I'm Not a Cheap Woman

Thinking of a Fake Identity

Stevani doesn't realize that he almost finished all the food at the table. Zionel continued to smile, he was proud of himself because the woman liked his cooking and ate it so voraciously. He would rather look at the woman than at dinner. While being engrossed in the beauty of Stevani's face without make up, Zionel's phone rang.

The man stared at the screen of his phone and smiled. "I'm done eating, keep eating, I'll take a call for a while" he said as he left the dinner table.

Stevani stared at his dining table and gasped as he realized he had almost finished all his food.

"I'm crazy, why am I eating like a starving person" Stevani thought.

The woman stopped eating, she began to clean the dirty cutlery and took it to the sink to wash it.

Zionel went to his balcony and picked up his phone.

"You picked up your phone for a long time, Zio." Falera Cruise immediately rebuked him.

"I'm having dinner, Mom. Have you guys come home from the hospital?"

"If you know we're in the hospital, why not wait at home. You went straight to the apartment and took the woman, didn't you? Don't you want to introduce her to mommy?"

"His name is Stevani Yunsu mom. We just got back, can't we rest tonight. We'll see you in the morning."

"Stevani Yunsu, her name is beautiful. Mommy wishes her name was as pretty as her face."

"Oh of course, mommy won't be disappointed in my choice. Didn't I say it."

"Mommy can't believe it if you don't see it right away. Can we make a video call, mommy wants to see it now."

"Oh come on mom... He's having dinner, I don't want to make him awkward. Let us rest first."

"Oh my God, don't you know what Mommy is like now. This curiosity could kill Zio's mommy."

Zionel laughs. "Don't overdo it, President. How's daddy doing?"

Zionel began to switch the conversation so that his mother did not continue to whine and make him dizzy.

"Daddy's condition is fine, but he still has to stay at home. The doctor won't let him handle Zio's company."

"Tell daddy not to worry mom. Look at his son who is able to handle the company well."

"Mommy said it too, your daddy's not worried about the company, but he's more worried about his son working alone."

"Don't start mom, I'm not like that. But I still have responsibility for the company. I'm not that old, baby." said Nicolas Cruise.

"I know it's a pity, but the doctor suggested that you rest longer. You heard Zio, daddy still insisted on working." Falera said.

"Give the phone to daddy mom, I want to talk to her." Zionel asked.

Falera took a long breath. "Our business isn't finished yet, Zio, you're very good at finding excuses. Dad... Zio wants to talk."

Zionel could only giggle amusedly at his mother's grievances.

"Zio.. daddy already knows about the branch company. You are my great son." said Nicolas.

"It's been my job, and it's not just me, there's Alex and the employees at the company helping out. About the secretary I raised as manager..."

"Daddy knows it's Zio. Daddy always supports your choices. Forget about work, daddy heard from mommy you found a lover in town X. It's not like you, Zio, what's going on?" nicolas' voice whispered slightly as he asked that.

Zionel certainly did not want his father and mother to know what he had done to Stevani. They must have been very disappointed to know that their son crossed the line and desecrated a drunken woman.

"Daddy need not worry, I did fall in love at first sight. And I also did not expect, the woman did not refuse when I asked her to marry." replied Zionel.

"You sure you're not covering something up for us?"

"Oh come on dad, you can see him tomorrow. I've left him dinner, I better hang up now. Dad... please tell mommy not to be too chatty." Zionel said with a laugh.

"Daddy can be minced meat if you say that" Nicolas replied with a laugh.

"You guys don't try to talk about me in the back, I can feel it" Falera said.

Zionel let out a long sigh, he went back in and found the dining table already clean. The man searches for Stevani's whereabouts and finds her in the kitchen cleaning up everything that's messy there.

"Stop it. It's late. You must be tired from the trip. I also have a waiter who will come every morning to take care of her, Miss." Zionel said.

Stevani turned her body and looked at Zionel. "I'm used to working, it's weird to just sit there. Oh yeah, you own this apartment, so you better sleep in the bed, I'm on the couch."

Zionel fused his eyebrows together. "Aren't you a woman, you still haven't recovered properly. You sleep in that bed."

"You don't sleep on the couch, your body exceeds that couch. You'll definitely bend your legs when you fall asleep."

"So you're worried about me?"

Stevani widened her eyes, she also pulled the corner of her lips. Zionel laughed at the expression on the woman's face.

"Look, what if we share a bed? You're on the right and I'm on the left." teased Zionel.

"Don't dream Mr. Zio, I don't want to share with you." Stevani said.

Zionel let go of his laughter and left the woman just like that.

Stevani sighed, after she finished cleaning the kitchen, she headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

*****

A few minutes later...

Stevani comes out of the bathroom, she goes into Zionel's room. The woman stared at the big bed, all smelling Zionel's perfume.

"How can I sleep in that man's bed? The fragrance of this room was filled with the scent of Zionel's body, indirectly I was sleeping with him." thought Stevani shuddering in horror.

Stevani gazed out, he could see Zionel who was busy with his laptop on the sofa. The man was really handsome while being serious like that.

"You'd rather be quiet than talkative Mr. Zionel" Stevani murmured.

The woman was forced to go up on her bed, she pulled her blanket over her body. Before closing his eyes, Stevani kept recalling the new identity records Zionel gave. She will be a learned woman from Harvard. Both of his parents were busy working in the United States.

"It's not outrageous, I didn't even graduate elementary school. I don't know what Harvard is like." said Stevani, then sat on his bed.

The movements of the woman who was not calm, of course, made Zionel turn towards the bed.

"Can you be more calm?" ask Zionel.

Stevani got out of bed and went out to Zionel.

"Aren't you outrageous?" ask Stevani.

Zionel closed his laptop and raised his head. "This time especially Stevani?"

"My identity is that I didn't even graduate from elementary school, how could I be the woman who graduated from an American university and my parents were there. You even said I was a designer in town X."

"The Cruise family standard is like that. Only in this way can I protect you from them for a year" Zionel replied as he folded his arms.

"What if your parents..."

"You don't have to worry, my parents do have high standards, especially mommy. But she's not like the rest of Cruise's extended family, mommy will respect my choice and I'm sure she'll like you." Zionel said. "You don't need to talk much, I'll answer all the daddy and mommy questions. So can you just calm down now?" coined.

"Why do I have to get stuck like this with the Cruise family?"

"Stop complaining, it's too late for you to back off Miss Yunsu. Well, come on, if you want to maintain your true identity please, but be prepared every day to get insults from them. You're not the only one who's gonna suffer, your sister... Zaline's gonna get dragged into it" Zionel said.

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