The Director's Little Wife
CHAPTER 20 - The Other Side
Jjapanese.
The sun rose so bright, so dazzling. The reflection of the pond water shadow seemed to be twinkling like a star in broad daylight.
A young girl was sunbathing by the pool. She was wearing a navy-colored bikini that was in stark contrast to her white skin. Lay her body on the chair while enjoying a cold lemon drink.
"Drrrt drrr"
His phone vibrated, he turned off his MP3 and then picked up his phone call.
"Yes, Papa," said Sherry.
"Honey, today go to the beauty salon, because tomorrow night you will come with Papa to come to the Mannof family party with your Mama too. So dress up pretty," said Watanabe who suddenly gave the order.
"For what? Who deserves to see my beauty there?" answer Sherry.
"I heard they had two sons, and one of them was Roy Mannof. Aren't you no stranger to that name?" Watanabe grinned.
Shocked Sherry was aghast from her comfortable position, "So you mean Papa, the company that Papa tried to drop yesterday is Roy's parent's company?"
"Papa's gone mad! I desperately chased after Roy but Papa instead did it this way. Papa thinks after they find out what Papa did, I still have a face in front of their family?!" Sherry is angry that Roy is the son of Riezel Mannof because after Roy left home, Roy never revealed which family he came from. So no one knows.
"What are you worried about? Ken the stupid pawn I got rid of. He prefers money and discards his family. So you don't have to think about that. They'll never know. Be the charming girl tomorrow night. Okay?!," Watanabe hung up.
"Aakh!!," Sherry was upset, she had not expected that there would be such a reality.
"When I've hard-earned to make myself stand beside Roy with confidence, but this reckless old man has made all my efforts in vain" Sherry said.
"I have to show that I'm different from that person. I have to get a confession that I deserve to belong to the Mannof family" Sherry said.
Sherry got up from her seat and threw a white towel that had covered her lower body with emotion. Hatori who had just come home from jogging the next morning came straight to him.
"What's wrong?" ask Roy.
"You?!" Now Sherry's face is like an atomic bomb ready to explode. "You know that the Roy I'm referring to is Roy from the Mannof family?!" sherry asked with emotion gripping Hatori's bsju.
'Yeah, I know. Precisely when he served as the interim President in his father's place" Hatori replied calmly.
"So you..," Sherry did not continue her sentence and took off her hand.
She seemed to be crying, as if she had just lost something important in her life. His legs were limp, and now his body was crammed on the floor.
Hatori slowly moved to pick up the towel on the floor and cover it to Sherry's body.
"I know I'm an ambitious girl. I always believed in my abilities. And I always compete with pride in what I want to get. But I still have my pride. I also want to be accepted by the family of the person I love with sincere hands" Sherry said desperately.
"I want to feel a real happy family. I don't want to live like Rosse, I can't" Sherry told Hatori.
Rose is Sherry's older sister who is married due to a business relationship. Different from Sherry, Rose is a beautiful, obedient girl. Indeed, now she lives happily after divorce but previously she had attempted suicide because of her husband's attitude that was too rough even when having intercourse because of excessive jealousy.
Hatori knows exactly what happened to Rose, as Rose is also his friend.
"Wake up, and take a shower. I'll make chicken soup for you" the bespectacled man asked.
Sherry agreed with Hatori's request, "It's only you I can count on" said Sherry, wrapping her hands around Hatori's neck and holding her. Hatori carried the girl inside.
Vietnam (Semarang)
"So this morning you're going to fly straight to Japan to meet your future father-in-law?" gaby asked in surprise.
"Yes, before I go I want to tell you this first" Leah replied.
"Yes, let's do it after me from Japan. It's not a long holiday, it certainly won't be too crowded" said Leah.
"Yes, we have to go to the salon after your return from Japan. I want to look different when I go to college. Well it left the impression of this high school boy from me," said Gaby ngetuprus, that's the term Jawa.
"Yes, just calm down Gaby. I'll bring you some good stuff. You know that Japan is quite famous for its fashionistyle" promised Leah.
"Okay, you're the best" Gaby said, hugging Leah.
"So do you" said Leah replying to the pelican from her best friend.
"Yuk, back. It's 6 o'clock. Jogging today was pretty fun" Gaby said happily.
"Yes, the air is better" Leah said, agreeing with her best friend.
The two of them leave the park and immediately rush home as the next two hours are Leah's departure to Japan with Roy and Aditya.
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"Nobody's left behind, right, honey?" ask Ayumi.
"It's all right, Ma. Roy gave Leah a list of what things to bring, he said there was winter. So quite large luggage," explained Leah .
"It's the first time you've been to a cold climate, take good care of your health. Then don't hesitate to tell Roy if you need anything. Understood?" ayumi's message to her little girl.
Leah came down from her room to the car, and Roy and Aditya were waiting for her in the yard. They say goodbye to Abimana and Ayumi.
"Pa, Ma, Leah left first," said Leah kissing the back of her parents' hands.
"Yes, careful. Have fun. May your main goal to get there go well" Abimana said.
"Yes, Om. Thank ye. We left first" Roy said.
"Bye, Pa, Ma. Muach!," Aditya kisses and hugs his parents.
"Take care of yourself and your sister" Abimana told her first son.
"Beres, deh Pa," replied Aditya.
They all got into the car to the airport. A moment the car turned from the gate and Aditya's head came out of the car,
"GOOD HONEYMOON AGAIN, PA!" yelled Aditya teasing his father.
Of course the whole car was holding back the laughter of hearing it. While Abiman was happy to be left alone with his beloved wife, Ayumi.
"That's a big deal, honey. Hehehe," a flirtatious smile adorned Abimana's face.
"Hm? Yes, it's been three months now and nowhere" said Ayumi, throwing a wink at her husband of almost 25 years.
The two of them went back inside the house while holding hands more friendly than before. It felt like when they fell in love, many flowers scattered as far as the eye could see.
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