Rules of Engagement novel Chapter 61

Elsa was still awake when it was time to take a snap. Like other busy white-collar workers, she was used to taking a weekend off to get more sleep, but since she remembered she had something to do, she didn't want to sleep.

When she heard Soren's rhythmic and clear breath, she tiptoed to get rid of his hand. When she was about to stand up, he stretched out his hands and took her in his arms.

Elsa was too scared to move. She held her breath for a long time before she dared to stand up again. This time, she was not seized by Soren. When she got up and wanted to look for the measuring tape, she remembered that it was in the wardrobe. In order not to wake him up, she picked up the tie on the hanger, which was for tonight.

Soren was lying on the bed when Elsa got close to him and looked down at him. His long and black eyelashes showed his firmness. Because he was asleep, his face was gentler, and there was even a slight smile on it. Anyway, he was handsome, from every angle. Wearing a pair of glasses, Elsa was a little tired. She came closer to him to look at his thin lips and angular chin.

Her long hair fell down and swept Soren's neck. He slightly moved his body. Seeing that, Elsa sat up in a hurry with a blush on her face. Remembering what she would like to do, she stretched the tie to measure his shoulders. Then she took a number on the notebook. Then she also measured his arm and wrist in the same way and took down the data one by one. However, since his waist couldn't be measured now, she thought that it was not difficult to measure the size of his clothes and the waist of his trousers.

When she came back home a while ago, her mother called her and asked her about the dressing sizes of Soren. She often took time to make a sweater and planned to make one for him. At that time, Elsa felt embarrassed to tell Soren that her mother would make him a sweater, so she just told him that her mother would send some pickles. But later, other things held her back and now she felt even more inappropriate to tell this to Soren. Since when she looked in the closet, she remembered that Soren didn't lack any clothes at all. Especially because of Susie's taste and career, all the clothes in his wardrobe were of rare style and good quality. She didn't know whether he would like the sweater made by her mother.

But Blanche had urged her several times, and Elsa could not tell her mother that one suit of Soren's family would be equal to one year's salary of her. So she just wanted to measure his size for her mother and then wait and see.

Finally, Elsa measured him up and stopped her covert work. She estimated the general size and also corrected some data based on the clothes he had just taken off before, then she sent a message to her mother.

A few minutes later, Blanche sent a message back to Elsa, asking her to choose the colors. Like an ordinary housewife, Blanche was passionate about these kind of stuffs of her daughter and son-in-law.

According to Soren's preference for clothes and the largest number of color in his wardrobe, Elsa carefully discussed and confirmed the color with her mother. Blanche then sent a picture of all knitting wools she had bought to Elsa for her to consult. After making sure of all the details, Blanche texted Elsa cheerfully. "That's it. I learned a new style of knitting this year and I promise to make a more beautiful one for you."

A smile appeared on Elsa's face. In the past, she thought that her mother was nagging and felt impatient to talk with her. When she grew up, she found that the true feeling of accompanying her family members through all these trivial things was so real. Thinking that her mother would feel happy, she smiled more happily.

She put down her phone and took a look at the man lying on the bed next to her. She reached out subconsciously and held his hand.

Then she was pulled back into his arms. Lying on the bed, Elsa felt her little secrets being seen through. "Are you awake?" she asked.

"You didn't sleep?"

He asked almost at the same time.

Elsa did not dare to look into his inquiring eyes. It was true that Soren was awake. He was highly alert. Any slight noise would wake him up and keep him on high alert. This man, who had been trained for years, had sharp eyes and ears. Even when he was asleep, he would maintain vigilance.

Actually he had woken up when Elsa got up. When she was peeping at him, he had been in that state. He had enjoyed the feeling that she would be very relaxed if he wasn't looking at her.

Every time he looked at her carefully, she would become nervous and discreet.

And then what she did made him think for a while. Then he could guess what she was going to do next. When Susie couldn't find a measuring tape, she would also try to use another thing to measure the size. So after a short consideration, Soren came to the conclusion that she was sending a message to Blanche. It wouldn't be Jane because she was so busy that she had no time to rest. In the morning, she had talked to Elsa on the phone and told her that she had something to do in the afternoon. So basically, Jane wouldn't have time to text Elsa at this time.

Soren didn't want to expose her. He smiled and said, "I just woke up right now. Why did you get up so early?"

Elsa was more relaxed. She not only measured his size secretly, but also peeped at him for so long. If he was awake all the time, she would be very embarrassed. Fortunately, he didn't know. She yawned with hands covering her mouth. "I just got up, too."

"Do you want to sleep a little longer?" Soren asked. She didn't sleep at all.

"I'm getting up." Elsa said hastily.

"Okay." Soren put his arm around her waist from behind and gave her a warm hug with a smile before releasing her.

They got separate things to do tonight. Soren had an appointment with Ron, while Elsa would meet with Jane.

Little Bun was on a taekwondo class today, and he had personally made an appointment with Elsa. Soren drove Elsa there. The second-hand car of her own had been left idle for a long time since they got married. As soon as Soren stopped at the gate of the Children's Palace, Elsa was about to get off. She had been here many times and was familiar with this place.

"Elsa." Soren stopped her.

Elsa turned around and thought he had something else to tell her, but he kissed her on the lips abruptly. The blush on her face spread from the tip of her nose to her whole face. Soren looked at the time with a smile on his face, and said, "I'll pick you up at half past nine."

"Okay." Elsa jumped off the car. His cars were all tall off-road vehicles. She really had to jump off. When she felt his light smell on her lips, her face turned redder. Then she quickly walked into the Children's Palace.

"Zaza, why hasn't your husband come with you?" Jane asked happily.

Arm in arm, Elsa said, "He drove me here. He has something to do with his friend now. He will pick me up later."

With a smile, Jane said, "Drive you here now and pick you up later, your life seems so sweet. Am I interrupting your sweet time together? Now it's different from the past."

"Where is little Bun?" Elsa asked, trying to change the topic.

"Little Bun is over there! York Liang, here comes your auntie! " Jane shouted to her son.

Little Bun ran over rapidly when he heard the voice and stood in front of them, "Mommy, auntie! Auntie, I have a team performance and a personal performance today. You can't leave in half way!"

He was much taller than before, and he looked good in the taekwondo clothes. Today was the reporting performance of the taekwondo class. Every time there was such an important activity of little Bun, Elsa would be there as long as she had time, but sometimes she had to leave in the middle of it if something important happened. She had watched little Bun grow up. She also loved him as Jane did.

"Little Bun, I promise I'll wait until you get your trophy and invite you to eat an ice cream!"

"Great!" Little Bun made a kick excitedly. Until he saw the teacher and other children gather together, he waved to say goodbye to Elsa.

Elsa bowed to him and then made a triumphant gesture to encourage him.

Looking at little Bun's figure, Jane felt so happy and peaceful. "We have to go to the English amusement park later, Zaza, I can't accompany you tonight."

Elsa turned around and asked curiously, "Janie, I remember that little Bun has a painting class and a piano class. What's more, he is practicing taekwondo now. It's already very hard for him. Why does he attend an English class more?"

"We have no choice. It's almost the time for primary school. Since other kids all have attended different kinds of interest classes, if you don't, you'll fall behind."

"That must be very hard. We adults are not that busy."

Jane heaved a sigh and said, "I think it will be better for him to spend more time with other children. It was better to stay with your peers than to stay at home all the time. He used to be introverted and I just couldn't find a chance to let him interact with the outside world."

Elsa nodded. Raising a child was really troublesome. Nowadays, adults and children all felt very tired, let alone a single mother like Jane who should bring up her child by her own.

The report performance was short. Little Bun won the first prize of both group performance and personal performance. When he rushed to Elsa excitedly, he was told by Jane, "Alright, auntie will buy you an ice cream another day. Now we're in a hurry to the English class. We're going to be late."

Hearing that, little Bun turned depressed all of a sudden. He said, "Auntie had promised me!"

"But you promised mommy that you would go to the English class today, didn't you?" Jane squatted down and asked.

"Yes." After a long time, little Bun finally said in a low voice.

"Next time when I come back, I'll take you to eat the ice cream, okay?" Feeling sorry for him, Elsa touched his head and said, "Let me buy you another gift, okay?"

"I don't want a present. I just want to have an ice cream with mom and auntie," answered little Bun.

Hearing that, both Jane and Elsa became soft hearted.

But then Jane left with little Bun for the English class. When Jane was harsh, she actually wanted to form a good habit of suiting the action to the word for her son, who lacked of father's love.

Watching them catching up with the bus, Elsa stood there in a daze for quite a while. She looked at the time, it was only half past eight, still one hour earlier than the appointment with Soren. It was a little hot today, so she walked down the street casually and went into a shopping mall to look around.