MY UNKNOWN HUSBAND - Season 2 Episode 49

Nina could not find John in the master bedroom. Truth be told, she was a little relieved. She turned around to look for some clothes in the closet only to find all her clothes missing. They had all been replaced with men’s clothes.

The new clothes now hung in the closet were different from John’s. John’s clothes were monotonous in style, but these new clothes were diverse in design and even color.

Left with no other choice, Nina just decided to put a set of the clothes in the closet. She put on a loose shirt and a loose pair of pants, looking lazy and noble.

Nina’s feet hurt so much that she could only walk around on her toes. She carefully tiptoed to the stairway and looked around the living room, but John was still nowhere to be found.

She guessed that John had gone to work.

Nina thought that the matter had passed, and John would not make trouble for her again. After all, she had returned to North Yard as he wished.

However, in the end, she still could not escape John’s punishment.

That night, while Nina was sleeping, a man who smelled of cigarettes and alcohol kicked the bedroom door open and undressed her.

“Little girl, this is your punishment,” John slurred.

“John? What are you doing?” Nina protested.

She was so frightened that her face turned pale. Before she could scream for help, John’s hand was already over her mouth. His other hand grasped her wrists and pinned them over her head.

The moment he pressed his body against hers, Nina felt all her defenses slowly crumble down.

The strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol filled Nina’s mouth and nose, accompanied by his unique manly scent.

In bed, he was sometimes wild and sometimes gentle. She never really had a way of knowing.

As soon as John’s lips found hers, Nina surrendered. She let him have her for the night.

While they made passionate love, no matter how many times John coaxed her into calling him honey, Nina did not respond. Instead, she shut him up with her mouth.

It was such an unusual and bold move from Nina. It made John lose his mind. Eventually, he stopped trying to make her call him honey and just concentrated on satisfying her.

They went all night until four o’clock the next morning.

Only then did John let go of Nina.

After they were finished, John carried Nina to the bathroom like a baby. Staring at her injured feet, he frowned. He carefully bathe her in silence.

Then, he took Nina back to bed, found the medicine box, and dutifully cleaned and dressed her wounds.

“You never listen to me,” he murmured. He was gentle but obviously distressed, and his eyes were full of affection.

However, Nina did not notice because as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was asleep. She was truly exhausted.

The next day, when Nina woke up, John was gone. The dazzling morning sunlight kissed her face, and she slowly opened her eyes. She bristled at the first movement that she made.

When she took a look at her body, she found bruises everywhere. “John, you bastard!” Every little move she made was like an assault to the senses. She felt like she was falling apart. Her body hurt so much that her eyes started watering. She clenched her teeth to stop herself from screaming.

The punishment was too heavy.

Fear started creeping up on Nina again.

“Mrs. Shi, are you awake?” Helen followed John’s order and waited outside for Nina to wake up. She did not knock on the door until she heard some movement.

Nina turned her head and looked at the door. When she heard Helen’s voice, she felt a little bit relieved. “Helen, come in and help me. I can’t get up.”

It was so humiliating. She did not expect that she would be punished by John last night. He had always been too strong for her, and now she could not get out of bed.

Helen pushed the door open and came in. She saw Nina still lying in bed with the quilt covering everything but her head. Nina blinked pitifully at her.

“Oh, Mrs. Shi, let me see how you are.” Helen hurried to help Nina up. Nina was neatly dressed under the quilt, but the love bites on her neck screamed at Helen like a sailor lost at sea. “Oh, my God! Mr. Shi is so rude to women!” she exclaimed.

Nina lowered her eyes and blushed with shame.

She was in too much pain to get up and walk by herself, so she asked Helen, “Helen, I want to go to the bathroom. Help me up, please.”

Helen grabbed her arm and supported her weight as she carefully slid out of bed. “Easy, Mrs. Shi. Please slow down!”

When Nina was finally out of bed and standing, Helen hurriedly put her arm around her shoulder for support. Nina leaned on her helplessly, feeling everything in her body ache.

On a regular day, Nina would have cried because of the pain and embarrassment.

“Oh, Mr. Shi is such a brute.” Helen treated Nina like she was her own daughter. Seeing her in pain like this, she could not help getting a little bit angry at John.

Seeing Helen’s reaction, Nina felt warm in her heart. “Thank you for assisting me, Helen. I really appreciate it.”

Helen only nodded to her and furrowed her brows, annoyance still apparent on her face. She sighed once again and told Nina another piece of bad news. “Mr. Shi, Mr. Shi told me that you can’t go anywhere. You’re to stay here in the master bedroom until you admit your mistake.”

“What? What did I do wrong? I haven’t mentioned divorce to him, nor did cheat on him.” Nina stopped. It was already difficult for her to get halfway to the bathroom from the bed. Standing on wounded feet was ten times more difficult, not to mention painful.

What the hell was wrong with John? She had come back to North Yard without a fight.

Last night, she also let him punish her. She would not run away now. What else did he want? Why was he not allowing her to leave the bedroom?

“Mr. Shi, actually…” Helen wanted to say something else but stopped. She was not sure whether she should say it or not.

Noticing her hesitation, Nina said, “Helen, what is it? What were you about to say?”
Helen opened her mouth and said, “Mr. Shi, the shirt you were wearing last night is not yours, is it? It’s a man’s shirt.”

Helen wanted to be vague about the shirt, but Nina picked up on it right away.
“So what if it’s a man’s shirt?”

Helen looked straight in her eyes and said, “I think Mr. Shi is jealous of the owner of that shirt.”

“John is jealous of Noah? Noah’s my senior. He’s like an elder brother to me. There’s nothing going on between us. There’s nothing to be jealous about.”

Nina could not wrap her brain around what Helen just told her. Was that the reason why John ordered her to take off her clothes the second they arrived home?

Haley once said that jealousy was an expression of love.

“Does he love me?” Nina asked Helen in a daze.

Helen burst into laughter. “Mrs. Shi, don’t you know that Mr. Shi loves you?”

“No. He didn’t tell me anything.” John had never said that he loved her. He only played tricks on her, scolded her, and bullied her.

Helen glanced at a spot in the master bedroom and smiled meaningfully. “Do you want him to tell you that he loves you?”

Hearing this, Nina blushed and answered softly, “No.”

Helen laughed even louder. She laughed so hard this time that she had difficulty catching her breath. It made Nina all the more confused. “So you are waiting for Mr. Shi to express his love!” she exclaimed.

“No, I’m not! It’s just that…” Nina could not explain it clearly. Deep down, she wanted to know what was running through John’s mind, but there was a little part of her that was scared to find out.

What he had been doing was not like what the Internet said.

Other couples were all in love and sweet with each other. She and John did nothing but fight endlessly and play tricks openly.

“Well, Mrs. Shi, I believe you will soon hear Mr. Shi’s confession of love,” Helen said confidently. She knew that John was listening to their conversation right now through one of the devices installed inside the master bedroom.

John did not really show up to the office today. He was in a secret hideout and quietly watching Nina all day.

Even if Nina was just sleeping in the bed and did nothing else, John could not help smiling while staring at the screen.

He did not come home until ten o’clock in the evening. As soon as he arrived, he went to the master bedroom to look for Nina.

He did her just like last night, but compared to last night, he was particularly gentle. When the two of them were sweating profusely and almost out of breath, John leaned in and whispered three words in Nina’s ear with all the affection he could muster.

“I love you.”