195 Two Men Fight For Kalea’s Love
“Sorry, I can’t for now. Give me a chance, and if your heart really can’t be for me anymore, I’ll stop pursuing you.”
Arthur was stubborn. Kalea was too tired to tell him off. She sighed heavily, got up from the sofa and went to get her round hat. “Up to you.”
Arthur smiled broadly, happy that Kalea was giving him another chance even though she did not care about him anymore. He followed her out of the house. “Where are you going now?” he asked.
“Kai’s garden,” Kalea replied casually. Arthur followed behind without comment, but it still made Kalea uncomfortable.
Why was Arthur following her anyway?
Kalea turned back with an annoyed expression. “Why are you following me? Go home!”
“I want to know where that guy works,” Arthur replied with an innocent face. Besides, after getting the green light again from Kalea, there was no way he could go straight home. Of course Arthur had to make Kalea come back to him again. Especially the man with the scarlet hair who was close to Kalea now. Arthur did not want Kalea to reciprocate Kai’s feelings.
Arthur knew that the village man liked his sugar baby. It was obvious from the way he looked at Kalea.
Kalea snorted, she took another step with a slight stomp. It seemed like even if she foamed at the mouth Arthur really would not hear her.
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“Don’t be so angry, Lea. Our baby will feel those emotions,” Arthur warned.
“This is my baby!”
“Our baby.”
“Fuck you,” Kalea swore irritably but quite quietly. Even so, Arthur could still hear her. She did not care anymore about Arthur who stayed behind her until they finally reached Kai’s garden. Kai, who realized that Kalea was coming, smiled widely, but the smile faded a little when he realized Arthur was there.
“Have you finished talking to him?” Kai asked Kalea who was walking a little breathlessly. “Hey, are you okay? Don’t get too tired.” Kai was so worried, wiping the sweat from Kalea’s temples.
It successfully made Arthur burn hot with jealousy but damn it he could not do anything about it. He could not be too rash or Kalea would close the door of opportunity again.
“I want to accompany you to work,” Kalea said, continuing to stand beside Kai. Meanwhile, Owen, who had just been told by Kai that Kalea was pregnant, was completely dumbfounded to see that the girl’s stomach looked bigger than what he was used to.
“Are you really pregnant, Lea?” Owen asked, not blinking at Kalea’s stomach.
“Ah? Yeah ... Kai, did you tell him?”
Kai smiled bitterly as he nodded slowly. “I just told him what happened. So, what about you, Mr. Jefferson?” This time Kai asked Arthur who had been silent, busy calming himself down so as not to get too jealous.
“Me? Lea accepted me again,” Arthur replied with a sweet smile.
“I didn’t say that! You’re stubborn, I’m too lazy to argue with you,” Kalea retorted looking sarcastically at the man with black hair.
“He didn’t do anything to you, did he?” asked Kai worriedly, checking Kalea’s condition if the girl he loved was okay. Because honestly, he was not willing to leave them alone either. However, Kai’s good side was too dominating which finally made the two of them talk about their problems.
Even so, Kai came to the garden with a sad and sluggish face. Owen who saw it was confused, because usually no matter what happened Kai always showed a cheerful face compared to what he saw today.
“Hey, you’re saying that I’m a bastard who would harm the mother of my own child,” Arthur said, a little annoyed at being offended. Kalea and Owen were dumbfounded.
Kalea stared at Arthur in disbelief, fortunately there was only Owen, a stranger who had just found out about the real Kalea. “You-why did you say-”
“It’s not like that, Mr. Jefferson. Because Lea seemed to be scared when she saw you before, I was worried something would happen to her,” Kai replied, cutting off Kalea’s words. The brunette girl was a little surprised when Kai’s hand wrapped around her shoulder. As if to say that now, the man who is closest to Kalea is him.
Arthur smiled at Kai’s behavior which was definitely intent on making him even more hot-headed. Even with a hardened jaw and a brain thinking about hitting Kai, Arthur held back. “Don’t worry, I’m still treating Lea well. There was just a little misunderstanding and we’ve straightened it out.”
“Never mind, Kai. You better continue your work, don’t worry about me,” Kalea said as she gently patted Kai’s arm to stop him from replying to Arthur’s words. Kai relented.
“You don’t work at the tavern anymore, do you?” Kai asked.
“Ah, I should be there soon, I’ll be working until this Sunday.”
Arthur frowned as he listened to their conversation. “Lea, are you working? With that big belly?”
Kalea gave him a sharp glance. “None of your business.”
“Of course it’s my business. You’re pregnant, Lea. Don’t pretend to be blind to your condition,” Arthur could no longer contain his emotions when it came to Kalea’s pregnancy. He was worried and did not want anything to happen to the girl he loved.
“But I’ve been fine so far!” Kalea retorted, raising her voice slightly, jerking Arthur’s hand that had been pulling on her arm to keep a little distance from Kai.
“Just because you’ve been fine doesn’t mean something won’t happen to you. You can’t do too much strenuous activity.” Arthur still did not want to lose.
“Mr. Jefferson, this-”
“Mr. Egner, I know that as long as Lea is in this village, you take care of her. But you shouldn’t let this pregnant woman work,” Arthur cut in now staring at Kai sharply. It made Kai a little tense because it was the first time to feel such a strong aura of intimidation.
“I’m sorry, actually I’ve also told her not to work. But don’t worry, I’m always there for her and ready if anything happens to Lea,” Kai replied, but it still did not make Arthur’s emotions decrease.
“Stop working, you can’t do anything heavy,” Arthur ordered which scared Kalea a little.
“I-I did say to stop! Just until this Sunday-”
“Are my words not clear, Lea?” Arthur’s gray eyes grew sharper, as if they could cut Kalea’s body into two pieces. Kalea swallowed her saliva with difficulty, she hated looking helpless in front of Arthur, but what he said was true.
“But I-”
“Lea, never mind. I’ll tell Robby if you really quit today,” Kai cut in with a soft tone as he gently stroked Kalea’s back. Trying to calm the girl who was trembling in front of Arthur. “Mr. Jefferson, don’t be so harsh. I know you’re worried, but that’s no way to deal with a woman, especially one who is pregnant.”
Arthur closed his eyes briefly, slowly realizing he had scared Kalea. “Sorry, I didn’t mean it, Lea. I’m sorry.”
Kalea looked away from Arthur, annoyed that Arthur had suddenly come and told her what she wanted to do. “Kai, don’t worry about me. Go back to work.”
Kai gave Arthur a quick glance, and returned his attention to Kalea. “You just wait there, I’ll bring you some delicious watermelon.”
“Watermelon? I want it!” Kalea exclaimed as she smiled widely, her sour face gone.
Kai chuckled amusedly as he gently stroked Kalea’s brunette hair and then excused himself to continue his work with Owen.
Kalea’s face was flat again because again she was alone with Arthur. Kai told her to sit sweetly in the gazebo that Kai had previously made especially for Kalea to feel comfortable. Arthur also sat beside Kalea, looking at her beautiful sugar baby face.
“Stop looking at me like that, I’m uncomfortable,” protested Kalea who could not stand Arthur’s behavior. The intention to calm down in the village was lost because the perpetrator who made her suffer was now right beside her.
“I’m so sorry for suddenly getting angry like before,” Arthur said with a sad expression, trying to sulk at his sugar baby. However, Kalea did not respond. “Lea... I’m just worried about you and our baby.”
“I told you it’s just my baby, you were blacklisted a long time ago.”
“Oh, come on ....”
Arthur’s cell phone rang, the man hissed slightly in annoyance at being interrupted by the phone. However, he picked up the call anyway. “Hello, Zeline. What’s up?”
Kalea’s eyes were rounded when Arthur mentioned her best friend’s name.
“Oh, Kalea? Did Dariel tell you? Yeah, this is me-”
Arthur’s words stopped when Kalea approached him and then glared as if giving a code not to tell Zeline of her existence.
Arthur was a little confused, especially when Zeline started calling his name. “Sorry, Zeline. I’ll call you back later.” And after that the call ended.
“What’s wrong, you don’t want to talk to Zeline?” Arthur asked.
“That’s not it, I’ll come to her place later. For now just tell her I’m fine here,” Kalea replied, looking at Arthur with pleading eyes.
“Hmm, okay. But there are conditions, kiss me right now.”
Kalea’s eyes rounded, she immediately reflexively hit Arthur’s arm in annoyance. “You bastard!”
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