I DON'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES
1419 Words
Chapter 8
“Mommy, look?” Emma exclaimed while rushing towards us.
“I won.” She laughed.
“Well done, sweetheart.” Sarah patted her back.
“Yes Emma, congrats.” I handshake her. She kissed my cheek and ran over to Steven, my father-in-law. We broke into fits of laughing.
Aww… How I love this girl!
“She likes you already.” Thia chirped, taking a seat beside me.
“Well…you are a doctor.” She started with uncertainty.
“Yes, an eye doctor.”
“Cool!” Thia shrieked.
“Even Thia is a doctor as well,” Sarah uttered, taking me by surprise.
“Yes?” I gazed at her.
“I just graduated as gyno.” She shyly whispered.
“That’s great, congrats!” I gazed at her with admiration.
“Hehe, thank you.”
At that moment, I heard the sound of an engine. Is anyone else coming?
“Brother’s here.” Thia cried out and hurried outside. Brother? Just how many siblings does Charles have?
“Come.” Sarah held my hand, ushering me outside. The rest of everything followed. Everyone seemed super excited, though I was pretty thrilled. Is he coming back after winning some battle!?
Suddenly, I felt Charles taking me in his arms. I glared at him in confusion. He blinked his eyes as if hinting something at me. Okay! I just let it be.
Emma yelled, “the baby’s here.”
Baby… But wasn’t it brother?!
The next second, I saw a man getting out of the car, followed by a little kid. Emma ran towards him.
“Joe.” She happily called out. They both hugged each other while the man went to open the backdoor of the car.
He helped out a lady carrying…maybe a little baby.
“He is my elder brother, Andrew,” Charles whispered in my ear.
“They just had a baby girl, while the other one is Joe and that’s his wife, Selina.” I nodded in understanding, too bothered by his closeness to utter a reply.
Everyone went ahead to meet the new one while Charles took me towards Joe.
“Uncle.” Joe threw himself in Charles' arms.
“How have you been, champ?”
“Fine!” he giggled.
“This is your aunt Jenny.” Charles pointed towards me.
I moved forward and ruffled his hair, “hey Joe.”
“Hello.” He greeted me sheepishly.
“So here is our sister-in-law.” I turned towards the source of the voice.
“Hi.” Andrew politely greeted me, but I felt Charles' hand tighten around me. Strange!
.“Hello”, though I genuinely smiled at him. Charles directly took me to greet the new one, ignoring his brother.
Selina gently handed the baby towards me. I was taken aback. How do I carry her?!
Anyway, I carefully took the baby in my arms. She was so tiny and endearing!
All of a sudden, strong arms engulfed me from behind, helping me to carry the baby. Charles!
We glanced at each other and then gazed at the baby. I could feel my maternal love overflowing. She gawked at both of us with her adorable doe eyes. I broke into a sweet smile.
“How cute are you two!” Thia cooed aside, making everyone around chuckle.
“Aunt Jenny, can you play with us?” Emma chirped.
“No! Aunt is busy. You are playing with uncle,” Sarah sternly ordered. She pouted, making me break into a wide grin.
“I will play with you afterward, promise.” She happily nodded and went away.
“Come, I will take you upstairs.”
As we came across the first room, she stated, “this is mom and dad’s room.”
While saying that, she opened the door.
Rita uttered, “Jenny come in.”
She held my hand as I sat beside her. Selina was breastfeeding the baby while everyone else stared at me.
“Tell me truthfully, is Charles giving you a hard time?” Rita asked.
“No mom, he has been fine.”
“it’s good.”
“Oh, by the way, tomorrow we have to hold a party,” Mom uttered.
“You know, we have to celebrate since you are now a part of our family and even the baby’s naming ceremony was left behind.” Sarah chimed in.
“But...”
“Yeah, jenny, it’s a joyous occasion for all of us,” Selina interrupted me.
“I don’t have any clothes.” I finally let out. All of them chuckled.
It isn’t even funny!
“Oh, sister-in-law don’t worry.” Thia chirped.
“Selina will take care of it.” Sarah muttered. Confused, I looked at Selina.
Is she…?
“I am a fashion designer.” she smiled at me. “Just give me your measurements.”
As we were downstairs, I noticed an unfamiliar man. Emma was nestled in his lap.
“When did you come?” Sarah asked the man. “A while ago.” “Oh, meet Jennifer, Charles' wife.”
“Jenny, this is my husband, Matthew.”
“Nice to meet you,” I just smiled back.
“Let’s have dinner,” Rita announced.
Everyone got settled. I was seated between Selina and Charles.
All of a sudden, Charles lightly coughed, getting everyone’s attention.
“Since all of us are present, I would like to exchange rings with Jennifer.” I looked at him astonished. Ahh…why can’t this man inform me first?!
Next, he slipped the ring on my finger while everyone cheered. The ring looked amazing on my hand. It was pretty sophisticated.
Selina nudged me, handing me another ring. I slipped the ring on his finger. He kissed my hand. In return, I just glared at him.
As soon as we finished dinner, Charles took me upstairs under everyone’s meaningful eyes.
This man!
He took me into the farthest room. In the face of in-laws, I could just follow him obediently.
As I entered the room, he slammed the door, pinning me against it.
Stunned, I gazed at him. I wriggled trying to free myself. He just glared at me coldly.
Now what happened!?
“What’s wrong?” I questioned.
“You didn’t like it?” he pointed towards the ring.
“Have I said that?”
“But you didn’t look jovial.” He voiced out.
“That’s because you didn’t inform me at all.” I snapped at him.
“Oh, it was a moment's decision, but don’t ever remove it in the future.”
Yeah, as if I had any choice! I glared at him.
"Do you understand?” he whispered in my ear. I nervously nodded, affected by his proximity.
“Words.” He seductively bit my earlobe before kissing it.
“Yes.” I moaned out. Moaned…?
I stared at him dazedly while desire flowed out of his eyes.
His lips inched closer to mine in an attempt to…kiss me. I closed my eyes involuntarily.
Just as I felt the warmth of his lips, someone knocked on the door. Out of reflex, I pushed him away. I could still hear our heartbeats loud and clear. I dashed inside the bathroom while Charles went to open the door.
I gazed at myself through the mirror. I looked apparently flushed. I felt so hot and bothered.
Instead of dwelling on these thoughts, I decided to take a long bath. Ahh… It felt so amazing!
After the bath, I was looking for a towel when I realized that I didn’t have any spare clothes. Sh*t!
Hopefully, there was a towel on the side stand. I swiftly wrapped it around me, contemplating going out. After much deliberation, I opened the door. He was nestled in the bean bag.
“Thought, you woo...” he stopped seeing me in this state. His hungry eyes feasted on me as if wanting to wobble me down. I was stupefied. I cleared my throat, breaking him out of his reverie.
“I don’t have any clothes.”
“There.” He pointed towards the table beside him. There was a set of clothes. Oh!
I quickly went to pick it up but, unexpectedly, he pulled me towards him.
When I came to my senses, I was already lying on his chest as he held me in his arms. His breath, his scent, his touch was performing wonders on me!
I scowled at him. J*rk!
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