Chapter 92 - Gone (1/2)

Hue stood before her, speechless. He felt her anger oozing out uncontrollably throughout her body. Her anger was boundless. It was truly overwhelming.

Her unexpected action from earlier was so hard for him to process in his head. He didn't expect she would yank his shirt angrily, ranting over the perfume on him.

He eyed the smoking volcano before him. Her face was already in deep red, ready to explode. Better not push her button. The consequences could be ugly if he did, he thought.

Then, he smelt his own shirt. There was indeed a faint smell of perfume on his shirt. But it was the perfume sprayed on him by Dana because she didn't want to keep smelling his scents. She told him that his scent has been distracting her from her focus.

His silence turned Jennet even madder. In her head, she had already had wild assumptions about him. He was not home all day and his actions for the past few days were suspicious. He was being secretive with her. She knew it because she kept on observing his behaviours for the past few days.

”Where have you been all day long?” Jennet questioned him when there was no response from him. Her tone was super stern, as stern like when the warden questioned their students who were caught sneaking out of the dormitory at night.

Hue eyed her and answered, ”I was out working.” He gave her a sheepish smile. There was guilt hidden beneath those smile.

”Working?” Jennet frowned. He had a job? She wasn't expecting that answer from him.

Hue nodded his head, ”Hmmm,” He answered with a hum.

Impossible!

Such a crybaby could never find a decent job plus he was just a trouble bringer. She criticized him inwardly.

Jennet bit her own lips. Her anger flared again. He must be telling her lies!

”I have a paid job now. I'm not jobless you know.” Hue added, looking so proud.

Jennet eyed him from top to bottom, evaluating his worth over what he had said. This kind of face had a paid job?

She felt so restless over his answer. She still couldn't believe it!

With one hand perched over her hip, one hand pointing out at him, ”You, since when did you have a job? Where are you working? Why didn't you tell me anything?” She bombarded him with questions.

For a man who had no working experience, she couldn't imagine how he worked. She couldn't believe in him unless she knew what he does. There was not even a decent job he could get aside from doing something she might hates.

Plus, the perfume that lingered and mixed with his scent infuriated her down to the core. Her doubt accumulated over the fishiness in his answer.

Jennet rolled her eyes at him. ”Did you go out to sell your body while I was gone?”

She wanted a consolation answer from him. For a man who had only a handsome face, he must be selling his body to other women to get money. That was the only job she could think of for someone like him.

Yes, words of a man sometimes are lies when it comes to someone like him. She could not trust him even if he may have said the truth. He was cunning like a fox.

Hue's brows knitted. Her accusation was too much. Selling his body? How do humans sell their own body?

”I have never sold any part of my body to anyone. My body is precious because it's mine and also yours alone.” Hue replied to her question.

Why would he be selling his own body? It took him years and lots of patience to gain the body he currently had.

Jennet was ready to blow her top at him but upon hearing his answer, she clenched her jaws, stopping the urge to get mad.

His answers make sense. His body belongs to her as well. Fine, she will let it slide this time. But no more next time!

Not wanting to prolong the heating conversation anymore, she eyed him menacingly. It was useless to rant and drain her energy to get mad at the moment.

”Take a shower now and wash your body properly!” She said and sat at the edge of the bed with her tight face.

Hue nodded his head obediently and disappeared in the bathroom. After ten minutes, he walked out, wrapped nicely and cosily in a bath towel which he wrapped all the way up to his chest.

The moment Jennet laid her eyes on him, she wanted to curse at him so badly. She wanted to scream at him, unleashing all of her anger.

Why did he have to wrap the towel all the way up to his chest?!

She can't stand the sight of staring at her husband, a man with a muscular body, wrapping the towel all the way up to his chest. She just can't stand it because it was super annoying. Also because she just wanted to laugh at it, when she was supposed to be angry at him.

She pinched her thigh to stop her urge to laugh.

Torturous! So torturous!

She felt so frustrated because she couldn't keep her anger above the maximum level. She wanted to bash his head on the wall for making her so mad yet so helpless over his unexpected action.

To distract her attention from bursting her laughter, she tossed a pyjama over his chest which Hue grabbed without saying anything.

”Hurry up and dressed, then sleep!” Her tone was so harsh with no delicacy in it.

Hue put the pyjama on and then took his time to dry his long hair. Meanwhile, Jennet took her place on the bed and pulled the comforter up to her shoulders.

She had better get some quality sleep rather than getting restless over his suspicious activity behind her back.

There was only silence between them. The silence that kept it's watched over the tense atmosphere. The only sound in the room will be the sound of Hue patting his hair with a towel.

As soon as he dried his long hair, he laid beside her. Glancing at her back, he poked on her back, taking her attention.

”Honey, how're the babies?” He asked in a soft tone.

He wished he could calm her raging heart with his usual sulking but he knew she would not forgive him if he did it. Sulking will only worsen her jealousy.

”Just shut up and sleep!” Jennet barked back at him. She did not have the mood to talk about other things at the moment.

Jennet grunted shortly after that. Babies? Their existence cannot be proven yet he was asking about their situation.

”Okay...” Hue replied in a faint voice.

”Good night...” He laid on his back and stared at the ceiling. Shortly after that, he closed his eyes, trying to sleep.

Silence slipped in again and drowned the dimmed room with quietness. It crept in like spiders, tickling unsteady hearts. Suddenly...

'Growl'

An unexpected loud sound broke the silence. It was so loud that both of them could hear it clearly, like the sound of the earth cracking open.

Hue bit his own lips, feeling frustrated over the melody that came from his hungry stomach.

Again...

'Growl'

Shortly after the sound died, there was another wave of silence. A silence that was so disturbing.

Jennet turned around to look at the face of her husband. He was pressing his own stomach to stop the sound from escaping again. However, the sound managed to escape.