Chapter 20 - Don't Cry!

Jennet looked around and scratched the back of her neck again. 'What should I do now? Should I just be harsher towards him? Let's just try it.' She thought.

"Don't cry!" Jennet raised her voice. "You're a grown up!" She said harshly.

However, Hue cried even harder and kept calling her a 'mean wife'.

Jennet bit her lower lip. She really had no idea how to deal with him at the moment. She was even called the mean one countless times which never crossed her mind. His words made her the one who bullied him!

She turned around, holding her head and walked out of her bedroom instead. 'I need to clear my mind. This is just unbelievable. A man was crying in my room and I have no idea where he came from!'

She walked down the stairs and still, she can hear his wailing getting even louder by the minutes. She frowned again at the bottom stairs and looked up.

'Is he a baby?' She thought hard.

She looked away and shook her head. Whatever it is, she needed to really take a big breath and think of a way to have him leave her place before another trouble arises.

She went to the kitchen and turned the lights on. She poured herself a glass of water, sat down on a chair and gulped it down. Slamming the glass on the table, she inhaled a deep breath.

She glanced at the clock on the wall. 5:45 am!

Great, in fifteen more minutes, her alarm for 6 am will ring. She will need to shower and be ready for work. But, how can she get ready if there's a man in her bedroom? Plus, she couldn't freely take her shower because she knew how transparent the glass walls are.

Still, she couldn't really think properly because she can still hear Hue's loud wailing from upstairs. Her head got even more messed up!

She cupped both her ears and slumped her head on the table as his cries get even louder. Just stop crying!

After a while, she raised her head and gritted her teeth. Grunting alone, she rose from the chair and head back to her bedroom. She stood beside the crying man who was now hiccuping due to excessive crying.

"Just stop crying." She said in a half cold tone. Her eyes stared at the wet face that had a red nose and red eyes now. He looked so messy!

She went for her dressing table and took a few facial tissues and wiped his face gently.

Hue stopped crying instantly at the unexpected gesture from his wife. Her action made him stared at her with his big, wet and red eyes, though he was still hiccuping on the floor.

Jennet just ignored the stare from Hue as she kept wiping his cheeks and chin from his own tears. She even wiped his wet chest.

"Just stop crying for now." She said softly.

Her mind was really in a mess. She didn't really know what she was even doing or think about now. But, for sure, she just wanted him to stop crying. His cries hurt her ears!

"Wife, don't hate me..." Hue said and hiccuped again.

Jennet glanced at him and said softly, "I don't hate you. Just stop crying." She took another facial tissue and wipe his cheeks softly.

'If I have to treat him like a kid, so be it!' She grumbled within her mind. She stood up and tossed the tissues inside the dustbin by the dressing table.

She turned around and found Hue was still staring at her with a doubtful look. From his look, she knew that he did not believe in her words.

She exhaled a deep breath as she said, "I really do not hate you but can you just step out from the room for a while?" She asked softly.

She needed to shower as soon as possible and chase him out from her home before she goes for work!

"Don't chase me out from this place..." He said again.

Jennet was a bit stunned and she unconsciously bit her inner lip. How did he know my intention of chasing him away?

"Wife is not trying to lie to me?" He asked with his sad face when he didn't get a reply from her.

Jennet shook her head, denying his doubt. "No, no, of course not. I am not lying to you." She said with a forced smile, plastering her face.

"I just need to get ready for work as soon as possible. So, I need you to leave the room for a while." She added, trying hard to hide her urge to chase him out.

Hue looked at her, staring deeply into her eyes. "If wife is not lying then, give me a hug." He said and open his arms wide towards her. His eyes were pleading her for a hug!

Jennet stepped back and suddenly she rolled her eyes. Her anger rose again. He was clearly trying to take advantage on her!

"I am never hugging you!" She said harshly.

Hue was startled and he lowered his arms. But, suddenly his eyes turned glassy as his face puckered once again, ready to cry.

Jennet gasped the minute she realised he was on the brink of crying out loud again. Her angry expression softened as she immediately gets on her knees and hugs him tightly.

"Okay, okay. I'm hugging you now!" She said.

"Don't cry." She added softly, telling him to stop crying. She patted his back softly, afraid to make him burst into a hearty cry that could burst her eardrums!

Unknown to her, as soon as she hugs him tightly, he was all smiling widely behind her head. He took this advantage to wrap his arms around her waist, securing her in an embrace. He could feel her full chests pressed against his, and embracing her even tighter made him feel her body even more!

He even took this advantage to inhale her scent deep into his lung. 'Ahh, wife, you're so naive yet so merciful'. He rejoiced deep within his heart as he tightens his embrace on her waist.

Jennet's face contorted with pain. She was unable to breathe properly because Hue was hugging her tightly.

She patted his shoulders and said, "Let me go for a while! I can't breathe!" She kept hitting his back.

Hue's face, however, turned gloomy when he heard her words. He released her slowly and immediately put on a sad looking face.

As soon as he released her, Jennet moved away a bit from him. She looked at him and said, "I have hugged you so that means I don't lie to you. So, can you wait outside the room? I need to get ready for work."

She actually begged him. For once in her life, she was desperately begging him to understand her need.

"Wife wants to shower right? Hue wants to join too." Hue said, pleading her again with his innocent look. His eyes sparkled, asking her to agree.

Jennet was speechless upon hearing him saying those words. He wants to join too?!