Chapter 9
7 in the morning and Steven still hasn’t woken up yet. I have already cooked our breakfast because I want to invite him if he want to come with me to Tagaytay.
I didn’t even know if he still remembers what he told me yesterday but for now, I have made up my mind to tell him the truth about our son.
My phone rang and I saw Hannah calling. I looked up to see if Steven was awake before I answered the call. After making sure that he’s deeply asleep, I answered Hannah.
“Han?”
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“My soon to be sister in law. Are you still at home with my brother?” what? Did she just call me soon to be sister in law? Oh my God! Hannah is hilarious.
“Yes, why? Lourdes isn’t here yet, so I’m staying here.”
“Oh, that’s okay sister-in-law. Even if you live there forever, it’s really okay,” I really laughed when Hannah said that. It’s like she’s really pimping me out with her brother.
“Oh why did you call me?”
“I will kidnap your son today if that’s okay with you. I promise, I will take good care of him. I just really want my nephew to bond,” I stood up for a moment because I heard a bang in Steven’s room so I quickly entered my room and locked it.
“Please Ri.. If you agree agree… I swear I will return him to Lia before evening,”
“It’s fine. Just keep an eye on him. If you eat outside Han, don’t give him shrimp. He’s allergic to it, and he doesn’t like to eat beans so if there’s any vegetables, so spare him with beans. Hivo is really picky when it comes to food,” I said and Hannah laughed in surprise from the other line.
“Got it Ri. I’m also not into seafoods because my brother and my dad are both allergic to shrimps. So yeah, we’re not used with foods like that. I think my nephew’s allergy to shrimp, he got it from his dad,” Hannah explained.
It didn’t take long before Hannah immediately said goodbye so I texted Divine that Hannah would borrow Hivo and my witch friend immediately replied, “Got it!”
I left the room, and I saw Steven who was about to knock on the door. He was naked and still had a towel on his shoulder.
I was about to say. ‘why are you here?’, when he suddenly kissed me which surprised me.
Then he turned and marched up to his room.
“Let’s have breakfast together baby. Wait for me, I’ll take a shower first,” he said as if like, he didn’t do anything wrong.
I touched my lips and I suddenly felt my cheeks turned red from what Steven did earlier.
Did he just kiss me?
Oh my God!
I felt like a teenager because of what he did.
Because of that, I suddenly thought of having coffee first and waited for that man to finish taking a shower. Geez! Steven is full of surprises isn’t he?
Steven walked towards me like he’s modelling a clothing product. Surely, even a teared clothes look good on him.
People like Steven is an asset to any modelling agency. I mean he looked real hot. Steven was so handsome and hot. I couldn’t imagine what kind of morning I would have if he was with me every day.
I didn’t know that I was staring at him too much that I didn’t even notice his face that is now closer to my face. I was so deep in thought that I didn’t even realize that he drank my coffee.
“You’ve been staring at me for a while now. Am I really that handsome?” he asked.
I didn’t know what to answer. He’s so full of himself. But everything he bragged are true.
“Yes, you’re handsome,” I answered.
“Hmm… more handsome than your boyfriend? You can leave him if you want to because I’m more handsome than him,” he said. I pouted. He didn’t know that there was no boyfriend he should compare himself to. If there is, it is his son. If he’s indeed jealous, then he’s jealous to his own son. Silly!
“I’m not sure. I think he’s more handsome,” I said. His forehead furrowed and it looked like he didn’t like what I said. I just ignored him and took the basket I had prepared earlier.
“Wanna go out with me?”
“Where?” he looked confused.
“Tagaytay,” I answered shortly.
“You’re asking me out? Like a date?” He asked with a smile.
“Yes,” I said and he smiled showing all his teeth. He’s so cute.
“Alright. How many days are we in Tagaytay?” he asked.
“It depends, Anyway, go and prepare your things,” I said. I smiled when I saw the joy on his face. It’s contagious and it touched my heart.
He left and went back up to his room. I felt like I am the guy in our situation but it’s okay, I mean there’s nothing wrong if sometimes the woman makes the effort for the man. We are in a world where everyone is equal so there’s nothing wrong about it.
I prepared my things and took the envelope. It’s the DNA result of Steven and Hivo.
I know that Steven is the father of my child but I need this in case Steven doesn’t believe that we have a child. I just need this paper as my supporting evidence. I don’t want him to think of the negative side that I’m doing this because he’s rich or something. That I’m chasing money.
The result was positive and I breathed a sigh of relief even though I knew the truth. I’m still nervous of that. I immediately put it in the bag and went out. I just let my slightly curly hair fall behind me.
When I went out from the maid’s quarter, I saw Steven waiting for me.
“I didn’t change the clothes. I ran out of time. I called my secretary to cancel the appointments this day and it took a little longer so yeah. I don’t want to keep you waiting.” he explained.NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.
I just nodded.
“That’s okay. You look good no matter what you wear. So let’s go?”
Steven smiled, showing his dimples.
I’m nervous about what might happen later. He’ll be surprised and I know it. I prepared myself for his reaction. If it happen to me, I’ll be surprised too.
But, what scares me as a mother is the fact that he’ll reject our son.
Just thinking about the look of my son’s face, I’m, sure it’ll break me so bad.
Hivo is my life now. He’s my everything. I’m here with Steven because of our son. I will do everything for my son. If he’s going to be happy to meet his father, I have to make sure that his father is a good man. That’s what I am praying as his mother.
“Why are you so quite? Are you okay?” I looked at him and tried to smile. I tried not to overthink and tried to enjoy this trip with him. I’ve only been with him for a few weeks, but we’re already feel comfortable with each other.
“Babe, you know what, you should sleep in my room every night,” he said out of the blue. He’s been telling me for a week about that, and I always rejected him.
I said no, but he still didn’t give up on asking me that.
“How many times did you tell me that? You’ve been convincing me for weeks now.”
“More than 100? I think?” I just shook my head and focused my attention outside.
“Why don’t you want to? I mean, I will behave babe,” he said pouting.
“You’re lying, Steven.” I said and he pouted like a woman so I laughed at his looked
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After that day when he came home drunk, our relationship improved a bit. I became his instant girlfriend-wife which is weird on my part.
It’s my job to serve him because I am his maid but my job goes beyond that when it comes to him. I don’t have any complaints about that, but sometimes, it feels like it’s wrong. It’s wrong for me to do those things because we didn’t really commit to each other.
Everything I did to him was all on me. I like pampering him and I like the attention he’s giving me.. And it’s scary because I’m getting used to it. I’m getting used to his kisses every morning or his presence alone. Steven is so clingy that’s why- I sighed.
There was not sex happened to us after that night. We just did things like, watching movies together, eat together or doing the simple household chores together.
The only exception was that, we’re sleeping in different rooms. I didn’t agree to his offer because it’s kinda inappropriate. Even though I’m like this, my grandmother still raised me and I could still remember some of her conservative advices to me.
Even my adopted parents taught me to act like a conservative lady. That’s why, I always declined his offer.
“So aside from you wanting me to be with you, babe, what other reason do you have for asking me to go to Tagaytay?” Steven asked.
“Other reason? I don’t think no more other reason,” I answered plainly.
“Babe,” he exclaimed. Really? Why is he acting like a child?
“What do you want to hear?” I asked laughing and looked back at him.
“That you want me so bad,” he demanded.
I didn’t answer him because his brain was being abnormal again. I sighed. Steven is very hard-headed than his son.