Chapter 16 Bedroom (1)
Chapter 16 Bedroom (1)
After work, Johnny went back to his small place. He looked around and was too lazy to cook, so he
took a pack of instant noodles and boiled some water. He would make do with that.
After the noodles were ready, he turned the computer on, and started searching for traces of Queenie
as usual. He opened Facebook and checked Queenie's Timeline, then went to her Twitter and other
social media, but he found nothing.
When Johnny almost finished his instant noodles, his phone rang. He saw the name “Tigress” on the
screen, which was the nickname Johnny gave Jasmine for the obvious resemblance he found between
the two.
“Hello!” Johnny felt that it was very strange for Jasmine to call him at such time. What for?
“Where are you? Come to my house now.” Jasmine still spoke coldly as usual in a bossy tone.
“Are you crazy? It's already 8 o'clock now. Also, didn't you say that I only work on Wednesday? It's
Friday today.” Johnny retorted.
“Go through the contract and see what's written there. 'Be available at any time', remember? I don't
care what you are doing now. Get changed and come here within 10 minutes.” Jasmine said flatly.
“I can't arrive within 10 minutes even if you threaten me with a knife. I haven't even eaten my dinner.”
Johnny was also angry at heart.
“Tell me where you are right now. I'll go and pick you up.”
“Huh? You're being serious? What does she need me for at this hour?” Johnny was speechless.
“We'll talk about it in the car. Tell me your address. Go get dressed now.”
Johnny had no choice but to tell Jasmine his address. He had to earn money from her after all. Johnny
was so exhausted that he just wanted to lie on the bed and have a good sleep, but thinking of his
monthly salary of fifteen thousand, he quickly finished the instant noodles, washed his face, and
changed his clothes.
Not long after, Johnny heard someone knocking at the door. He went to open it while fixing his necktie.
Jasmine stood by the door and the first thing she said to Johnny was, “You don't need to wear necktie
at night.”
Then, she looked at Johnny's room and frowned, “Why do you live in such place? You only eat instant
noodles for dinner?”
“What's wrong with it? Do you know what we're called? We are called the 'cave dwellers" because we
live underground. That’s badass, isn't it? Do you want to sit for a moment? There's no tea but I can buy
you a bottle of mineral water!” Johnny was being quite polite.
“No need. Are you ready? Come with me if you are.”
“What's the matter? Why are you in a rush?” Johnny followed Jasmine out while asking that.
“I'll tell you in the car.” Jasmine walked very quickly. One could see that she was in a rush. “This
afternoon I picked Sam up, but he kept looking for you once we got home. He kept asking me why you
weren't at home. I had to lie to him that you were working at another city. After that, he started crying
and saying that he wanted you. He wouldn't listen to anything we told him. Until now, Hannah and I had
no choice but to call you. I told him that I'm picking you up at the airport and you came back specially to
see him. That's it. Otherwise I wouldn't call you so late at night. Go and comfort him. After he fell
asleep, you can go back home,” Jasmine said.
Johnny didn't say anything. After a while, he just sighed, “From this, we can see how much he longs for
a dad in his heart.”
Jasmine didn't say anything, she silently agreed to Johnny's words.
“But isn't it also a problem if you keep deceiving him like this? You can deceive him once or twice but
you'll never be able to deceive him all his life, right?” Johnny said that.
“You don't need to worry about this problem. You just need to do what you should do.” Jasmine replied
evenly.
“Fine, it's not my place to ask!” Johnny snapped in a bad mood and didn't say anything else afterwards.
When they arrived at Jasmine's house, Johnny followed Jasmine into the house. As expected, they
heard Sam's cry once they entered the house. Hannah had been coaxing him too but it was clearly not
very effective.
“I want dad, I only want dad.” Samuel kept on crying and making a fuss there.
“Son, daddy is home.” Johnny walked in and take a look as he shouted to Samuel.
Samuel almost jumped up from the chair when he saw Johnny, and he dashed to hug him.
Johnny was surprised and he hugged back. Human seem to have natural affection towards children.
Not to mention when the child was very attached to and fond of you! Even though Johnny was related
to Sam by work, the love comes from his heart.
“Dad, dad, you're finally back! I thought you had left and you didn't want me anymore.” Samuel cried in
Johnny's embrace.
Johnny didn’t know what to say for the moment so he looked at Jasmine. Jasmine whispered, “Comfort
him, tell him not to cry. He's been crying all night.”
“Sam, dad's already here, right? How could he not want you? You said that you wanted dad, and dad
flew back as soon as possible. All right, stop crying,” Jasmine said softly.
“Then, dad, you won't leave tonight, right?” Samuel looked up and asked Johnny with a face full of
tears.
“I...” Johnny didn’t know how to answer that for the moment.
“No, dad will not leave tonight,” Jasmine hurriedly responded. She just wanted her son to stop crying.
“Stop crying. If you stop crying then I won't leave tonight. If you cry again, then I'll just leave.” Johnny
put Samuel down and squatted in front of him.
“No, dad, I'll stop crying. Please, don't go!” Samuel was so anxious. As expected, he immediately
stopped crying as he wiped his tears.
“Now that's right. What did dad say to you? You're a man. Men should be tough. How could a man cry
so easily? We are all men, you know? Men shouldn't cry even when we're bleeding. Tell me, are you a
man?” Johnny pretended to be serious.
“I'm a man!”
“Then will you cry or not?”
“I won't!”
“Now that's right!” Johnny smiled.
“Hannah, help him wash his face. His face is full of tears after crying for so long.” Jasmine instructed
Hannah. Somehow she felt her heart softened after seeing that.
“Go, go wash your face. I'll play with you later.” Johnny stroked Samuel's head.
“O-okay!” Samuel happily followed Hannah to wash his face.
“I really can't leave tonight? Why did you say yes to him? What should I do tonight?” Johnny whispered
anxiously.
“Could I say no to him when he looked like that? His eyes were even swollen because he kept crying.
Just wait until he fell asleep. If there's no taxi at that time, I'll drive you home." Jasmine answered.
She added, “I know that calling you so late at night indeed bothered you. What about this, I'll give you
an extra five thousand each month, so it's 20.000 each month, okay?”
Johnny opened his eyes widely out of surprise but he felt very happy at heart. However, he said, “I
didn't say I want a pay rise. I'm not that kind of guy.”