just happened to be in the area to deliver some documents

I didn't eat any of the food Levi made and threw them all away in the trash can downstairs.Melody watched me throw away all the food ruthlessly and couldn't help but click her tongue. "Wow. He's really leaning hard into the pitiful-husband-trying-to-win-his-wife-back act, isn't he?"I dusted my hands and said, "It's too little, too late. None of it means anything to me now."I thought that Levi would give up after a few days. After all, he'd been kind of spoiled since young, so he had an arrogant streak in him.However, he never gave up. In fact, he would sometimes follow me in his car when I got off work, staying a certain distance away. He didn't come up to disturb me, but he also didn't leave me alone. He was like an annoying fly that just couldn't be swatted away.On the 20th day of our cooling-off period, it poured heavily again in Riverton. I had only just gone down to the lobby when I saw a familiar figure standing outside the door.It was Belinda.She didn't have an umb