Chapter 762: THE WORST BED
Misha really didn't like what he heard about Kia's plans after Keira's wedding.
"You want to find a place smaller than this? You want to live in a rabbit hole?!" Misha couldn't even imagine a place much smaller than this apartment, could it still be called a place to live? How could she move?
Only, to Kia's ears it sounded like an insult, she had lived in much worse places than this before, so Misha's reaction just now was too much.
"You don't have to react like that," Kia said critically. She stopped feeding Mika and glared fiercely at Misha.
Meanwhile, the little girl in her lap looked at her mother and the man she was talking to. Apparently, her mother was very angry and upset because of the man's actions and this annoyed her too.
Mika pouted her lips and imitated the glare Kia gave Misha, which Misha saw and made the man not move. He was at a loss for words.
How could a three year old girl show such a cold expression and widen her big eyes?
"That's not what I meant," Misha said, lowering his voice and sighing tiredly. "In my house..."
"I'm not going back to that house," Kia refused firmly, before Misha even finished his sentence and he could only sigh, trying to relent.
"It's late, why don't you go home?" Kia then continued feeding Mika.
"You are kicking me out?" Misha asked in an irritated tone.
"Yes," replied Kia curtly. She didn't even have the intention of hiding her displeasure and this left Misha at a loss for words.
"I'll go home after making sure you're okay," Misha said. "After all, you two are alone in this apartment."
"It's not the first time we're both here," Kia answered straight away. She threw a disapproving look at Misha, while she fed Mika, as if telling him to get out of here right away because she couldn't stand him anymore.
However, Misha pretended not to understand this and insisted on staying there, because after all, he didn't want to leave Mika and Kia alone.
"It's getting late, wouldn't it be more polite if you offered me to stay?" said Mika. He stretched his legs and leaned his back against the sofa. He looked quite relaxed.
"You have dozens of cars and drivers that will even drive you up to the ends of the world, what are you complaining about?" Kia stated the truth.
Seriously, if he wanted to make an excuse, couldn't he have gone for a more plausible excuse? Because what he said just now really made Kia scowl in annoyance.
"Regarding that, wouldn't it be bad to interrupt someone's rest time?" Misha himself even realized that the excuse he was using was absurd.
"So you think it's okay if you bother me?" she asked curtly. Mika then devoured her last bite and drank her drink.
On the other hand, Misha took the opportunity to divert her attention. "Is there anything else you want to eat? Are you still hungry? Want me to order some food?"
Only, Mika just glanced at Misha and crawled back into her mother's lap and hugged Kia tightly, burying her face into her chest.
"She's finished eating, you want her to get sick by making her eat too much?" Kia scolded sharply, then she stood up and took Mika toward the bathroom. "Come on, now brush your teeth."
Mika followed her mother, she walked very cutely while jumping up and down and was about to bring her doll.
"No, put down the doll, it will get wet," Kia said as she took the doll back and put it on the sofa.
Kia deliberately lingered in the bathroom together with Mika and after that she played with her in the room and read stories until the little girl fell asleep.
It wasn't until after midnight that Kia came out of her room and walked toward the living room. She thought, after being left alone and hearing her sharp words earlier, Misha would understand and go away on his own.
But, Kia could only hope, because when she got to the living room, she found Misha fast asleep. He was sleeping on the sofa which seemed so small to him, that his legs were stretched out and he seemed uncomfortable.
He made a pillow with the other hand and put the other hand on his head to block out the bright lights.
Seeing this, Kia didn't know anymore what she had to do to push him away. She didn't want to get involved with Misha anymore, but the more she pushed him away, the more this man fought back.
And seeing how he slept so uncomfortably, even though he should be able to return to the Tordoff residence and be able to sleep in a bed a million times more comfortable than this dilapidated sofa, made Kia falter a little.
Why did he have to do something like this now? If he had done it four years ago, or he had looked for her three years ago, or even two years ago, it might not have been too late for Kia to forgive Misha.
It would have been easier to forgive him then, because at that time, it was the worst time for her and it was something she could not express in words.
But now that four years have passed and all of Kia's hard work and hard times are almost over and her and Mika's life was so much better. He had just appeared before her and wanted to be held accountable for his actions?
Kia went back to the room and took the blanket and pillow, then she went back into the living room again and turned off the lights there, so it wouldn't be too blinding for Misha.
Kia sighed as she looked at Misha's sleeping face for a moment, making sure that he really fell asleep.
If only Misha had come a few years ago, perhaps seeing him like this would have moved her heart and how he tried to always be there for Mika and see how the two of them interacted were things she had hoped for in her early years on the run.
But now…
Kia didn't know what to feel or what to do with Misha when he insisted on being in Kia and Mika's life.
Kia then put a pillow under Misha's head and put his hands on his sides. After that, she covered Misha's body with a blanket and looked at him for a while before she returned to the room and slept beside Mika.
Her daughter's scent made her feel more comfortable and could sleep soundly now.
However, what Kia didn't know was; when she left and the sound of the bedroom door closing echoed softly in the living room, Misha opened his eyes and stared into the darkness. He didn't sleep at all, he just pretended to be asleep so he wouldn't be kicked out by Kia. His body ached from sleeping on this hard sofa.
But knowing what Kia had done for him and these pillows and blankets that had her scent, it felt like sleeping on this hard couch wasn't so bad.
With that thought, Misha then closed his eyes.
However, the feeling was only temporary because after half an hour had passed he started to grumble.
"Damn it, what is this?!" he hissed quietly so as not to wake Kia and Mika, but he stared fiercely at the innocent sofa because he couldn't sleep like this.
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Misha woke up when he felt something poke his cheek. At first he ignored it and waved his hand to get rid of the disturbance.
But, because it didn't stop, he finally opened his eyes and grumbled, only his grumbling stopped when he saw the innocent face of his daughter standing beside the sofa, staring at him with round face and shining eyes.
"Wake up," she whispered to wake Misha. If she wanted to wake someone up, she should be screaming instead of whispering, right? "Wake up. It's already morning."
Misha blinked his sleepy eyes and rubbed Mika's head, this was the most pleasant morning sight he had ever experienced and he swore he would never forget this at all.
Misha then yawned and stretched his aching body. Damn it, this sofa! He even had to sleep in the same position all night and it made his body feel like he had been beaten half to death.
Kia really needed to renovate this whole apartment!
"Mommy made breakfast, you have to wake up," said Mika, she then nudged her leg. "You have to wake up because it's morning."
Mika wondered why a child as small as Mika had woken up this early. Was it normal for her to wake up at this hour? Couldn't a small child wake up much later?
But, later, Misha remembered that Mika had to follow Kia's schedule too, she had to work and Misha would be put in daycare.
Now that Kia had finished her studies and was waiting for her graduation, she decided to work early in the morning as well to increase their savings.
When Misha found out about this, it made him very upset, because he didn't think that such a small amount of money could even be called an emergency fund.
"Let's play," Mika said in her childish voice. She brought out the two teddy bears Misha bought last night and they both played with them.
Mika then dropped a teddy bear into Misha's lap, which made him not believe that a day would come where he would play with dolls like this.
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