Chapter 102 - Stress Relief...

Well, back from the first time Jennet came to Country D, she had just turned twenty years old. She was freshly out of university. (In her case, since she graduated from a special school which ranked even higher than a university, she can be considered as a fresh university graduate.)

She met a wealthy family who boarded the same cruise with her on the day of her escape. Their child somehow was so attached to her and also, they knew of her identity as the daughter of a noble in Country F but luckily they didn't ask who her family members were because she told them that she was on her quest to know more of the commoners life and also she had to keep her identity hidden. Well, it was more like an excuse to escape them from questioning her about the real reason she boarded the cruise in the first place.

So, upon reaching the harbour of another country, she tagged along with the rich family and flew all the way to Country D. She stayed with them for a month and then she got to work at the travel agency company and moved out to live in the apartment that the company provided for their staffs.

During the day, she worked as one of the administrators in the company. As night approached, she worked as a private tutor for the rich family. Maybe because she doesn't talk much with her coworkers, she was often misunderstood when she headed out at night and was escorted by men's hired by the rich family to fetch her to work as the tutor in their abode.

It was even more troublesome that the rich family were actually Luca's most valuable clients. When the rich couple told Luca that they knew Jennet and wanted him to be nice with her, Luca treated Jennet with care and it even rose another unhappy misunderstanding.

Rumours spread around about Jennet becoming the hidden mistress of Luca Tybelg. Poor Luca didn't know anything about such rumours though. He was in the dark for years and even if he knew about it, he ignored it.

Jennet got herself a car after a year working in the company. Well, actually the rich family wanted to give her the car freely but since Jennet found it would make her unhappy to receive such experience car, she demanded to pay for it and at last, she bought the car from them at a low price.

As soon a she got the second-hand car, she was hated by many. Everyone was unhappy with her. So, she kept working silently, but still going out to tutor the rich family's child. About the right time, she found an article about a villa that was on sale at a very low price. She contacted the owner and made a deal to make payment for the villa as soon as possible so she could move out of the suffocating apartment to leave those suffocating annoying ladies. After five years, she managed to make the payment and successfully moved out of the apartment. She had also stopped working as a rich family's private tutor.

"Well, I am more human now after I met my husband compared to how I was from five years ago," Jennet said while smiling.

Mira smiled back at her. Ah, their history may be different but they all had their own circumstances which they refused to let anyone know. She had her own trouble which no one knew of as well.

"I am really sorry for what I had done to you." Mira suddenly apologized. Her apologies this time came from the bottom of her heart. She knew she had wronged Jennet so much for years and nothing could atone her sins other than apologizing.

Well, now she was even more grateful that Danny forced her into marriage with him. Hearing him preaching day and night had now make sense. She had finally found the light of truth shining upon her dark soul. She can now see the real Jennet.

"Well, I am at fault too. I kept silent for years and brought you to hate me for not saying the truth." Jennet apologized to her. "I am honestly not in love with Luca Tybelg as well. My heart had always been with my husband." She said with a pumped up to face.

Mira chuckled before her. She now sees that Jennet indeed have other expressions aside from her aloof and cold face. She was jealous of Marvina because Marvina was the only one who believed that Jennet is not a bad person but a nice person. She was jealous of Marvina because Marvina got to be her friend for years.

"I am glad to be able to be your friend," Mira said to her. "I'll be your ally from now on."

"Baby!" Danny's cheerful voice called out for Mira. The handsome man appeared with a cart full of powdered milk for pregnant women.

Jennet exchanged glances between the couple with a confused smile plastering her face.

"Wow, that's a lot." She said to Mira. She wondered who need that much milk?

Mira chuckled and caressed her flat stomach. "I'm actually pregnant." She announced the news. Her smile widened.

Danny came to her side and smiled towards Jennet, "Ah, you must be Jennet Lockhart. Nice to meet you. I am Danny, Mira's husband. Have she introduced me to you yet?"

"She did. Nice to meet you too." Jennet smiled back at him. The two of them shook hands together.

When Jennet was about to shake his hand, Hue suddenly appeared with his cart as well. He was smiling widely while holding on a baby diaper in his hand. But then his smile faded the moment he laid his eyes on the smiling Danny.

That instant he remembered all about the unpleasant feelings he had about him back in Country N when he took his wife.

'Control your emotions!' Little Veen's voice rang in his head. This warning had been circulating inside his head like a never-ending loop.

Hue smiled at the man who was clueless about his hidden anger. Danny was completely pure and he had actually become the beacon for Mira to get to the right path in her quest for a better future. Hue and his loyal aides gained credit for turning Danny into a much better man.

So, he had to let bygones be bygones. Reality had given her trust to him to bring a new light into the dark souls of her children. He had to uphold the benevolent image of one of the rulers from the world of Fantasy.

"Hue," Jennet smiled at her husband after making just a brief handshake with Danny.

Hue pushed the cart towards them and stood beside Jennet. "My love, I found some cute diapers. Just need you to pick which one you like." He said to her.

"They are not even born yet!" Jennet whispered at him with clenched jaws. "I thought you went to get some meat for us."

"I did. I just need you to pick one..." Hue kept bugging her.

"Just pick the one you like," Jennet said in a super low voice. God, it was so embarrassing to tell him to stop bugging her with the diapers in front of her newly made friends.

"I suggest, you better buy your wife some milk for her pregnancy. It'll-" Danny was about to give suggestions, however...

Mira immediately elbowed Danny on the stomach. Her husband crouched by her side, groaning silently in pain.

"Jennet, are you pregnant?" Mira shot a question that turned Jennet's face onto a deep shade of red.

"I am. Just found out about it today." Jennet admitted.

"How old?"

"Nearly three weeks."

"Ah, same as mine."

"Really?"

"Yes. I'm glad my newfound friend is pregnant as well. We will be the new moms in the company."

The two ladies then started to chat happily, leaving their husbands behind.

Hue glanced at the crouched man beside the cart. He was concerned about him and he asked, "Are you alright?"

"I am alright. Don't worry about me. I'm used to her elbowing me." Danny answered his question.

Hue nodded his head in understanding. Well, that served you right! Hue chuckled mischief in his head.

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Meanwhile back at the hotel owned by Danny Stanford and Family...

Elaine sat at the lounge after a butler poured her a glass of chardonnay. She had been going through the papers that her husband had gathered for the past years.

Suddenly her phone rang. She eyed the screen and saw the name of her mama.

Royce glanced at her phone and he leaned back on the sofa. "She must have found out about our lies." He stated.

Elaine took the phone, thinking for a while. Ignoring her husband, she pressed the phone to her ear.

"Hello, mama..." She said politely.

"Eliane, where are you now?" Rosella's panic voice was heard at the end of the line.

"I'm with my husband. Why are you calling me so urgently?" Elaine questioned her back.

She didn't understand about the worry that her mama had. Well, mama had always worried for no solid reason.

"Oh, is that so. But where are both of you now?" She asked again.

"We're in a hotel, mama. We're about to have dinner soon. Have you eaten?"

"I have but not dinner but late breakfast." She said.

"Oh, don't always skip your breakfast, mama. It's not good for your health." Said Elaine, playing the role of a good daughter.

"I was so alarmed when I heard that you are suddenly on a trip with your husband. You didn't tell me anything. You startle me." Rosella nagged on the line.

"Oh, I'm sorry for not telling you. It was actually a surprise from my dear Royce. I didn't expect he would bring me out for a holiday." Said Eliane again.

"That Royce is so good at keeping secret about abducting you." Rosella's laughter was then heard.

"Don't worry mama, Royce is taking very good care of me. You too should relax once in a while. Do not stress yourself over a trivial matter. I'll make sure to punish Royce for not telling you beforehand about his plan to take me for a holiday."

"Don't worry about me, Elaine. I'm actually just fine. I have your dear cousin here accompanying me. You just enjoy your holiday. Mama won't disturb you guys."

"Thank you, mama."

Elaine ended the call and she placed the phone on the table. She looked at her husband who had kept his mouth shut tightly.

"She said she's with my dear cousin. I am sure she meant that rotten Helena. That two-faced woman!" Elaine fumed.

Royce coughed softly, "My dear, we're in public." He reminded her of her status.

Elaine inhaled a deep breath and took a sip of her chardonnay. There was only silence between them. Shortly after that, she placed the wine glass down slowly without making any sound.

Royce took the papers that she had gone through and placed them back inside the envelope. "We will look for your sister tomorrow. We will visit that villa again." He said softly.

He added again, "Since you said that we're on holiday, we should visit some of the attractions in this city. Take some pictures as evidence that we're really on holiday so that mama won't suspect anything. I am sure papa would agree to my idea as well."

"Fine, let's do that then." Said Eliane and smiled at her husband.

"Thank you for agreeing. I have meant to bring you to visit this particular park which had become the main talk among tourists lately." Royce started to talk about a finding on the internet about a park which became popular lately.

"Hmm, everything you told me so far had been so outrageous. But, for this once, I'll follow you." Said Elaine and was actually paying her attention to what her husband was about to tell her.

Royce smiled widely and then showed a picture on his phone to her. It was a picture of a few tresses which had oversized looking fruits which looked like bananas from afar.

"These trees are the centre of attraction in this park. See this name?" He pointed out a name on the comments from one of the tourists who had been there. Elaine squinted her eyes to read the name of the tree.

"C-com, eh, condo~om balloon trees?" She pronounced the name with such difficulty because the lettering was so small.

Then she raised her head, looking so terrified, "It says, Condom Balloon Trees?!" She gasped. "Who on earth created such trees? This is a nature park for goodness sake."

Royce laughed by her side, "You too had the same reaction as me when I first read about this on the internet. It was trending now you know. Some people said, there was a group of monkeys that escaped from the nearby circus had mistaken boxes of condoms for the balloon. So they blew all of the condoms and decorated the trees. I'm really impressed by their brilliance."

"So the authority didn't do anything about it?" Eliana asked.

"Well, since it was decorated in an orderly arrangement, those who saw it just couldn't stop laughing. The trees also had another name, Stress Relief Trees. Other assumptions made were that those monkeys were probably too stress so they actually mistaken those condoms for balloons." Royce explained with a glowing face.

"I just hope mama could see this with her own eyes so that she could laugh out loud and to forget all about what worries her," Elaine said with small laughter bursting out of her mouth. She loves to picture the possible expression on her mother's face upon seeing the unbelievable occurrence that actually exists in another place.

"She would definitely curse the two of us..." Royce added and he too bursts into a peal of laughter.

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