"We were invited to a sale preview that day" she said, eyes gazing downwards, "I was busy shifting through racks of designers' stuff, picking them off like it was free", she continued with a trying smile, "and he was obviously dead bored and showed no interest in whatever that was going on in the boutique or with whatever I showed him, giving only occasional monotone "OK lah"s to hasten my decision making"......"As I carried on with my indulgence, I noticed he wasn't anywhere close by, "well maybe he went to the toilet", I thought to myself"......
"An hour, with an armful of dangling goodies later, there was still no trace of him"..."That was when, whilst walking over to the counter to pay up, I spotted them standing by the door having what looked like a very happy hearty conversion"......"At that moment, I actually did feel a sense of relief to see him preoccupied with some other distractions, otherwise, I would probably get the "cold treatment" on our ride back home for "wasting" his time with my shopping spree"....
"After paying up for my goodies, I walked up to them, took my position beside him, popped my right hand towards her direction and had myself introduced to her"......." Hi, I'm T", I said, my hubby realizing how rude it was for him to not have the initiative to introduce us quickly enough, tried to salvage the situation by re-introducing us...."Darling, this is May" "May, my wife", he said with a trailing smile...."We had the usual casual short chit-chat, and was about to part ways, when my hubby suggested they exchanged numbers"...
"There was a sense of "happy-vibe" on our way back, me, obviously with my new stuff, and him...errr...not sure." "So,out of curiosity, I asked him why was he in such a good mood"....
"Aiyah, nothing lah, good mood good mood lor, why must ask why", he exclaimed....
Not fully satisfied with his reply, I asked him another question..
"Who's that May, you were talking to just now?"....
He hesitated for a few seconds and finally replied;
"Ohhhh, she's an old friend of mine, very old friend..."
"From the Uni?" I asked.....
"No lah, from my previous previous previous workplace, before I met you lah, why you so kaypoh(busybody)?" He said, now sounding quite irritated....After a while, he decided to break the uncomfortable silence, and muttered what sounded like "Aiyah, you want to know right? She was one of my Ex lahhh"....
"Sensing a breath of hostility in the atmosphere, I kept quiet and left it as it was".....She said softly, eyes now staring blankly at the coffee cup, on our table.
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