Lie Flat, Sugar Daddy novel Chapter 37

A long while after Karina had left, Rae was still at the bar and did not leave. They had already sat back to the seats with the nicest views, and were drinking while they chat. The wine bottles were filled and collected, one round followed by another. It was getting late, although there had often been rascals coming to mess around, but there were still some that did not mind the trouble and would come to have fun while they wanted. Jensen saw that she was drinking so much and reached out to stop her once again, but Rae swatted his arm impatiently and said to the waiter behind her, “One more dozen, love you!” After saying this, she threw a flirtatious look at the waiter.

“Alright.” The waiter endured the icy look beside her, and after answering he left hurriedly.

Jensen was displeased, but he dared not say something.

“What are you afraid of, I am not pregnant. It doesn’t matter if I indulge myself for one night…” Rae slurred dizzily, her tone was obviously unhappy. Some say that the ones that knew you the best was most often not your friends, but instead your enemies, and Rae felt that this phrase was extremely accurate until now.

There was a time when Ophelia heard how badly she wanted a child, she was gloating over her disappointment. Further, Ophelia knew that she had a boyfriend, but she did not know who was the man. So she would often chide her and talk non-stop about how troublesome her three children at home were. She described her as ‘this sort of incapable opponent’, and she even mocked that she should give up earlier and not waste her time that should be spent on playing with her children at home. Her frequent mentions about children really irritated Rae.

There was also once when Ophelia had used an actress who frequently had children as a topic and her title was blatantly targeting someone else. The rough meaning was that once some people wanted it they would get it, but why would others pray so hard but did not get it. When Rae read it back then, she had been silently furious for the entire afternoon in the office, she was almost bursting with anger.

Now that Ophelia was frequently investigated by the authorities, Rae had felt that she was too kind, not taking the opportunity to finish her off. Yet in fact, she knew that Ophelia did not have it so easy. Her husband was a gambler who had owe a ton of money and ran away, and Ophelia had to bear those debts, she even had three school-aged children… Rae really did not dare to get Ophelia fired, so she could only endure it while she was angry.

So, she did not know whether she should be angry at herself for being too kind, or be angry at Ophelia for always retorting her! But the more to it was that she was sad about why was it really as what Ophelia had said, that even if she prayed hard, she could not get it?! Was she not obviously healthy? Her family was in shambles, so she wanted badly to form a complete family by her own and try her hardest to fulfil it, wanting to make every member in the family extremely happy.

Why was this tiny wish so hard to come true?

Rae took the wine that had just been sent, and gulped down another glass in one shot.

Jensen heard her mumbles and finally knew the reason behind her abnormality tonight. He had thought that it was about the problem with Karina’s birthday clashing with hers which was why she had been so unhappy, but actually it was for the matter of children again. Jensen knew as well that due to her family, she wanted badly to have a complete family. To her, what would make it complete would be to have a child in the first place, and it did not matter to her whether she had a husband or not.

Reuben heard this and gave Jensen a look, indicating for him to step aside to talk.

Jensen understood his look and reached over to caress Rae on the head. Then he got up and walked to the other corner of the bar with Reuben. Seeing that there was a bin, Jensen fished out a cigarette and lit it up.

“Haven’t Rae known???” Reuben felt that this was no way to go, as they have already reached the suitable age to get married, this matter could not be covered up for long. Further, he always felt that it was better for her to know earlier. Or else, when she found out about the truth after she was tortured for long, she might be harder to console.

“Why does she have to know?” Jensen stuck the cigarette between his lips and asked in reply, his voice mumbled.

“It’s really not a good way, what do you plan to do after a few years? Further, Jensen, you have hidden too many things from Rae. I feel that it’s not a good solution, I mean it!” Reuben said seriously, “For example. Back then, Heath had been the one who had cheated on his marriage, yet you had asked Lola to take the blame in order to maintain a perfect father in Rae’s heart. If it were me, I can’t behave nicely towards Rae as well.”

Reuben always felt that things should not be hidden, instead, expose it naturally was the way to go.

Moreover, Rae was not a fragile women. She just need time.

The point was that she needed to know the truth first.

“You don’t understand, Reuben. Rae admired her father so much and that’s why she was willing to take the blame for all the wrongs that her father has done just to protect her father from being humiliated? If you tell her now that her father wasn’t as perfect as she imagined,, and even that she isn’t her father’s biological daughter… do you think she could get through this?” Jensen puffed a couple of times, remembering that Rae disliked the smell of cigarettes on his body, so he took it out and extinguished it.

“Then, then do you plan to hide it for the whole life?” Reuben understood the reason of what Jensen had said, but he still felt that this was wrong.

“I haven’t think about a whole life. I just want to hide it as long as I can.” Saying this, Jensen looked towards Rae’s direction. His eyes shone with a light that was focused and gentle, “I’ll tell her when she has become stronger.”

“Isn’t Rae strong enough???” Reuben was full of doubt towards Jensen’s words!

Jensen smiled.

Strong?

As what he saw, she was weak.

Ophelia, for instance, she had troubled her, ridding roughshod over her for long. Yet she was just angry on the outside, she would consider Ophelia’s family situation and would merely defend herself but not attack. It was him that could no longer stand by watching, so he found someone to distract Ophelia, making her incapable to target Rae again. When a person had hurt her yet she still felt pity towards them, in Jensen’s eyes this was the kindest character but meanwhile the most vulnerable weakness. A person of this kind was especially easy to get hurt.