Substitute Mother
Chapters 119. Right In Front of You
“Why's cheek?”
‘Sial’ Judith swearing restrained. Realizing that the makeup sweep was unable to cover her slightly swollen cheeks plus the bruised tip of her lips. No Judith thought Sharin's thin little hand could tear her lips with just one slap.
“It's okay. I'm just having a toothache”
Jeanno's eyebrows are linked. “Since when?”
“Since last night, just this morning swollen like this”
Aera stopped cutting the meat on the plate, observing Judith. “So morning mama's cheeks are not swollen”
Judith forgets that Aera is not a child who is easily lied to. Like the words he had heard, one lie would carry another lie.
“Cocky, Aera don't just see”
“Still hold no? if it hurts once we go to the hospital now”
Judith looked at the clock, not too late. Just showed me at seven past thirty nights. “Not necessary. I've been taking medication, kok”
“If tomorrow is still swollen, you should go to the hospital. I forced”
The woman just nodded, not wanting to argue. His jaw was sore when he was made to talk. Be their eating atmosphere with the sound of cutlery. Then Jeanno told Judith and Aera to go up to the room, while she was the one washing the tableware.
“Let me only, tuan”
Jeanno turned his head, he had rinsed off some tableware. Little left. “No need, responsibility. Let mework. There you go on a ride with Aera”
“Aera is working on PR. I gave him some time before I came back to check on Prnya”
Jeanno turned her body around, continuing the task of washing dishes that had been delayed. “You're not a good liar. You know that?”
“Meanour?”
“Pips. Tell me that the cause is not toothache”
Judith was silent for a moment. “True coke, toothache”
“Dental pain will not give such a bruise. You said as if I never had a toothache” the last rinse was over. Jeanno took off the rubber gloves and dried her hands. Then turned. He shifted a little, and leaned against the kitchen table.
“Close”
Judith saw Jeanno's hand, her reflexes stepped closer to 30 inches from where Jeanno was. Gently cupped the face of the ayu, which made the owner to his nose startled. “Sorry. It hurts so much huh?”
“Just a little bit grilu”
Jeanno put Judith's hair behind her ear, so that she could clearly see the woman's cheek. “Can be this small. And. Your lips are also torn. What's going on, Judith? And don't you dare say that you slipped in the bathroom”
Checkmate. Though Judith will use the reason for slipping to replace the reason for a toothache that failed.
“Promise master not to be angry if I'm honest?”
Jeanno shrugged his shoulders. “Depends. I can't promise but I'll try not to upset”
“Usually if it's like that the ending is sure the master will be angry”
The man chuckled, making his sharp eyes curl into a crescent moon that Judith said was adorable. “You understand me so much, hm?”
Jeanno grabbed Judith by the hand, dipped her several times. “Alright, I promise I won't get mad. Say..”
“Eum.. earlier while I was waiting for Aera to come home, I met her.. Sharin”
Jeanno's airface changed. The crescent moon's eyes evaporated somewhere. Judith shuddered in horror at the drastic change in expression. “Then?”
“I confronted him. Yes how else, I was annoyed to see that he did not give up on getting the master. So I said a little harsh words. Then he was emotional and. well, he slapped me”
“That's all he did, right? Don't let me hear he's doing other violence like menjam—“
“No, sir. He only slapped me once and then left while grumbling. It happened too fast until I couldn't get his hand out. I thought it was just red, but for a long time my jaw was sore and as soon as I saw the glass turned a little swollen and my lips torn”
Jeanno's jaw is hardened. “I'm too soft for her. Tomorrow we go to the police station”
“What?”
“It's been violent, Judith. He can be punished for having done less fun”
Judith shook her head a few times. “No need, sir. If we report to the police, he will be more confronted and more dangerous. Enough is enough, don't get carried away by emotions. Sir has promised not to emotion”
“How could I not be emotional seeing you hurt because of someone in my past?”
There was a different tone from Jeanno's last sentence. His voice was weakening and shrill, not as firm as before. There was as much sadness as Judith could capture from her eyes.
“I'm sorry, Judith. I'm sorry for dragging you too far”
Judith smiled, bringing her face to face with Jeanno's forehead. “I've agreed to our agreement. That means I have to be prepared for any risks that come. Including like this. The slap was painful, but I never regretted having lived out my options as a substitute for Nayara”
Jeanno changed her position by lifting Judith's waist to sit on the kitchen table while she grabbed the medicine box and ice pack from the freezer.
“Aw.”
“Maaf” Jeanno grimaced as the slender body shortened when he attached an ice pack without cueing.
“The swelling will probably disappear tomorrow morning”
“What's that bad? I was astonished, how can a slender hand with such a taut fingers make such a wound? Ck, devil woman”
Jeanno chuckles. “What did you say that made him that angry?”
“Eum. Just asking her to stop chasing someone else's husband. Then I also said.his self-esteem is low and he's cheap”.
“Wow” Jeanno looks amazed. Open a new ointment lid. “I wanted to see his face when you said that. He had a very high ego, so Sharin would not accept others saying so. You're great, Judith”
“But it's okay to say that? What if he gets offended then I get reported to the police on charges of unpleasant deeds?”
Again, Jeanno chuckled. Returning Judith's favorite scythe. “Not going. If he reports to the police, we will report back. You have proof, while he's not”
Jeanno lifted his opponent's chin to apply the ointment to the blistering tip of Judith's lips. The girl recoiled when the cold ointment touched the surface of her skin.
“Save the ointment. Apply it again when you wake up tomorrow” Jeanno closes the ointment and puts it next to Judith exactly.
Both are in the same position. The tall woman had her head level with the opponent because she was sitting at the kitchen table, while the young master was standing between the legs of the beauty. Jeanno moved her hands around Judith's waist, kneeling her gently.
Judith enjoyed it, as evidenced by the hand she moved also to draped around Jeanno's neck. “Master did not forget about dare sir right?”
which “Dare?”
His opponent clucked. “About Nora. Don't tell me you didn't do it”
“Ah it.” Jeanno chuckled, returning the scythe that Judith liked, for some time. “No. I even booked a vacation ticket for three days. Complete with hotel, food and allowance. Ckcc.. Jeanno Alexander is indeed a noble heart”
Judith's smile expanded, there was pride when Jeanno had carried out the challenge from her. “Then how did it react?”
“Then it. I happen to have not told Nora hehe”.
Judith's smile was dashed, changing into a flat expression. Jeanno's stomach was pinched slowly. “This master how, not once happy intentions own secretary”
Still with a small laugh, Jeanno responded. “I don't want to disturb his concentration, Judith. He was working on a report. When it's over, I'll tell you. But..”
“But?”
Jeanno lowered her hand, now perched on Judith's thigh. Gives intense forward and backward swabs. “That means I'll lose my secretary for three days. Of course it will make it difficult for me”
“I can be a replacement secretary. Although I am only a junior high school graduate, you must not underestimate my brain. I could just guide Aera to PR”
Jeanno's eyebrows are linked. “Eum.. elementary school children homework.?”
“Ck, sir don't underestimate me. How-so I've been helping my clients work on reports?”
“Huh? How can?”
“So one night there was a geeky man who asked me to spend the night. We did make out for a while, until the phone sounded and it was from his boss who turned out to change his work dateline to tomorrow morning at exactly 6. We only have about 4 hours to complete the impossible work. He even cried master, and said that he was not ready to be fired for still having 4 younger siblings who were still in school. Be me offering to help her get the job done. And until sunrise, instead of making love, we just wrestle on paper and computer”
Jeanno's laughter exploded, sounding crisp but not excessive. “You are truly multitalented. Being a dancer can be, mom can, secretary can”
“Judith is great\~”
“Wait, didn't your rates used to be very expensive? How could that guy take you home?”
Judith's gaze took hold for a moment, trying to remember. “Oh that, coincidentally that night I earned 3x more than before. And that geeky guy doesn't look like a bad guy, so I decided to give him a little discount”
“Really generous”
Judith smiled. “So.. am I accepted as an intern secretary?”
“If you were my secretary..” Jeanno moved his face forward, stealing a kiss on the side of Judith's uninjured lips. “Fokusku will fall apart”
“Why can it be?”
“Because.” Jeanno moved to kiss Judith's cheek until the owner giggled amusedly. “Karena?”
“Because I am confused, want to finish my work first, or make love to my secretary” that sentence is asductive as it is closed with a tantalizing blow to the girl's ear. Make her light stand up and her face blush.
“I didn't expect...the master had such wild fantasies, making love in the office, huh?”
Not satisfied with just a puff, Jeanno sipped the ear until the owner moaned. “Because of you. Because you're Judith.”
The two men could have gone far if it wasn't for Aera screaming from the end of the stairs, saying her PR was done. The middle of the reflex distanced the body, minimizing the originally turbulent passion to approach the little one who was waiting.
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